Yahoo's new logo is here. Unveiled last night on the firm's Tumblr after a month-long logo-a-day campaign, it's--well, it's not that different from the old one. A little bit more serious, perhaps, but still with that delicious screamer at the end of it. And what does the second, larger O signify? It's playful, says one Yahoo employee--the CEO.
Marissa Mayer has already described the new design as "whimsical, yet sophisticated." (Sounds like this writer's kind of logo.) Her blogpost, entitled "Geeking Out on the Logo" said she and the logo design team decided that they wanted something with a human touch, that was personal, and proud. Straight lines were out, as they "don't exist in the human form and are extremely rare in nature."
Of course, the logo was met with a healthy batch of criticism when it was unveiled:
The logo is being rolled out on the site, but hasn't reached the right-hand sidebar of Yahoo's press room yet. Here, the story behind the new logo's design.
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