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New logo
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Re: New logo
#12It looks a lot like the Google Photos logo turned upside down to me.
Re: New logo
#13I wonder how long it took them to go through this redesign.
Re: New logo
#14It's always a little sad to me when technology companies make sure a big deal about logos, marketing, and brand. Im not sure if I disrespect them more but Id rather such focus be on the technology aspect of what they do vs the look at the font we made, or the logo marketing put together.
It's not an either-or thing. Slack engineers are still working on the technology aspects.
Re: New logo
#15looks like 4 people circle-jerking.
Or maybe that's just my foul mind.
Re: New logo
#16Every company must have a logo with four colors -- some variant of red-green-blue-yellow. It should also fit into a square, and the colors must stay separate, splitting the square into 4 parts if possible.
Re: New logo
#17More interesting for the HN crowd I think is the article from the actual design company that did the redesign: https://www.pentagram.com/work/slack
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#18This new logo is a departure from their old art style that was everywhere in their old project, the game Glitch. (Interesting that it was exactly 11 different colors, like the 11 Giants in Glitch).
Re: New logo
#19I saw the favicon change and I thought a plugin was messing with the page.
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#20too complicated. The mind goes to the left and stays there. Not that "slack" is not read but still