The Washington Nationals are next in line to host baseball’s midsummer classic in 2018, and today they unveiled the logo that will be tied to the game. It looks pretty much as you would probably expect it to look.
It’s a round logo with the nation’s capital rising up from behind the “All-Star Game” font with a red banner with the city’s name and the year spread across it, complete with a star-spangled banner-esque design etched in where appropriate to fill some empty space. And, of course, the MasterCard logo resting below the main focal point of the logo, because sponsorships must not be omitted in the design phase.
The 2018 All-Star Game logo. pic.twitter.com/vcR6EgKZ9P
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There probably wasn’t a whole lot that would have been expected of the Nationals and their first All-Star Game logo. At first glance, it looks nice and fits the theme attached to the Nationals. What else would you have wanted them to do?
It may not be one of the all-time best All-Star Game logos, but it’s just that; An All-Star Game logo. It’ll be short-lived and be used for marketing and merchandising efforts, and that’s fine. And the Nationals are not in a similar position that San Diego was last year, where the Padres were able to capitalize on the classic brown and yellow of the franchise’s past. The Nationals are red, white, and blue from the roots of their organization, including their origins as the Montreal Expos.
If you could design the All-Star logo for Washington D.C., how would you have done it?
