A Waste of Space

Last week, the Agencia Espacial Española (“Spanish Space Agency”) introduced a new logo designed by MyWay Spain. For fear of pointing out the obvious, it’s not good but that’s the least interesting part about this. Turns out that in 2022 and into 2023, the Space agency, through Spain’s Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Spanish Network of Design Associations, went through an RFP and pitch that attracted 75 proposals with three of them being asked to deliver a paid design pitch. From those three, a winning proposal by Cruz más Cruz and Rubio & del Amo was selected and work began on the project until it came to a halt in 2023. Then in September of 2024, the Cruz más Cruz and Rubio & del Amo team were told by the Space Agency they would soon be discussing n