What a nice design. The little birdie is similar to the twitter one, but not so much so it’s valid as a ripoff. It seems unique enough in it’s design to me.
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Thanks very much! I’ve had a few people mention the twitter bird thing, and it’s discussed in detail on my blog, i’d love to hear what you think.
http://www.bird.ie/blog/the-birdie-brand-and-the-twitter-bird
Cheers,
Cormac
We’ve seen a lot of rip-off designs come through our site and other gallery sites, we look at a lot of sites, trust me. This logo is not in my book a rip. The only similarity is that they are both birds, that’s like saying Kellogg ripped off Exxon to create Tony the Tiger…