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by ortusdux 763 days ago
I've always been fond of Taiwan's recycling symbol

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Recycle_symbol_Taiwan.s...

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Similar concept to Margaret Calvert’s logo for Glasgow (Prestwick) Airport, which doubles up as the Scottish saltire: https://www.logohistories.com/p/glasgow-airport-logo-margare...
I read this as "doubles up as Scottish satire" and clicked trying to find the satire.

Very cool logo, though, so I wasn't disappointed.

Yes, this is the kind of logo that will last for a thousand years. Really gives a sense of spaciousness, I feel like I can really stretch my elbows in this logo.
It's pretty, but it doesn't look cyclic to me. It looks like "throw everything in this pit in the middle, where nothing can leave." The "cycle" part is important in recycling! I actually prefer the U.S. recycling logo.
The negative space makes the cycle. The green arrows represent items going to a central location to be recycled, while the white arrows represent them going back out into the world.
The genius of the logo is similar to the genius of the FedEx logo: you have to look at the negative space to see the arrows heading back out.
There are arrows pointing out.
Ok, with that one there’s definately a swastika and it’s not even slightly hidden.
I can't make myself see a swastika even if I look for one. Can we really not use any symbology with 90-degree rotational symmetry but no mirror symmetries, ever again?
There are swastikas all over Taiwan (卐, the Buddhist kind) so probably not a big deal for the designers.
I'm not seeing it.
Ugh, a seamless combination of a swastika with an arrow cross. I don't think this would go well in Europe.

(It's not just me. The page has a legal disclaimer:

"This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany." )

Looks questionable.