Thanks for the link Eric. I added yours to the list of blogs. :)

Why do Amelia's "Democracy" logos look like the Dickies clothing line horse shoe? Flip it 90 degrees and it's almost identical, right down to the number of nail holes on either side. What's Dickies got to do with the Ukraine?

If logo is needed (and one invariably is), what better choice than the Ukrainian national symbol, the tryzub (trident)?

On top of that, why did she choose a color scheme straight out of a Communist propaganda poster? There's that same depressing off-orange, sad yellow, and emphatic dark red.

That really, really grates on me. Didn't enough Ukrainians starve to death under Communism?

Why on earth would anyone with even a trace of design sense use the color scheme of the oppressors for their victims? Imagine using red, white, and black for a Jewish organization.

A better choice would have been colors from the Ukraine's flag of blue and yellow.

Hey, don't take my word for what a pro-Ukrainian color scheme should be. Let's ask some Ukrainians! Seems some folks have right idea, though...

Mr. Freen,

For some context on the logo design. . . The horseshoe image is straight from the Tak! posters that were part of the Yushchenko campaign and current rally. Honestly, the colors are not "depressing off-orange, sad yellow, and emphatic dark red" when you see them on flags in the street and flyers around the city. Look in some of the protest photos--you'll see the flags with Tak! on them with the horseshoe.

Orange is the color symbol being used all around Ukraine. Eveyrone is wearing orange armbands, scarves, clothes. . . And of course, there's blue and yellow flags being carried. However, The oligarch candidate's election colors were blue and white, so the orange color is being use as a symbol of hope and protest.

So. . . Amelia didn't choose a dickies logo or depressing, propagandistic colors. She's merely going with the theme the Ukrainians have chosen.

Ukrainians allready have Swiss supporters :-)

Mr. Freen, I think your initial reaction to the logo shows that the situation in Ukraine hasn't really lodged on the American radar screen; the symbolism just isn't apparent without explanations such as TulipGirl provided. I wasn't clued into it until I started paying closer attention to the blogs which are covering it.

Funny thing about the orange, though. Since burnt orange is the school color of my alma mater's traditional opponent (whose name I shan't mention), I was really happy to see the paler orange in play! ;-) [Never mind about the color behind the date headings on this blog.]

Dave, I'm glad to see your support for Ukrainian democracy. Too bad your support for democracy doesn't extend to the only country in the world strong enough and committed enough to make it a reality in the countries where tyranny would otherwise prevail.