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Apple RIP Logo design

812 points by citricsquid 15y ago

citricsquid 15y ago
I know normally this (an image) wouldn't fit here, but I thought it was poignant and relevant considering the front page.
- redthrowaway 15y ago
  It's an excellent design, and a fine tribute.
- RexRollman 15y ago
  Thanks. I am using it as my wallpaper at work.
- beagledude 15y ago
  really awesome logo, thanks for posting
emeltzer 15y ago
Posted on Aug 26th, 2011?
- sliverstorm 15y ago
  When he stepped down. Notice the post itself doesn't actually say anything about his death.
  - rev087 15y ago
    The post tags include "death" and "RIP". probably a server misconfiguration tho.
    - tommi 15y ago
      More likely those tags were added afterwards.
    - sliverstorm 15y ago
      Considering he stepped down on the 25th, this post is on the 26th, and it is titled "Thanks", I'm inclined to believe it is not an accidental misconfiguration.
jasontan 15y ago
Definitely appropriate, for this community even more so. Steve was an inspiration, an icon, a legend.
jdale27 15y ago
Tacky.
- omfut 15y ago
  Excellent!. I loved the creativity. Best Tribute.
marcamillion 15y ago
Wow...love the intelligence in this interpretation. I suspect this will likely become apart of the imagery associated with our loss, like the Shepherd's Hope poster became associated with Obama's campaign.
geuis 15y ago
That is really, really lovely.
uniclaude 15y ago
I made a few wallpapers [1] with this in case anyone wants one (sorry for the poor vectorization, I'm working and I had to make this fast). Imgur seems to compress jpegs a bit hard, so please feel free to ask me for less compressed images. The different images are for the different resolutions & styles. (I am not the creator of the original image, credits go to Jonathan Mak) [1]: http://imgur.com/a/ASm7b http://imgur.com/a/ASm7b
- lsb 15y ago
  That's a lovely form factor. Kern the numbers more evenly, the distance between the "1" and "9" is far more than the distance between the "9" and "5", and the "2" in "2011" is far closer to the "0" than the "1".
  - uniclaude 15y ago
    Thanks, I must admit I was rushing so much that I didn't even work on the kerning. I'll check this later today.
jarin 15y ago
Subtle, striking, and minimalistic. Just like Steve's design ethic.
Rayzar 15y ago
Cool tribute. I've used one of the variations for my Facebook Cover
relix 15y ago
Apparently news sites are using this logo. I hope he gets paid for this.
- josefresco 15y ago
  You hope he gets paid?! I hope he doesn't get sued by Apple.
  - eru 15y ago
    Why? He can always claim it's meant to be a parody, and thus should be safe. Or not?
iMark 15y ago
I tried an Apple logo variation back when Steve's illness was first announced. It's not as subtle as Mak's, but this seems to be the time for this sort of thing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/imark/3210793896/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/imark/3210793896/
- dhimes 15y ago
  This is also very, very nice.
hpenedones 15y ago
Apple's missing piece.
fezzl 15y ago
Apple should use this logo.
thetruthsayer 15y ago
I puked a little bit in my mouth.
pluc 15y ago
It's silly, but I made my tribute too: http://fusi0n.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/apple-half-mast.png http://fusi0n.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/apple-half-mast...
redbrick 15y ago
Apple by Jobs
RexRollman 15y ago
For some reason, this reminds me a bit of the Dreamworks logo.
marshray 15y ago
Apologies in advance for questioning an Apple aesthetic at a time like this. Perhaps SJ would have appreciated the design critique. But someone pointed out to me the similarity with, um, POW*MIA YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_POW-MIA_flag.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_POW-MIA_flag... and it's kinda stuck in my head now. :-P
- swombat 15y ago
  What? How are the two even remotely similar?
  - raimondious 15y ago
    The downward tilted silhouette of a face? I think the similarity is pretty apparent and thought the same thing when I saw it.
    - shrikant 15y ago
      Reminded me more of the Jane Eyre 'silhouette' book cover: http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/4722840-jane-eyre http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/4722840-jane-eyre
      - fennecfoxen 15y ago
        fyi, that link redirects users to a signup page unless they're already logged into goodreads. (which I'm not, since I have no account there.)
        rogercosseboom 15y ago
        I think this is what he meant: http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/jane_eyre.large.jpg http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/jane_eyre.large.jpg
berserkpi 15y ago
It is perfect.
morsch 15y ago
I just saw this in a (German) newspaper. Apparently Reuters picked it up.
- hendrik-xdest 15y ago
  I don't think it is the same: http://ow.ly/i/iHzx http://ow.ly/i/iHzx (I don't know if they wanted to be funny or what but it's very crude and inappropriate to open with "iDeath" and that image).
  - morsch 15y ago
    I guess there are several versions. I saw it here: http://www.taz.de/Kritischer-Nachruf-auf-Steve-Jobs/!79461/ http://www.taz.de/Kritischer-Nachruf-auf-Steve-Jobs/!79461/
luckydude 15y ago
I put it up at www.bitkeeper.com, if you need a copyright stuck on there or whatever, let me know. Very nice logo, I like to think that Steve would also have liked it.
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stallker 15y ago
Maybe we can put color lines back. Sorry for bad english.
onlawschool 15y ago
The cover of Chicago Tribune's Thursday edition of the Red Eye was strikingly similar to your design: http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/redeye.gif http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/redeye.gif I can't imagine that they independently arrived at that cover without having seen this here first.
acpmasquerade 15y ago
GREAT. More than worth to share.
sgt 15y ago
I love the design. I took the liberty of using it in an iMovie project called "In Memory of Steve Jobs" that I wanted to post to the guys on HN, who I hope will appreciate it. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaQyINe5oQ?1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaQyINe5oQ?1
petercooper 15y ago
Channel 4 News (UK) closed the story with this logo last night. They also closed by calling him the "insanely great Steve Jobs" which was nice.
mythz 15y ago
My tribute of Steve Jobs' beautiful world: http://www.servicestack.net/thankyou_steve.png http://www.servicestack.net/thankyou_steve.png
marcamillion 15y ago
Btw, congrats on the notoriety. I just saw your image on an NYT article. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/business/steve-jobs-and-the-power-of-taking-the-big-chance.html?pagewanted=all&src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/business/steve-jobs-and-th... That's awesome. Would love to know how that worked out for you.

