Killed in Concept Ep. 2: They Kept the Logoโ€ฆ and Nixed Everything Else

Killed In Concept by Joshua Hays

Episode notes

Some creative murders are loud. Others are ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐˜€๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

In this episode of ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜, we investigate the case of a beautifully designed website โ€” modern, animated, intentional โ€” that was ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ with a soulless stock-photo graveyardโ€ฆ while the logo lived on.

This is the story of ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, legal scares, insecure decision-making, and the moment every designer dreads: discovering your work still existsโ€ฆ but stripped of its soul.

If youโ€™re a ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, this episode hits close to home โ€” because sometimes the worst creative crime isnโ€™t rejectionโ€ฆItโ€™s replacement.

Listener warning: ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ดย ...ย 

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