{"id":247920,"date":"2025-07-08T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/247920\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:55:09","slug":"readers-of-ipswich-star-react-to-ai-redesigns-of-itfc-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/247920\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers of Ipswich Star react to AI redesigns of ITFC logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  While we are not calling for Ipswich Town to change their badge, nor do we think they should, this little experiment was both a test of AI and a little bit of fun to mark the 30th anniversary of the current crest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"The third design, which had the brief to make a more 'modern' design\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The third design, which had the brief to make a more &#8216;modern&#8217; design (Image: Newsquest) That being said, one reader, David Swan said: &#8220;Number three is the stand out one for me. We shouldn\u2019t live in the past and have a new and exciting future ahead of us so why not a new and exciting badge?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Also the Orwell Bridge causes the town of Ipswich a load of grief on a regular\u00a0basis so don\u2019t need any reminders.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Linda Nixon, however, wants to see some changes to the final design, in which we told ChatGPT to take all of the designs into account and get creative.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"The final design, where ChatGPT was told to get creative\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The final design, where ChatGPT was told to get creative (Image: Newsquest) She said: &#8220;I like the final design best but would like to see some modifications:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make the horse look\u00a0more bulky\u00a0like a Suffolk Punch\n  <\/li>\n<li>Get rid of the Willis building as it looks as though it is a burden on the horse\n  <\/li>\n<li>Then move the horse up the design and make the Orwell Bridge more prominent like other designs.\n  <\/li>\n<li>Add the date at the bottom \u2013 1878\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I am now 70 years old and miss my teaching career where I taught both computer science and art\u00a0and design.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I am still very technology minded and love the progression of AI (except on all those ridiculous Facebook Reels).&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Personal favourite of both myself and a fellow readers\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Personal favourite of both myself and a fellow readers, the second design\u00a0(Image: Newsquest) Nick Lay, who has been a blues\u00a0fan since 1967, said his favourite was the second design.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, not everyone shared love of the designs, specifically the mighty Suffolk Punch, with many saying that the designs of the horses are too small in stature.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Jo Grant said: &#8220;I prefer the original I suppose, I don\u2019t like most of the horses because they don\u2019t represent the Suffolk Punch.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I also think it should include the football and keep the castle design.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"The fourth design, despite some errors, is the best worst design for one reader\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The fourth design\u00a0(Image: Newsquest) Similarly, one reader Rikk, was not a huge fan of any of the designs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;I would prefer the original 1995 iconic Suffolk Punch crest, the others are a poor substitutes to this long standing crest.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;If I had to choose I would pick number 4.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Thank you to all those who got in touch with your thoughts of the designs via email or social media, if you wish to get in touch you can send an email to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipswichstar.co.uk\/news\/25288477.readers-ipswich-star-react-ai-redesigns-itfc-logo\/mailto:oliver.picton@newsquest.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oliver.picton@newsquest.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While we are not calling for Ipswich Town to change their badge, nor do we think they should,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,1942,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-247920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}