812 points by citricsquid 15y ago

I know normally this (an image) wouldn't fit here, but I thought it was poignant and relevant considering the front page.

redthrowaway 15y ago
It's an excellent design, and a fine tribute.
RexRollman 15y ago
Thanks. I am using it as my wallpaper at work.
beagledude 15y ago
really awesome logo, thanks for posting

emeltzer 15y ago

Posted on Aug 26th, 2011?

sliverstorm 15y ago
When he stepped down. Notice the post itself doesn't actually say anything about his death.
- rev087 15y ago
  The post tags include "death" and "RIP". probably a server misconfiguration tho.
  - tommi 15y ago
    More likely those tags were added afterwards.
  - sliverstorm 15y ago
    Considering he stepped down on the 25th, this post is on the 26th, and it is titled "Thanks", I'm inclined to believe it is not an accidental misconfiguration.

jasontan 15y ago

Definitely appropriate, for this community even more so. Steve was an inspiration, an icon, a legend.

jdale27 15y ago

Tacky.

omfut 15y ago
Excellent!. I loved the creativity. Best Tribute.

marcamillion 15y ago

Wow...love the intelligence in this interpretation. I suspect this will likely become apart of the imagery associated with our loss, like the Shepherd's Hope poster became associated with Obama's campaign.

geuis 15y ago

That is really, really lovely.

uniclaude 15y ago

I made a few wallpapers [1] with this in case anyone wants one (sorry for the poor vectorization, I'm working and I had to make this fast). Imgur seems to compress jpegs a bit hard, so please feel free to ask me for less compressed images. The different images are for the different resolutions & styles. (I am not the creator of the original image, credits go to Jonathan Mak) [1]: http://imgur.com/a/ASm7b http://imgur.com/a/ASm7b

lsb 15y ago
That's a lovely form factor. Kern the numbers more evenly, the distance between the "1" and "9" is far more than the distance between the "9" and "5", and the "2" in "2011" is far closer to the "0" than the "1".
- uniclaude 15y ago
  Thanks, I must admit I was rushing so much that I didn't even work on the kerning. I'll check this later today.

jarin 15y ago

Subtle, striking, and minimalistic. Just like Steve's design ethic.

