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Re: The New Airbnb

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Post by zheshishei »

visakanv wrote: post #76
alphonse23 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What the company is doing is essentially illegal. You can't rent out a living space without applying for rezoning, and then it still has to be with the approval of the city planning department of the city. You can't just let people turn their places into rentals. I live in a large city, and I would mostly agree that city planning in necessary in order to avoid problems with traffic, parking, and all the other problem…

I live in Singapore, where Airbnb will remain illegal for a long time. That said, is "that's illegal!"necessarily watertight proof that something isn't going to work? Could it be possible that people might like the idea of something enough that cultural attitudes change, and people demand different things, and laws shift and change to accomodate what people want?

The thing is, the reasons why Airbnb is illegal (e.g. the zoning laws that the parent mentioned) aren't really subject to shifts in cultural attitudes. It boils down to city planning and structuring (the flow of traffic, the layout of utilities, etc.), all (or at least most) of which are put in place to try and make our horribly inefficient cities just a bit more efficient.

Re: The New Airbnb

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Post by jcrjcr »

knowtheory wrote: post #22

Well, this should go down in the annals of logos which should have gotten some wider impressions before launching. Since nobody else on HN has mentioned it, all of twitter thinks the new logo looks like a vagina. It's hard to unsee.

That was my immediate thought. I don't see how you could see much else in it

Re: The New Airbnb

#93

Post by jcrjcr »

collyw wrote: post #66
knowtheory wrote: post #22

Well, this should go down in the annals of logos which should have gotten some wider impressions before launching. Since nobody else on HN has mentioned it, all of twitter thinks the new logo looks like a vagina. It's hard to unsee.

Huh? I don't think it does, and I have watched my fair share of porn. Looks like an upside down love heart.

Is that what it's meant to be? Makes sense given their #belonganywhere

Re: The New Airbnb

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Post by jamesbritt »

jcrjcr wrote: post #92
knowtheory wrote: post #22

Well, this should go down in the annals of logos which should have gotten some wider impressions before launching. Since nobody else on HN has mentioned it, all of twitter thinks the new logo looks like a vagina. It's hard to unsee.

That was my immediate thought. I don't see how you could see much else in it

Looks like a paperclip to me, even when I was trying to see the vagina.

Re: The New Airbnb

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Post by wgoodwin »

ssmoot wrote: post #47

I clicked on the link and saw the "Welcome Home" message with a lady sleeping in the background. A second or two later she moved and I realized I'm watching a short video of some lady sleeping. Which felt very creepy. I just thought that was noteworthy since that's not a feeling that comes up all that often clicking on a link for a business's home page. On the new logo: I think it's surprisingly nice. The video intro…

Yeah, how has this not generated more comments? I felt like an absolute stalker as soon as that woman moved, and the subsequent images have made it only worse. Bizarre is an understatement.

Re: The New Airbnb

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Post by nicarus1984 »

ssmoot wrote: post #47

I clicked on the link and saw the "Welcome Home" message with a lady sleeping in the background. A second or two later she moved and I realized I'm watching a short video of some lady sleeping. Which felt very creepy. I just thought that was noteworthy since that's not a feeling that comes up all that often clicking on a link for a business's home page. On the new logo: I think it's surprisingly nice. The video intro…

The ones with the people walking around outside or working at the cafe are fine, but yes that sleeping woman one makes it seem very creepy. Poor choice by the design team.

Re: The New Airbnb

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Post by zackliscio »

knowtheory wrote: post #22

Well, this should go down in the annals of logos which should have gotten some wider impressions before launching. Since nobody else on HN has mentioned it, all of twitter thinks the new logo looks like a vagina. It's hard to unsee.

Reminds me of this: http://www.funnyordie.com/articles/c5feb0ce69/graphic-design...

Re: The New Airbnb

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Post by nicarus1984 »

alphonse23 wrote: post #6

I can't say I really believe in Airbnb as a company and idea, but that is a damn well designed website -- I guess you could say the best money could buy..

What is so well-designed about the site? I'm no designer and I am not being cynical - I'm genuinely curious because, to me, the site is very similar to many others I have seen today. It's possible I don't have an eye for the details here, but I really don't see a huge difference.

Ex. http://electricpulp.com/ http://spigotdesign.com/ ...

Re: The New Airbnb

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Post by m0nastic »

colmvp wrote: post #62

Logo similarity: https://www.automationanywhere.com/ They've had this re-design at least since March (based on their Facebook page).

Seeing the favicons while having both sites open in different tabs drives the point home even more.

They're even using a very similar shade of orange.

I do wonder if I was making a logo how hard it would be to search for similar ones though. It seems like it would be harder to google than a name.

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