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Re: New logo

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Post by reneherse » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 8:16 PM UTC

ricardobeat wrote: post #44

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

Good eye. Swastika patterns are always something to beware of when creating a pinwheel based design, whether in a logo, decoration, architecture, or even just pinwheels.

Re: New logo

#52

Post by DelTaco » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 8:28 PM UTC

Since Slack changed default profile icons too, I recreated mine in CSS: https://codepen.io/anon/pen/VqNXXP

Re: New logo

#53

Post by martythemaniak » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 8:32 PM UTC

ricardobeat wrote: post #44

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

You really gotta work for it. Also, that would be the Buddhist rather than the Nazi swastika.

Re: New logo

#54

Post by proee » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 8:43 PM UTC

sz4kerto wrote: post #16

Every company must have a logo with four colors -- some variant of red-green-blue-yellow. It should also fit into a square, and the colors must stay separate, splitting the square into 4 parts if possible.

Is this good advice or satire?

Re: New logo

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Post by vernie » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 8:55 PM UTC

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.

Re: New logo

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Post by joelrunyon » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 8:55 PM UTC

Logo aside,

I appreciate the quick blog post much better than the old Uber brand which tried a bit too hard to explain every thought behind each part of the rebrand.

https://www.uber.design/case-studies/rebrand

Re: New logo

#57

Post by evanb » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 8:56 PM UTC

martythemaniak wrote: post #53

ricardobeat wrote: post #44

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

You really gotta work for it. Also, that would be the Buddhist rather than the Nazi swastika.

I'm sure a rational discussion about co-opted symbology is what what Slack wants associated with their new icon/logo, rather than many people's visceral gut reaction that is almost certainly independent of the sense of rotation.

Re: New logo

#58

Post by ericol » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 8:58 PM UTC

I thought TL;DRs were supposed to be at the top of a post.

Re: New logo

#59

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 9:01 PM UTC

martythemaniak wrote: post #53

ricardobeat wrote: post #44

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

You really gotta work for it. Also, that would be the Buddhist rather than the Nazi swastika.

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Re: New logo

#60

Post by ryanmercer » Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 9:02 PM UTC

ricardobeat wrote: post #44

[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.