Blue Circles — so hot right now!
The latest version of iTunes hasn’t been getting a lot of good press since its launch recently, especially of the design front. There’s the vertically-orientated close/minimise/maximise buttons, the monochrome icons in preferences and the sidebar, and the new application icon.
Dan Benjamin and John Gruber talked about these points in the latest episode of The Talk Show (highly recommended podcast by the way). At 42:55 John Gruber said this:
“…the problem is it’s yet another blue circle…it’s unbelievable how many icons in my dock are blue…and most of the blue ones are blue circles.”
This was an curious observation, and one I hadn’t hit on before. I worried for a moment as our logo is…a blue circle!
The pebble.it branding in its current form is a little over a year old. The remit for the design was for it to reflect our technical savvy and Mac leanings. So, in light of this revelation it looks like we were successful (could even say prescient)! As we’re not talking about an application icon here, we’re not battling to distinguish ourselves in a crowded Dock, so I don’t think it’s of any concern. Interesting convergence though.
To illustrate the point, please enjoy the slideshow of blue, circular application logos. I could of gone on, but thought 10 was enough!
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