Rayzar 15y ago

Cool tribute. I've used one of the variations for my Facebook Cover

relix 15y ago

Apparently news sites are using this logo. I hope he gets paid for this.

josefresco 15y ago
You hope he gets paid?! I hope he doesn't get sued by Apple.
- eru 15y ago
  Why? He can always claim it's meant to be a parody, and thus should be safe. Or not?

iMark 15y ago

I tried an Apple logo variation back when Steve's illness was first announced. It's not as subtle as Mak's, but this seems to be the time for this sort of thing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/imark/3210793896/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/imark/3210793896/

dhimes 15y ago
This is also very, very nice.

hpenedones 15y ago

Apple's missing piece.

fezzl 15y ago

Apple should use this logo.

thetruthsayer 15y ago

I puked a little bit in my mouth.

pluc 15y ago

It's silly, but I made my tribute too: http://fusi0n.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/apple-half-mast.png http://fusi0n.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/apple-half-mast...

redbrick 15y ago

Apple by Jobs

RexRollman 15y ago

For some reason, this reminds me a bit of the Dreamworks logo.

marshray 15y ago

Apologies in advance for questioning an Apple aesthetic at a time like this. Perhaps SJ would have appreciated the design critique. But someone pointed out to me the similarity with, um, POW*MIA YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_POW-MIA_flag.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_POW-MIA_flag... and it's kinda stuck in my head now. :-P

swombat 15y ago
What? How are the two even remotely similar?
- raimondious 15y ago
  The downward tilted silhouette of a face? I think the similarity is pretty apparent and thought the same thing when I saw it.
  - shrikant 15y ago
    Reminded me more of the Jane Eyre 'silhouette' book cover: http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/4722840-jane-eyre http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/4722840-jane-eyre
    - fennecfoxen 15y ago
      fyi, that link redirects users to a signup page unless they're already logged into goodreads. (which I'm not, since I have no account there.)
      - rogercosseboom 15y ago
        I think this is what he meant: http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/jane_eyre.large.jpg http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/jane_eyre.large.jpg

berserkpi 15y ago

It is perfect.

morsch 15y ago

I just saw this in a (German) newspaper. Apparently Reuters picked it up.

hendrik-xdest 15y ago
I don't think it is the same: http://ow.ly/i/iHzx http://ow.ly/i/iHzx (I don't know if they wanted to be funny or what but it's very crude and inappropriate to open with "iDeath" and that image).
- morsch 15y ago
  I guess there are several versions. I saw it here: http://www.taz.de/Kritischer-Nachruf-auf-Steve-Jobs/!79461/ http://www.taz.de/Kritischer-Nachruf-auf-Steve-Jobs/!79461/

luckydude 15y ago

I put it up at www.bitkeeper.com, if you need a copyright stuck on there or whatever, let me know. Very nice logo, I like to think that Steve would also have liked it.

deleted 15y ago

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stallker 15y ago

Maybe we can put color lines back. Sorry for bad english.

onlawschool 15y ago

The cover of Chicago Tribune's Thursday edition of the Red Eye was strikingly similar to your design: http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/redeye.gif http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/redeye.gif I can't imagine that they independently arrived at that cover without having seen this here first.

acpmasquerade 15y ago

GREAT. More than worth to share.

sgt 15y ago

I love the design. I took the liberty of using it in an iMovie project called "In Memory of Steve Jobs" that I wanted to post to the guys on HN, who I hope will appreciate it. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaQyINe5oQ?1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaQyINe5oQ?1

petercooper 15y ago

Channel 4 News (UK) closed the story with this logo last night. They also closed by calling him the "insanely great Steve Jobs" which was nice.

mythz 15y ago

My tribute of Steve Jobs' beautiful world: http://www.servicestack.net/thankyou_steve.png http://www.servicestack.net/thankyou_steve.png

marcamillion 15y ago

Btw, congrats on the notoriety. I just saw your image on an NYT article. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/business/steve-jobs-and-the-power-of-taking-the-big-chance.html?pagewanted=all&src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/business/steve-jobs-and-th... That's awesome. Would love to know how that worked out for you.