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[lcg]

Yes, I like the new logo.

[dafin0]

to me i think it would look better if the window was inverted. http://i20.photobuck...mb_23669D8A.jpg
but i might just be saying that because its different to what we were given

[Zain Adeel]

its a nice simple idea.

But... i dont like how its made.
I believe they can actually go with something dynamic. A dynamic logo.

In the sense... To use on start buttons on tablets. The logo will have a head on view. No scewed perspective. But if placed next to the Windows text. It should have this perspective.
And the other way for the charms menu.

In a way. Make the logo 4 dynamic live tiles. But then again .. they will be needing a static one for paper.

i edited it to the one in the middle.
Which i believe renders the tiles or window glass as square and not rectangular.

[Charisma]

Zain -- MEGA like the top middle one.

[Calum]

I love it! I've always disliked the idea of the four different colours in one logo, but I love this new idea of the colour changing depending on how the user has personalised their operating system—I thought that would be a good idea when I first saw the different coloured logos they used for Windows Phone; however, I love this idea more because the entire logo is filled with that one colour the user has chosen. I am looking forward to seeing how they demonstrate different colours while marketing.

In regard to the shape of the icon used—I love that, too! It screams "Metro!" It looks like four tiles on the Windows Start Screen, it looks like a window, and it effectively captures the motion and feel of the tiles.

This is a brilliant design, and it has reignited my excitement for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

[BoredBozirini]

Ugly is not enough to describe it.

[Zain Adeel]

3 Charisma, on 17 February 2012 - 22:08, said:

Zain -- MEGA like the top middle one.

thanks !! well you see in my logo the tiles look like squares. Not rectangles. Thats my biggest grip with the Windows logo. Also i think a lighter weight text looks better. Looks sleeker. Anyways..

Now what do i do will all my stuff with the flag logo ?

[+Phouchg]

Zain Adeel, on 17 February 2012 - 22:25, said:

thanks !! well you see in my logo the tiles look like squares. Not rectangles. Thats my biggest grip with the Windows logo. Also i think a lighter weight text looks better. Looks sleeker. Anyways..

Now what do i do will all my stuff with the flag logo ?

1. Send it to MS and tell them you've fixed it. Obviously, working many hours without breaking sweat like, no doubt, the design agency that made the official one, would like to claim.
2. ???
3. Profit!

[Calum]

Zain Adeel, on 17 February 2012 - 22:25, said:

thanks !! well you see in my logo the tiles look like squares. Not rectangles. Thats my biggest grip with the Windows logo. Also i think a lighter weight text looks better. Looks sleeker. Anyways..

Now what do i do will all my stuff with the flag logo ?

Why is that your biggest gripe? Many of the tiles on the Start Screen are rectangular, which is why I'm glad Microsoft went for this idea.

[NinjaGinger]

I wonder how much they paid for somone to think it up.50 cents if it was by appeal, bet it was more though.

[Zain Adeel]

cralias, on 17 February 2012 - 22:30, said:

1. Send it to MS and tell them you've fixed it. Obviously, working many hours without breaking sweat like, no doubt, the design agency that made the official one, would like to claim.
2. ???
3. Profit!

Haha.. good idea

Callum, on 17 February 2012 - 22:31, said:

Why is that your biggest gripe? Many of the tiles on the Start Screen are rectangular, which is why I'm glad Microsoft went for this idea.

Callum ... These arent the rectangles that the tiles are. Neither are they square. They are something in between. When you look at square tiles from such a perspective they look narrow. not wide. And guess what?
I replicated the MS logo and do you know they started with squares? because i made 4 squares. Then i applied perspective effect on them without reducing width and thats the logo i got.

I can understand the reason for this. To make the logo wider and have more flatter looking tiles. But then why the perspective? Sometimes you have to ask yourself. MS tiles are digital squares hanging in space. in a 3d environment and they are flat. They cannot stretch like gum. And this logo makes me feel like the tiles are stretching. not moving or sliding. This projects stretching to me and not motion. IMO.

oh.. and this logo took me 1minute to make. I dont know if MS got it made for free or what.

my other gripe is that the type could use some work. Like the Wi.. the dot of i looks kinda weird. It always did with this font. Maybe reducing the W width or something. Im not a typography expert but thats something the text gives off and i can be certain of that. And i know its always been that way. I just think if they are getting a new one made. Why not work with a different type?

[+jamesyfx]

My opinion doesn't really matter, but it's one of the worst logos that I've ever seen.

[Zain Adeel]

Its just that the original flag logo is really balanced. And it looks super cool in a circle or square border.

But as evident.. theres not much you can do with these 4 squares. So this is pretty much 99% what can be done with such a shape and idea.
the other 1 perfect is using a headone view which will look dead. or a more accurate perspective rendering the logo too narrow.

Again i say. In windows. Digitally. make the logo dynamic. let these tiles flip and move a bit. Will add so much..

[Zedox]

I like it.

[rfirth]

Screenshot from Windows 8... clicking on the edge of a tile. The Windows 8 logo does make a little sense in this context.

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