Truth In Advertising

I won't elaborate, but I do know the world of marketing and design. And I know it runs largely on BS. So I wasn't surprised to read a BS-free explanation from the designer of the prominent corporate logo above posted at Post Secret:

"I was on the internal creative team that created this logo. We sold it with some highfalutin' corporate-sounding symbolism. We agreed that the last person to leave would send this [email]. That's me. The design is really a flushing, swirling toilet."