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This may seem petty but as a former designer, Stripes logo not really having a stripe in it has always really bothered me. Like... how could they not try harde

This may seem petty but as a former designer, Stripes logo not really having a stripe in it has always really bothered me. Like... how could they not try harder to make that a focus of their branding?

tylerrobinson 8y ago
Maybe that would have been a little too "on the nose"? I always thought that "stripe" refers to the magnetic stripe on the back of a credit card.
- mountainentity 8y ago
  I listened to Tim Ferriss podcast with Patrick Collison. They chose stripe as stripe.com was either available or cheap...
  - alphagrep12345 8y ago
    Yeah, that's true. Look at this quora answer for more info - https://www.quora.com/How-did-Stripe-come-up-with-its-name/answer/Greg-Brockman https://www.quora.com/How-did-Stripe-come-up-with-its-name/a...
mac01021 8y ago
The dot over the "i" doesn't count?
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travisjungroth 8y ago
Amazon doesn't have a river in their logo.
- lstamour 8y ago
  Well actually... https://www.freelogodesign.org/blog/2018/09/10/the-amazon-logo-story https://www.freelogodesign.org/blog/2018/09/10/the-amazon-lo...
  - benatkin 8y ago
    That has an interesting error in it: "This is a good example of why it is import to have a logo that is versatile." I wonder if the author was considering using the phrase "of import" [1] and decided to be less clever. 1: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/import https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/import third definition, import noun (IMPORTANCE)
  - pbhjpbhj 8y ago
    That article doesn't mention the "smile" is an arrow that goes "from A to Z". I've only just noticed it, I can't imagine it's not intentional though. Mind you I don't spend long looking at logos unless I'm working on them.
  - cabaalis 8y ago
    > The font of the logo as we know it today, along with the yellow line, was adopted in 1998. The yellow line started out curving down and now it curves up. Is that yellow? It looks more orange to me.
  - travisjungroth 8y ago
    Ok, I love that logo. It's straight '90s Outdoor Education.
- newobj 8y ago
  They did when they started.
chapium 8y ago
Maybe they dont need to repeat themselves?

tylerrobinson 8y ago

Maybe that would have been a little too "on the nose"? I always thought that "stripe" refers to the magnetic stripe on the back of a credit card.

mountainentity 8y ago
I listened to Tim Ferriss podcast with Patrick Collison. They chose stripe as stripe.com was either available or cheap...
- alphagrep12345 8y ago
  Yeah, that's true. Look at this quora answer for more info - https://www.quora.com/How-did-Stripe-come-up-with-its-name/answer/Greg-Brockman https://www.quora.com/How-did-Stripe-come-up-with-its-name/a...

mac01021 8y ago

The dot over the "i" doesn't count?

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travisjungroth 8y ago

Amazon doesn't have a river in their logo.

lstamour 8y ago
Well actually... https://www.freelogodesign.org/blog/2018/09/10/the-amazon-logo-story https://www.freelogodesign.org/blog/2018/09/10/the-amazon-lo...
- benatkin 8y ago
  That has an interesting error in it: "This is a good example of why it is import to have a logo that is versatile." I wonder if the author was considering using the phrase "of import" [1] and decided to be less clever. 1: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/import https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/import third definition, import noun (IMPORTANCE)
- pbhjpbhj 8y ago
  That article doesn't mention the "smile" is an arrow that goes "from A to Z". I've only just noticed it, I can't imagine it's not intentional though. Mind you I don't spend long looking at logos unless I'm working on them.
- cabaalis 8y ago
  > The font of the logo as we know it today, along with the yellow line, was adopted in 1998. The yellow line started out curving down and now it curves up. Is that yellow? It looks more orange to me.
- travisjungroth 8y ago
  Ok, I love that logo. It's straight '90s Outdoor Education.
newobj 8y ago
They did when they started.

chapium 8y ago

Maybe they dont need to repeat themselves?