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The logos of Path and Pinterest are very similar. Pinterest was actually designed by Mike Deal and fontographer Juan Carlos Pagan. The letter P looks like a ne

• thathonkey 12y ago
  Yeah but you don't pin things to bulletin boards using needle and thread so while clever, it doesn't really match their concept like you suggest.
  • frogpelt 12y ago
    Pinterest is about the ideas and projects that are being pinned more than just about the act of pinning. A needle and thread is a nice way to represent those ideas that are being shared.
• esquivalience 12y ago
  You're right in the sense that comparing a logo to a font isn't like-to-like. However, his point for me is wider than that - if the logo triggers a mental link to something else, even if it's a different concept, that's potentially very bad. The author is referring in lay terms to the legal concept of trademark distinctiveness (ie, not-being-generic-ness) rather than the concept of conflict between two brands (a different legal principle, albeit one that is clearly important). I don't know whether or not this is deliberate, but either way it's done very well.