When we heard Philips was a new logo for its environmentally friendly -focused product line called The Philips Green Tick, we thought “Eew.” “Disgusting.” “Gross.” Then we looked at the logo, saw that it looked nothing like a tick and said, “Huh?” The thing looks more like an ear of corn with a circle around it than the disgusting creature that love to borough itself into your skin.
Certainly, the word tick has many meanings but the sound a clock makes or a check mark or an informal unit of measure were not what immediately came to mind. Perhaps, unlike in Northeast America, they don’t have the nasty blood sucking creatures in the U.K where this campaign originated. Perhaps, as is usually the case, we’re talking out of our ass and making a big deal out of nothing. You choose.
