Niel. Your talent is obviously top notch. This one is close, but still needs work. IMHO it’s just a bit boring.
THE LOGO
I'm going to start promoting this because people keep asking for something that:
- is simple & recognisable
- literally anyone can draw in 3 seconds
- is NOT an ostrich
- shows that we're talking about a network
- fits nicely next to our competition's icons (Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube, Google...)
- Pairs up well with the Bitcoin "B"
This logo has been doing the job for me for months and I still like it.
SVG files of several versions here 👉 https://w3.do/L6ZV6jBo
#nostrdesign #logo #branding
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Discussion
Needs to be bolder. Figuratively and maybe literally. Fill more space? I dunno, but maybe thicker lines and dots?
Needs to NOT remind us of Netscape, which died a slow death of strangulation by big tech monopoly. (Ironic) So maybe a big N is not for nostr? I dunno.
Nostr is a protocol.
It's the user-facing applications on top of it that should have "not being boring" as their main criterium.
Nostr is a protocol, not an app. So why should a nostr icon need to “fit nicely against our competitions icons”, if these are all app icons? (Except mastodon, which is a protocol with an animal icon… not mentioned btw)
Indeed any icon for nostr protocol should STAND OUT from app icons so as to NOT be mistaken for an app AND so as to be recognizable as a protocol when said apps claim to use the nostr protocol.
You can’t be “not an app” while sporting a logo designed to fit in with other apps. We need a protocol icon, that maybe fits with other protocols. (Which may be easily accomplished by having a different outline than a rounded square?)
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