Google changes its logo - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Protocol7;48626929]Don't forget Verizon too: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ZFWxWUO.png[/IMG] 2015: Year of the boring minimalist sans-serif text logos.[/QUOTE] I like that one too. It has enough personality and doesn't take up as much space, not to mention that the Z in the original one looks outdated.

[QUOTE=Protocol7;48626929]Don't forget Verizon too: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ZFWxWUO.png[/IMG] 2015: Year of the boring minimalist sans-serif text logos.[/QUOTE] god that looks terrible, all major US cell carriers have shitty logos

[QUOTE=wauterboi;48626940]I like that one too. It has enough personality and doesn't take up as much space, not to mention that the Z in the original one looks outdated.[/QUOTE] The only unique thing it has is the checkmark, the rest is basically Helvetica Neue Bold... I don't know how that registers as "personality."

[QUOTE=Protocol7;48627927]The only unique thing it has is the checkmark, the rest is basically Helvetica Neue Bold... I don't know how that registers as "personality."[/QUOTE] I like it, it means companies are starting to identify themselves using a name instead of flashy pictures.

When Google changes its logo again in 5 years, we'll all be lamenting how wonderful this one was and how terrible the new one is.

I really like it, I'm surprised they stuck with that font for as long as they did.

So it appears that the new google's logo was designed by a russian designer in 2008. All they did is contacted him, bought rights and did a few changes. [URL="https://web.archive.org/web/20141119140119/https://turbomilk.ru/blog/cookbook/icon_design/google-favicon"]Original 2008 post (russian)[/URL] [IMG]https://habrastorage.org/files/196/840/a8c/196840a8ca0d4b519a86ac89f80e72a6.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=lavacano;48628020]I like it, it means companies are starting to identify themselves using a name instead of flashy pictures.[/QUOTE] I don't disagree, the old Verizon logo was uglier than shit, but I'd take ugly over boring any day. At least the old one was recognizable.

[QUOTE=Protocol7;48629194]I don't disagree, the old Verizon logo was uglier than shit, but I'd take ugly over boring any day. At least the old one was recognizable.[/QUOTE] You can't recognize a company by its name?

[QUOTE=lavacano;48629508]You can't recognize a company by its name?[/QUOTE] I think what he means is that it stood out. Which it did, but not in a good way. For me its the logo of tyrannical necessary evil. :v:

After looking at the Google logo for some time now, I do miss the uniqueness of the g. I wish they at least retained that part of it.

[QUOTE=Badballer;48631060]After looking at the Google logo for some time now, I do miss the uniqueness of the g. I wish they at least retained that part of it.[/QUOTE] Yeah, the way I see it, they decided "Let's make a new logo," "Hey I know I have this cool generic font!" "Let's use it" "Hey that looks good but let's make sure people know that we're ~artistic~" "Good idea, you go write out an overcomplicated thought process" "shit we forgot to make the g look cool" "ehh forget it who cared about that anyways"

[QUOTE=smurfy;48594769]Logos have to work when displayed on a smartphone screen, you can't make them too complicated[/QUOTE] Especially when phones have 2K resolution screen

[QUOTE=PelPix123;48631098]This logo looks like a nightmare for people with dyslexia.[/QUOTE] It isn't

[QUOTE=Badballer;48631060]After looking at the Google logo for some time now, I do miss the uniqueness of the g. I wish they at least retained that part of it.[/QUOTE] I agree, I thought that was the entire point of google's logo in terms of standing out. Now it looks bland.