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Is it just me, or are the recent visual overhauls of EBay, Microsoft, and Google remarkably similar? - The logos all have red, blue, yellow, green (that was
by chubot 14y ago
Is it just me, or are the recent visual overhauls of EBay, Microsoft, and Google remarkably similar?
- The logos all have red, blue, yellow, green (that was
true before, but the shades they use seem more
similar now)
- flat styling with minimal drop shadows
- using lots of white background and light grey lines/panels
- more hard square corners than rounded
- san serif fonts (very similar if not identical)
- hovering over links underlines
- full width backgrounds
I'm not a designer, but it just seems like a very common visual vocabulary. I wonder why the brands wouldn't try to differentiate themselves more? It has some similarities to Apple's aesthetic but less "sleek" with the multi-colors.
They're going for "clean" but to me it's starting to look a little bland.
- nsns 14y agoIt's called fashion. You know, what everyone does to differentiate themselves from the herd.
- schoash 14y agoThis logo looks like a first iteration in their redesigning process.
- hm8 14y agoThis were precisely my first thoughts about the overhaul. But you'd have to agree that the newer layout definitely looks refreshing on all platforms except at Google where people took some time to come to terms with the changes.
- cheneytsai 14y agoI believe Ebay and Microsoft actually hired the same agency to do their redesign.
- thejosh 14y agoweb 3.0 is here.
- wallawe 14y agoAnd their homepage is shockingly similar to Amazon's: http://cl.ly/image/2Z0w3q0G1g0y http://cl.ly/image/2Z0w3q0G1g0y
- reitoei 14y ago> I'm not a designer Yet you attempt to critique using phrases like "sleek" and "clean".
- lowboy 14y agoWhy is that problem? Just because someone wouldn't define their job or profession as designer doesn't mean they can't have opinions.