I was exactly the same, at first i thought it was marginally too plain and could do with a little more embellishment. But the more i see it the more i like it. Nice and simple and in this case i think less is more.

I agree, it's an excellent in depth read about all the coming and goings of Trinity over the years.

From reading the book, I many be wrong but I don't think they'd have added the Trinity part if there wasn't already a Wakefield Rugby Club established i the City and thus they wanted to differentiate themselves from it.

As a Graphic Designer it's always been my belief that where sport is cincerned especially RL bold block primary colours work best - hate kits with pintripes and fades, just awfull. Ditto the badge which is defacto your logo. A good logo is simple and the best can be re-produced by an average 8 year old with a pencil - the VW badge, Apple and the Triumph motorcycle logo, very simple hugely recogniseable.

Design is hugely subjective IMO and ahough the new badge is not a design classic in my eyes it is timeless, uncluttered and the more it's used the more memorable it will become and it will look right on almost anything, basic good design.

Agree, like the Nike logo, which I know many think is one of the best and simplest created.

Hope this helps

The Arms used by the city of Wakefield have been for at least five centuries "Azure, a fleur-de-lis or" (a golden lily on a blue shield). These arms appear on a carved wooden boss on the Cathedral roof, which may be dated not later than 1470. Single fleur-de-lis appear on the frieze of the choir screen (1635) and also on the badge of the Wakefield Waits (168icon_cool.gif.

A fair bit more history than the "Wildcat"

Less is certainly more in this case, however you can't just stick an emblem and a random font on a crest/badge and expect it to work - it all needs to tie together with the overall image. Originally, to me anyway, the typography chosen looked a little lost and not exactly traditional, and the badge itself looked a bit flat/dull - almost like it was designed by a college student on Microsoft Word. Looks like it's been given a little bit more TLC since I first saw it (bolder text, subtle shading) and now I've seen it with all the branding I definitely like it. But as you say, design is subjective...and that's just my opinion.

Nah to me it's fine, you can overdoo it IMHO - don't think it's in any way random looks planned out to m whilst the typography is bang up to date, whether you like it or not is a different matter - no design student would use a PC or any Microsoft programme! - some of the best logos were first drawn on the back of a fag packet - but yes hugely subjective,

Well, that would depend on which area of design you are in But yes, I wouldn't have expected it was done in Microsoft Word...that would just be silly

Exactly. Just because we're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not all out to get us
I wonder if our stadium ambitions will start to progress again once the building is started at Cas? They certainly seemed to stall when Glasshoughton fell apart.

Looks at hulls new kit ISC will be doing some good shirt designs this year, can't wait to see ours.
Up the Trin

In the interests of the rebrand could the moderators put forward a request that the site developers of RLFans rename this board as "Wakefield Trinity" rather than the old "Wakefield Trinity Wildcats"? The club has effectively rebranded so maybe this site can too.

Consider it done.