How about a new logo for Plasma 6?

Throwing in my idea.

I tried to adhere to the current logo as much as I could, but I can’t think of a way to nicely incorporate all 3 rgb dots, so one dot it is!

kde-logo-01-preview-main

kde-logo-01-preview-mono

kde-logo-01-preview-3d

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Looks promising, thank you - but for me the angle is wrong (90°), because IMHO it should symbolize a bracket (and no “victory” sign :wink:).
I also prefer the bracket pointing to the right (perhaps because I am used to write from left to right, or I associate the bracket with a stylised terminal prompt…).

@Eva, that is probably too similar to

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to be usable, but I’m no legal professional. It’s not a bad logo, though.

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There is nothing wrong with the current logo - it looks good as an application launcher (the multi-coloured version posted here does not look good though, but that is not the normal verison). All of the proposals here look worse IMO.

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I disagree, there are some designs that looks great and could replace the current logo which is from 10 years ago.

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I like this @Eva. Here are a few ideas. I might be able to help mock them up if you are interested:

  1. Point left-to-right? In most cultures, that means “moving forward”. That also keeps it familiar, which I think we want.
  2. Add the three color dots? The center dot should be the largest, then a medium one at at the end of one arm, and a small one on the other. They may not need to be centered.
  3. Possibly add a gear cog underneath? Not exactly sure how, but it might work if not too complex.
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Of course! If you’d like to expand on it, you’re more than welcome do with it as you please.

Left to right could work, might need to change proportions then a bit, so it’s not too vertical. I played around with 3 dots, but couldn’t get it to work without it feeling forced. Unsure about a cog, but I agree it shouldn’t be too complex.

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Absolutely. It actually aligns with a project I am working on :wink:

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I saw your blog posts about the visual design system, it’s really great, looking forward to see more !

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