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Agreed that the new logo fails on counts of aesthetic and meaning. It's kinda stressful to look at that continuous line between the two edges of the M...
Lovely identity but not a good fit for Medium. It has too much character, and Medium is just canvas for everyone's thoughts.
Plenty of exciting new updates from Medium, including a new logo! @ev published his thoughts on the new update here: https://medium.com/the-story/tak...
Story behind the new logo here: https://medium.com/the-story/the...
New iOS app info here: https://medium.com/the-story/tak...
@torbahax Nice! Also nice story on the design journey. Logo reminds me of a project I'm working on ;) https://twitter.com/awayin_to
Not totally into the brand new logo, but most of all I'm concerned about some typographic choices :\
Where is the centered text? Why they removed an heading style? 😔
I don;t like the logo. Where is the original dark, bold, prominent M . Too bad. Hope it will not go down like blogger
@dontpanic_cg @pieroborgo George, are you saying that because you personally don't like the logo they now have a chance to become as unpopular as Blogger? Can't say that is a smart statement...
@briansventures @pieroborgo as a designer I inevitably tend to watch at logos and typography. I don't agree about some choices they made but I still love to write and read on Medium.
Can't express how excited I am for this. The API is super powerful, and the connection to IFTTT hopefully will make it extensible to other services (it's limited to recommendations as a Medium trigger ("this"), and creating drafts as a Medium output ("that") for now, but they promise to open it up further). The possibilities are exciting. Medium factors a ton into of how we connect with people who share our values, and so being able to use the API to make sure we reach everyone would be very important to us.
I liked the original logo. Had a reference to the large dropped initial capital serif letters used on newspaper articles.
Newspaper = stories.
Stories = Medium
I'm still so skeptical about using Medium, because I know they'll introduce adverts on these beautiful pages one day.
@nicholassheriff Interesting to see these, any particular point you're trying to raise? Main thing I see is simplicity winning out. I don't think the Medium logo refresh does a good job of that.
@_shaunrussell @nicholassheriff
Shaun I was simply pointing out that some of the world best brands period have started off with incredible marks and then went through a crazy transition to screw up their brand identity and it only took a few decades to go back to the original simplistic law of good design.
Rams’ design motto, “Weniger, aber besser” which translates to “Less, but better” has not only influenced his own professional works but also the work of some of the most well-recognized designers today, including Apple’s SVP of Design, Jony Ive. In Apple’s line of iPods, iPhones, iPads, and Macs, Ive’s minimalist style closely mirrors the work and principles of Dieter Rams, sharing a similar, simplistic design methodology.
“No part appeared to be either hidden or celebrated, just perfectly considered and completely appropriate in the hierarchy of the products details and features. At a glance, you knew exactly what it was and exactly how to use it.” – Ive on Dieter Rams
Our job is simply not to overthink things or screw up our implemetation of a law by pushing our own ideologies higher than what it truly should be representing...it's a lesson to us all really. None of us are born knowing any of this so if we have to learn all of this it is we either do not know it yet and make these mistakes or we are unaware we are truly not abiding by the right principles.
I love that they are still influx and trying something new and figuring things out but they need to not over think anything really and simply express it in the way it always should be expressed.
I'm not a huge fan of the new logo, but I'm sure it will grow on me. More important is that iOS app... absolutely love the update there. It's awesome to see how the platform has evolved in just a few years.
I love it. They're also releasing an API. Big changes coming, one week after their announcement of a massive $57M round.
@rrhoover Definitely the biggest part of the announcement, even if the most conversation will be around the new logo. Should be a lot more great content on Medium soon!
Hopefully the new content doesn't get caught in the drafts folder, I know mine is becoming a dangerous place for any draft…
@rrhoover I've never seen anyone reveal an API as well as Medium. Not only did they announce the API but also announced 5 integrations will kick-ass services and 3 SDKs for the most popular languages.
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