So you thought that all these Web 2.0 logos were confusing and characteristic of a scattered landscape of useful and less useful services? Think again.

The other day I saw this show on Dutch television discussing the functioning of government bodies. It’s a monstrous, bureaucratic bunch often delivering below-par services. The image below depicts the many logos of different government bodies, illustrating its bureaucratic structure:

However, Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Guusje ter Horst plans to cut down the number of civil servants to 15.000 and deliver some 80% (!) of government services over the Internet. All good stuff.

Logo collections are hot these days, the above image instantly reminded me of this huge Web 2.0 logo collection on Flickr:

For your viewing pleasure, see the funny logo remakes of 1.0 companies at Yay Hooray’s thread.