New logo

Post by oplav » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 9:39 PM UTC

polote wrote: post #68

What about the features that existed in the last favicon ? We used to be able to see if there was new messages, or if someone tagged you, directly in the favicon without opening slack, now it is impossible. You are forced to go check slack all the time to see if there is something new. I'm disappointed :'(

Post by DonHopkins » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 9:41 PM UTC

vernie wrote: post #55

ricardobeat wrote: post #44

[warning: cannot be unseen] There is a swastika hiding in the negative space in the middle of the logo.

Quite the contrary, I can't see it.

Post by eppsilon » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 9:43 PM UTC

tir wrote: post #90

tvanantwerp wrote: post #47

This feels so generic. I get the problem they're referencing with too many colors and not working in all contexts. But the human mind being what it is, I never had a problem connecting "rainbow-colored #" with "Slack". This...this is just some kind of blob. I couldn't tell this apart from a big pharma company, or some kind of conglomerate that makes everything from toasters to jet planes. I'm reminded of the Philip M…

Agreed, the '#' had a long history of indicating a channel, like on IRC, and by extension text-based communication.

Post by rahkiin » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 9:44 PM UTC

giarc wrote: post #82

mythz wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed, they have a pretty impressive and aesthetically pleasing portfolio: https://www.pentagram.com/work/

Yet at the same time, some of the logos in the Slack work are really bad. https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/618d5092-a542-4dae-bd... One is just colons added to the name and the wave emoji. The one beside it looks like it's from a 1997 tech company. The whole bottom row seems like it should be titled "We created these to show what not to do."

Post by fuckfascists » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 9:46 PM UTC