Revolut (though a fintech company named after a revolution lacking the charge at the end is still moronic in several ways)
airbnb (from awful to meh)
Spotify (same)
Worse:
Pinterest (original fit the platform and what it is/was pretty much perfectly. Current is meh)
eBay (both are bad IMO, but at least the original was bad in a playful and eye-catching way. The new one is just more meh
Burberry (the stag was notable and signalled a history of old-fashioned quality that’s suitably rugged. The new one is meh AND insecure about people knowing which London they’re from)
Rimova (yet another fashion brand apparently afraid of being noticed
DF (from one of the best and most fashion-appropriate logos to an absolute eyesore and kerning nightmare that invites vandalism)
Jaguar (From absolutely iconic and great in every way to even uglier than the new DF one. I hope whomever came up with that got both fired and beaten and I’m a pacifist.)
The rest just go from meh to slightly different meh 🤷
Some good discussion about this trend on HN:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32040506
All these minimalist labels save .0005¢ every time they’re printed, probably even more on promo booths, banners, and the like.
Better:
Worse:
The rest just go from meh to slightly different meh 🤷
I liked the old aibnb one.
Microsoft went from “boring with a bit of attitude” to just plain boring
DF gets points dedacted for missing the ü dots on both, looks absolutely stupid to a german speaker
Spot on.
Those old fashion logos are actually sick. Concerning that an industry that sells style would make these their logos.
Except eBay, that was always trash.
I wonder how much correlation there is between logo blandification and being owned by giant corporations.