Embrace the new .NET Logo!

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# PQ said:

"It's grown on you"? I know the original wasn't exactly a poster child for good graphic design but this is....awful.

25 October 08 at 5:57 AM

# Phillip Kerman said:

I actually like the logo but I think it fails to do what you describe.  To me, it looks like things are all getting out of synch.  IF you're lucky I can make a video making fun of it.

26 October 08 at 1:58 AM

# Aggelos Mpimpoudis said:

Very nice concept!!!! Congratulations!!! Another success for the creative team :D

26 October 08 at 6:23 AM

# Tobias Zimmergren said:

About time we get something new to stare at ;)

Looking good.

Cheers

26 October 08 at 10:02 AM

# Steve said:

I don't think it needed a change.  

The new design of it looks horrible imo

26 October 08 at 1:42 PM

# mikkel h madsen said:

is this the new official ,net logo or just a idea of what the .net logo could look like ??

27 October 08 at 10:07 AM

# Andy said:

It's got to be said, I'm not too keen on the new logo, though I'm not 100% sure why. I think it's because the text looks unbalanced and the wave too flat, but then I'm not sure if correcting them would make it look better either.

Probably too late now but I would have loved to have seen a version with a shorter, thicker lined .NET and a shorter wave, possibly curving the edges a bit more to give more of an impression of movement.

27 October 08 at 10:58 AM

# P said:

Actually dilbert (on dilbert.com) was working on logo too (for his project). Coincidence?

ps he wasn't so succesful though...

27 October 08 at 1:37 PM

# P said:

Actually dilbert (on dilbert.com) was working on logo too (for his project). Coincidence?

ps he wasn't so succesful though...

27 October 08 at 1:38 PM

# James said:

I like the the general look of the logo. There's something about the number of colors though that I find odd.

27 October 08 at 3:11 PM

# Ahmad Sheikh said:

I'll simply say this is creative, distinct and awesome but one thing i didn't digest that the letter 'N' only will be used as shorthand for the .Net in future

27 October 08 at 4:05 PM

# Andrew said:

It's a big improvement over the original (that thing was woeful). I like the idea, but it looks disproportionate. That said, it's in keeping SL / new SQL Server logo / Azure stuff, so keeping all those married together is more important.

Overall, nice work.

27 October 08 at 5:59 PM

# Brian H. Madsen said:

Hey Scott - i love it...

regardless of what people have said i actually think it does sync very well with the silverlight logo (and whatever else might  come in the "near" future).

I can see the "N" being the logo that'll be used overall, without "Microsoft .Net" applied to it - give it time guys, eventually it'll grow on you and you'll be associating it with the framework :)

Scott, out of curiosity, was it a team collaboration or can we give credit to an individual for the "winning" logo? if so, who's the designer that came up with it?

27 October 08 at 6:01 PM

# Ian said:

But i cant seem to find a download of the logo in HIGH RES format i.e. Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop or similar..

Yes if you click on the logo it shows you it in PNG format but it seems rather small... and the quality doesn't seem to be right...

Can you post a download link to a an high res version or in a vector graphic format??

and update this post so we all know...??

27 October 08 at 7:29 PM

# chaiguy1337 said:

This is not something you can proudly stick on a box or a web page. It's too cumbersome and there's not enough to it. It's basically just a too-wide N on a slant.

It's better than the old one, but not by a whole heck of a lot.

27 October 08 at 9:48 PM

# Nguyen Cao Bao said:

I think the new logo like this is not a good idea. If it's possible, please give another better.

27 October 08 at 11:35 PM

# Pete said:

I think for me the problem with the logo, and please take this as constructive, is the top left corner of the "N". I can see that theres some overlay effect on the ribbon or something that causes an overlap to appear light instead of dark or something but it makes it look like the ribbon is broken in that area and gives the design a kind of fractured feel. I think if you kept that little triangle dark instead of light the design would flow a little better and look more solid. IMHO

28 October 08 at 4:43 AM

# Robert Lair said:

I like that it is more in sync with the Silverlight logo as well.  Now get on the VS team to redesign the Visual Studio logo.  It is overdue for a new logo. Just because it looks like the infinity sign doesn't mean it should last forever.  :)  

28 October 08 at 5:30 AM

# DL said:

I didn't realize i was looking at the letter 'N' at first...looks more like a Slash V. Maybe if it wasn't so wide it would look better. that's just my 2 cents.

30 October 08 at 11:02 AM

# Vishnu said:

The logo looks like a logical extension of Silverlight. Not too sure how well it will integrate with Surface?

Nevertheless, looks quite simple and striking.

31 October 08 at 6:09 AM

# Eric Swanson said:

Is it a logo or a graphic? It deviates from "traditional" logos in so many ways that it is extremely difficult for me to accept it beyond a nice looking graphic. There are so many fantastic and creative ways to "say .NET" in a logo, that a swooshy blue N doesn't do it for me. You can do better! So, please do! :) "Embrace the new logo" must mean it's too late... FYI: The logo should support the ".NET" brand and not repeat something already in the logo's title; the "N".  N.Net? Ooh! Like...... um.... "New.Net" LOL  Okay, I get it now. ;)

31 October 08 at 12:37 PM

# Kerlin said:

The best way for a logo is to create with a innovative through and plan with well design with some good effect and if this is related to .net then some application development looks should be there.

07 November 08 at 1:24 AM

# Jibran Khan said:

Two things:

1- I dont like it

2- last one was better

looks like the logo of a production house (media).

18 November 08 at 5:58 PM

# Cezar said:

I don't care about the logo at all...... Why should I?

25 November 08 at 2:56 AM

# Lance Fisher said:

I really like this logo!  I'd like to get a sticker to put on my MacBook Pro :)  Do you know where I could find one?  Ideally, clear background and just the blue wave.  I could print them myself if I had an .ai file or something.  You can email me at lance dot fisher at gmail.  Thanks!

19 December 08 at 4:09 PM

# scbarnes said:

Wow..

Mixed reaction but in a good and bad way..

16 January 09 at 3:59 AM

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