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Re: Atlassian announces new logo

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That's a _superb_ logo actually. It's a shape of a racked server + an usual, but fitting choice of color. It's instantly recognizable and versatile as hell.

I like it but will people know what a physical server looks like in the future, kids dont understand the save button (floppy disk) today.

This is HP Enterprise. Their target audience is people who have been to a datacenter at least once (or at least seen images of one on slides).

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At least this is a little more creative than HP Enterprise's "new" logo: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/dc/a4/bc/dca4... I wonder how many $Ms that cost.

That's a _superb_ logo actually. It's a shape of a racked server + an usual, but fitting choice of color. It's instantly recognizable and versatile as hell.

* UNusual

Re: Atlassian announces new logo

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That new logo looks like fingertips. Does this mean they've also done away with all caps on JIRA? Or was that changed a while ago?

Yes, all product names are now consistently cased as part of this rebrand. Jira, Statuspage, Fisheye, Hipchat and Sourcetree (the latter 3 all being CamelCased before)

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Living with a graphic designer, I've heard all there is to hear about how important logos are and how many hours/days need to go into research for one. BUT, I'm yet to actually see any real evidence whatsoever that it's worth spending more than a couple hundred dollars on one. Can anyone find any actual evidence that it's worth investing a ton of your marketing budget into a logo vs just about any other marketing exercise?

Personally, I just can't wrap my head around it. Pick a colour palette that matches your business (blue = calming, red = aggressive etc etc), and make a mildly unique and attractive shape with those colours that is related to your businesses name. I've had it explained to me a million times but I still don't see how this could take more than a couple of hours, it just seems like a massive exercise in overthinking a very simple problem.

Re: Atlassian announces new logo

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Living with a graphic designer, I've heard all there is to hear about how important logos are and how many hours/days need to go into research for one. BUT, I'm yet to actually see any real evidence whatsoever that it's worth spending more than a couple hundred dollars on one. Can anyone find any actual evidence that it's worth investing a ton of your marketing budget into a logo vs just about any other marketing exe…

I also struggle to believe that if you have a well recognized logo, unless your company's image is really, really poor, then redesigning your logo is anything other than a net negative.
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