Logo is nice, it feels more modern. Chiseled bevel is a matter of opinion and would probably get removed on smaller scales (hopefully). I'd like to see them redesign their front page though. It's incoherent.
Geeking Out on the Logo
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wow you seem bitter. I like the new logo. It is in line with the trend toward more 'flat' looking designs.
It has 3d bevels, if you look closely. That makes it look a bit dated, although just being flat to be trendy wouldn't be good either.
Why it's sometimes hard to take critique from HN seriously: http://img.pandawhale.com/29687-Grumpy-Cat-I-hate-everything...
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#133I love the fact that the CEO and an intern can work together on a project at Yahoo.
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#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
Children are surprisingly capable of not falling over dead or turning into monsters even if their parents spend a little time pursuing other interests now and then, you know. Also, be honest: Would that thought have even occured to you if Yahoo! had a male CEO? If not, why not?
Not only do they not die or turn into monsters, but it's also an important lesson on how to explore one's interest to occupy oneself! I also wanted to mention the idea of including your children in your interests so they get to know you and spend time with you (and you get to do something you love!), but there was no good seguefor that.
According to Wikipedia her kid is less than 1 year old. It's tricky to involve them in your interests at that age :)
I can just about get my 5 year old interested, but my 2 year old is more keen on pressing the off button on my laptop.
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Her experience and micromanagement apparently produced a logo that looks like it belongs on a web portal framed by IE6's forward thinking UI and appears to have been designed by someone who just figured out that illustrator could do 3d effects. So, so much for making users think the company has moved beyond its stagnant products. Which in a lot of ways it has, look at the Yahoo weather app for Android, the design is…
Micromanagement is a management style, not something you do over a weekend. Saying that the CEO micro manages because she's deeply involved with the evolution of her company's brand is a bit silly. Someone said that Steve Jobs wasn't a micromanager, only a great manager obsessed with details. I guess he should have stayed in his kitchen making sandwiches for his four kids.
If he wasn't already dead, seeing this logo and reading this post about the CEO and intern with their hands on an Illustrator file would probably give Steve Jobs a stroke.
I can just about hear his voice: "This is shit!"
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#136Geeking out. Another phrase that makes me want to bite my arm off.
Anyone that has to use the words "geek" or "nerd" to describe themselves or what they are doing are neither.
If you are a geek or nerd, you just are. You don't have to convince other people of it.
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#137I'd like to point out, for the record, that this "logo design team" consisted of:
- CEO
- SVP of "Brand Creative"
- VP, Creative Director
- Someone who doesn't seem to exist online, outside of articles about this new logo
- An intern
You'll notice a distinct lack of professional designers in that list. Apparently this 10 billion dollar brand wasn't important enough to put in the hands of, you know, experts. Instead, they spent a weekend (ONE WEEKEND) "geeking out" over it. Which is definitely the best way to design a global brand.
This is micromanagement at its very worst, and is an insult to the craft of design.
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#138This is a brilliant move by Marissa Mayer. She knows from experience that having the best of the best (not only in engineering- but also in design, marketing, etc.) is necessary for your success in tech. Large tech companies depend on their employee's pet ideas and projects, the fact that they might be well known in some niche for some open source project or blog, and so on. In a way, if you're a large company that n…
I couldn't agree more. What I feel a lot of people are missing here is that Marissa's making Yahoo a place where good engineers want to work: where empowered smart people can make a difference in a scrappy way.
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#139Wow, the comments here about working on weekends are shocking. Rome wasn't built in a day and companies aren't built with 9-5 jobs.
This is sad and hypocrite. Every start up I know works hard, long and hacker news should know better
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#140This seems to be really well intended, but this is the outcome when you put a data-geek into charge of design instead of a true artist. If they had just launched a design contest on a freelancer, they would have had a multiple times better results. Why not try a golden-yellow "Y" on a blue background for instance. Think different, play with the colors. Design has to come from the heart and really reflect the personal…
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