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New Arc Logo

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I'm sorry, but that's a horrible logo. It's like some kind of optical illusion. Trying to see the lowercase A in there reminds of one of those posters where you have to defocus your eyes to see a hidden picture. I only noticed it after it was pointed out and I still had to stare at it for a while.

I get the whole Hundred Year Language thing, but you don't need to start with a logo that looks like it's a hundred years old.

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I feel bad sounding like such a jerk about it, but I just don't have anything positive to say about that logo. It's difficult to even be constructive because it doesn't have a single redeeming quality. Even the color scheme is a poor choice because of the low contrast. I think this is one of those "back to the drawing board" moments.

You shouldn't feel bad for being honest. Also, I'm glad you posted, I didn't see the "a" at all. After reading your post I went back and it still took me a good 10-15 seconds to finally see it.

First, it's encouraging that Arc now has a logo/graphical representation. However, in my opinion, it's not really that good. It looks like it was designed to be a favicon and doesn't scale that well when enlarged, and when it's small it's difficult to impossible to see the "a" shape.

I'm sure there are members of the Arc community and here on HN that are willing and capable of designing a much better logo if given the chance.

To get the ball rolling: http://drop.io/arclogo/asset/arc-1-png

The drop is open for uploads.

[Cross posted at arclanguage.org as well]

Link doesn't work for me; it's asking for a guest/admin password.

Ah whoops - thanks for pointing that out. It should work now.

A square logo for a language called Arc; you've got to be kidding.

Another attempt. Feel free to improve it or build on the idea.

http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo.png

http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo2.png

http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo3.png

http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo4.png <== addressing some criticism form the Arc forum.

I quite like this idea, although the way its been squashed in the second one isn't as good. An unsquashed version of #2 would look good imo.

Here you are (I edited my first post).

Thanks, the #4 is interesting too, reminds me of Stargate :s

Is it only me who sees an abstract representation of a penis and testicles there? :/

It would be quite a trump!

I'm sure it could be amended to remove that impression, but I don't have the time to look into that now.

I like it though, I'd just remove the split at the bottom of the A personally, just have it as an arch.

The split is meant to be a lambda, and it's left part is supposed to evoke a lowercase a.

It looks as though the logo was designed by a programmer. I, for one, would not hire a designer to program. I don't see why it ought to work so much better the other way around.

pg is also a painter, you know...

Clearly, painting is a different skill than is graphic design. Not to beat on him too much, but I think the results speak for themselves.

Hmm...not sure if you're looking for feedback, but if you are, I'd go with a lighter shade of blue. It's hard to differentiate it from the black when the image is scaled down.

Yeah was about to say that.

Otherwise it's okay.

I would also add that at least for me the white and the black steal the focus. This makes it very hard to see the 'a' without looking for it.

Wouldn't a simple two-color arch (or a geometrical arc) make a better logo?

Very Mondrian.

Does this logo hint that Arc is the product of De Stijl philosophy applied to computational expression?

pg can correct me, but methinks you're reading too much into it.

Here's one. I'll probably come back to it during the day too. Don't know if PG is asking for submissions but he's more than welcome to any I do in any colour scheme he needs. All feedback welcome. http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7305/arcdph.jpg

one more: http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5518/arcbluew.jpg

another: http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/762/arcship.jpg

I didn't realise what it was until I read the comments on the arc fourm, which is proberly a bad thing! After having it explained I like it, especially the concept but I agree with comments that it doesn't scale well.

I also prefer the blue colour scheme on the arclanguage site too!

IMO, it immediately strikes as a metaphor for generational garbage collector, each region depicting the generation of objects: red => new, blue => long-lived, black => garbage collected, whiteness => (??) the programmer doesn't have to worry about those details. While the rectangular shapes denote perfect building blocks, it would have been better to mix them with curves, as an expression of finesse, and/or surgical precision.

Later, pg's comment at arclanguage.org says that it's "a." May be the lack of curves is intentional, to caution that abstractions are often somewhat approximate? :)

The red and blue jammed together remind me of this page I stumbled upon: http://www.wired.com/wired/scenarios/

Larger version : http://ycombinator.com/arc/arclogo.html

i like it.

Tropical surface anal? Doesn't sound pleasant.

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