You have to wonder how much they spent
to arrive at something almost identical to the existing logo.
Facebook has revealed its new logo - somewhat bizarrely, in a Tweet. The Social Network™'s product designer Christophe Tauziet popped out this missive eary on July 1st. Say hello to the new Facebook logo pic.twitter.com/ofoFm4JQmK — Christophe Tauziet (@ChrisTauziet) June 30, 2015 Under Consideration reports that the new …
"a report full of shit"
You mean a report packed full of naturally-organic idea fertiliser, infused with a gently-wafting aroma of determination, to fertilise the ideas that can grow your business concepts into the towering fruit trees of success they deserve to be.
You forgot the extras like the explanation by the designer on the "way the oo's bring together the richness of the social environment followed by the majestic "k" which ensures that everyone plays nice together".... and somewhere will be the statement about "representing synergies>....<choke>
Look at the King! Look at the the King! Look at the King, the King, the King!
The King is in the all together
But all together the all together
He's all together as naked as the day that he was born.
The King is in the all together
But all together the all together
It's all together the very least the King has ever worn.
It has to be badly photoshopped on to a towel, because Zuck really has to know where his towel is. At least, he's gonna need it once people wake up to the fact that advertisers aren't really making that much return on their Zuck-buck, make like a tree, and leaf.
(I really need more coffee. I'm just not functioning right in the head this morning.)
"It has to be badly photoshopped on to a towel"
Indeed. The curvature and distortion of the lettering isn't right, and doesn't match the towel (or whatever it is) - but there is curvature and distortion to the lettering in that picture (look at the 'k' - it's most prominent on that one).
This suggests to me that the rolled up towel is part of the logo.
(Yet none of this is mentioned in the article?)
A Google image search on "Facebook new logo" comes up with the logo on its own, sans towel (and distortion), so I don't think it's meant to be a part of it.
There's absolutely no point to this. Many people won't notice the difference- if, as was commented elsewhere, they even see it in full (and not just the usual "f").
Really, it looks like someone tried to replicate the existing Facebook logo, but couldn't get their hands on the correct typeface (or didn't notice and/or didn't care) and used a more generic and less interesting one instead.
At least the old typeface had a distinct look and style without being overly in-your-face about it. The new one is just boring.
The conspiracist in me suspects that some of these boring redesigns have more to do with getting attention from the press, but do Facebook really need that?
Unfortunately the weight of the new Facebook logo was such that shortly after it was erected, the ground beneath the letters caved in and they dropped for nearly half their length through the underground offices of many talented young complaints executives—now deceased. The protruding upper halves of the letters now appear, in the local language, to read “Go stick your head in a pig”, and are no longer illuminated, except at times of special celebration.
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I agree, there's no point to this.
First, how many people will even notice this (SLIGHTLY!) different font!
Second, I do notice things like this (I've noticed a few speed limit signs out and about with non-standard fonts compared to the rest, for instance) but... it's so similar I might not have even noticed. And, having noticed, as much as Facebook might want it to signify something deep, to me it doesn't signify a thing.