A new logo for Atom?

Posted by Byrne, 14 Feb 2006

I have no idea what inspired Mena, but she took it upon herself to design a new logo for the Atom protocol and syndication format, and it’s hot.

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Who knows if it will be adopted by the Atom community, but it certainly gets my vote.

She also created a couple of different variants on the design:

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And was gracious enough to provide me with the source graphics for it as well:

I would love to hear what people think. And keep in mind, this is not a logo to replace the now ubiquitous Firefox Feed Icon, this is something for use on the Atom website etc.

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I'm very impressed. It is a really clean and crisp design.

Really cool designs, I especially like the black option without a background.

Very nice!

Is it a joke, or an unintentional collision?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_symbolism "The anarchy symbol that most people are familiar with ... consists of the capital letter "A" surrounded by a circle." "The anarcho-punk movement unofficialy uses the "sloppy" or "stylized" circle-A."

There's also five circles around the edge reminiscent of a like a pentagram. This could be a new game: find the signs of evil in the Atom logo.

Really lovely!

Hm... not a huge fan. A little too busy. It needs to be a bit simpler. I don't think it will scale well.

The question is, when can we all start using it? I know I'd like to toss this logo on my blog now.

Really cool designs,I love the logo too.good!

good

good

I agree