[Nini]

Just me who really liked them? Yeah, the abstraction was going to put off a lot of people in intent especially with that abstraction being only a small fraction of a larger logo during a time when regions were still very much independent though a part of a wider network. I see the intent of reducing the logos of each region down into something identifiable as a flag or pennant. Problem though was that it didn't take into consideration the logos and what they represented hence Anglia's having the eastward pointing yellow triangles now pointing westwards or Ulster's being too abstract though is based on their ident. Granada's I don't object to, it's still very identifiable but I guess that vertical bar was important.

You really needed to see the logo at the start to make sense of where it concludes though and the concept was a bit too heady for the market but as a piece of design, I thought they did a good job. They weren't intended as like-for-like representations of the logos but as a vexillological approach to their designs overall, a rationalising and distilment to be identifiable from a distance. Maybe someone just liked flags and striking geometric designs, can't say but I will say that even though it failed as an identity, it works for me as a strong brand.