Why does it look so swastika-esque? Who's pockets did Slack fill up with cash to design this thing? It's like they literally took the old logo and said: "How can we make this look more like a swastika?". Makes you wonder if there's someone internally with a hidden agenda...oh yeah, slack was recently banning Iranian users...makes sense now.
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#72[warning: cannot be unseen] There is a swastika hiding in the negative space in the middle of the logo.
It reminded me more of the Visitors logo from the TV miniseries "V".
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#73More 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
What do you think it cost to get this slack logo designed from a company that prestigious? I see they also did rolls royce
$100-250k range given this includes logo, brand identity, motion design, comprehensive visual design system.
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#74So why exactly is it a swastika? I'll be launching an official investigation on Slack soon...seems like they're descending more and more into fascism everyday...not on my watch...
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#75I think it's supposed to look like little message bubbles, but I get kind of a "squirt emoji" vibe from it.
Edit: apparently HN doesn't support emojis. https://emojipedia.org/splashing-sweat-symbol/
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#76More 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
Agreed, they have a pretty impressive and aesthetically pleasing portfolio: https://www.pentagram.com/work/
Wow, the hovering rapid image preview are really annoying.
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#77Changing the logo doesn't help our team. I wish they'd used that money to get group calls working on iOS, speed up app on MacOS etc.
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#78Why would they chose a swastika for a logo?
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#79[warning: cannot be unseen] There is a swastika hiding in the negative space in the middle of the logo.
>[warning: cannot be unseen] Everyone, please look at the FedEx logo. notice the arrow between the E and x? You're welcome.
I'm hoping the difference is that Fedex actually meant to do that ;)
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