Who Really Designed the New Indiana Licence Plate?

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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

A couple years ago a design firm I worked for was asked by the Indiana BMV to submit a few designs for the new Indiana license plates. We submitted a few designs, but the BMV claimed they were not interested and that was that.  A few months later I was driving down the road and saw the first new plate on the back of a car in front of me. I was shocked to see the new plate shown above on the left looked very similar to my design on the right. I know there are a few differences like the white replacing the gold and the county sticker at the top, but for the most part they are the same. Perhaps it was just a coincidence, but I thought I should post this to get a few other opinions.  So, what do you think?

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4 Comments

  1. ERG 09.09.09

    great design! too bad you don’t get any credit, but on the bright side, at least there is a decent option for a license plate in indiana now. there’s been some really atrocious ones in the last years.

  2. Yeah, I’ve had a few designs ripped off over the years. Comes with the territory, I guess. At least you can say, “They’ve got good taste.” Maybe they should replace the “999 AAA” with “RIP OFF” or “TOO BAD” or “SEZ WHO” . . .

  3. Brandon 09.22.09

    Haha! Great suggestion Tom. Thx!

  4. Brandon………I’m an Indiana “SAMPLE” License Plate collector (ALPCA #11060). You wouldn’t have a “sample” of that plate you designed that you’re willing to part with, do you?
    I would place it in my collection as an “Almost Sample”!


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