University of North Texas Tartan Contest

**MadMouser** · 11th April 14, 08:28 PM

It looks like UNT is having voting for a tartan for the university. Here's the link to the site, with the voting. Tartan C was designed by one of my wife's friend's nieces, but don't let that influence your vote (if you're interested in voting).

https://tartan.unt.edu/tartan-project

**Benning Boy** · 11th April 14, 08:43 PM

I like tartan C. However it is not PC. It is full of microaggression. I'm surprised there haven't been protests.

**Chas** · 12th April 14, 02:45 AM

If I am honest, I can't say that I like any of them. I think that the palette is too limited - oh for a red stripe!

**Brenton** · 12th April 14, 06:44 AM

Being an alumni of UNT, I'd always wished we had a tartan. As an RA at Bruce hall back in the early 2000's my wing themes always revolved around tartans and Scottish things. Thanks for posting about it, otherwise I'd have never know about it!

**RockyR** · 12th April 14, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by Chas

If I am honest, I can't say that I like any of them. I think that the palette is too limited - oh for a red stripe!

I'm with Chas on this one. Tartans with only 3 colors are a bit difficult (or 2 colors for that matter), but if you added a 4th color (another shade of green?), it would add depth to the design.

Barring addition of another color, I'd re-do it by making it mostly black and green with thin white stripes (or at least reducing the overall amt of white).

**figheadair** · 12th April 14, 11:21 PM

I'm with Chas: not impressed by any of them. It's not that one can't make something perfectly acceptable with three colours - the 42nd seems to have stood the test of time - but the shades, particularly the green, are horrid. I don't know if they are the UNT shades but if so it rather nicely demonstrates the problem of starting with a proscriptive design brief and the fact that having access to a design programme doesn't necessarily make one a designer

**Jock Scot** · 13th April 14, 01:55 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

I'm with Chas: not impressed by any of them. It's not that one can't make something perfectly acceptable with three colours - the 42nd seems to have stood the test of time - but the shades, particularly the green, are horrid. I don't know if they are the UNT shades but if so it rather nicely demonstrates the problem of starting with a proscriptive design brief and the fact that having access to a design programme doesn't necessarily make one a designer

I rarely comment on tartans, but as we are in the design stage, I am happy to add my support to Chas's, Rocky's and Peter's comments.