New Photoshop Logo

[James Jones]

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/09...shop_gets.html

I'm not sure it's a great attempt

[D856C]

Strangely enough, this is the exact topic of my post just days ago. You'll want to check my second link "The Real Web 2.0 Bubble".

In other words, good PhotoShop ...as a logo design perhaps not so much.

I see the P repeated between the image and logotype. However, otherwise there is too much distance between image and test, and not really that much similarity.

Finally, most of these bubble logos signify something. If the reasoning was that Adobe products were all going social, then maybe. But the bubble logos often are indicative of something with, at minimum, a comment function. To use another example, the arrow in the FedEx logo indicates movement and goes along with the idea you're shipping something somewhere. In other words, the logo has some common sense link to some idea the company is trying to get across.

I don't get a sense of some idea trying to be communicated, I see a pretty special effect. The logo creator is trying to be an artist, not a communicator. The result is a PhotoShop effect that doesn't symbolize anything the way a good logo design can.

As in the topic of the post I linked, Adobe products way too often put the user in a contextual vacuum, without feedback. Consequently logo design in general is more the symbol of anti-social behavior, making the speech bubble ironic rather than symbolic.

Related:

Kevin Airgid Uncovers a Web Design Trend:
Monkey See Monkey Do

While it can certainly be argued "monkey-see, monkey-do" is social, it's probably a little too one sided and unimaginative to be included as the pinnacle of human social interaction.

[LeadMagnet]

You know, i didn't even see the P in that logo until you pointed it out.
All i thought was: Speech bubble (why?) and Open University.

[Zaoris]

Originally Posted by LeadMagnet

You know, i didn't even see the P in that logo until you pointed it out.
All i thought was: Speech bubble (why?) and Open University.

Same thing, and oh, not another speech bubble. I just don't think that's a good choice for PS, I expected some more.
At the moment I don't think it's gonna be changed, but I'll be glad to review the attempts.

[LeadMagnet]

Personally i quite like the simplicity of the current logos for the CS3 applications.
A box style with 2 letters. 1 capital, 1 lowercase.

Simple, clean, elegant, unoffensive to ppl who hate web2.0 logos, and a decent standard for future icons that will always be stylish imo.

[Jeff Fisher LogoMotives]

Pac Man Web 2.Oh-Oh

- J.

[jeela]

Can't say I'm a fan, after all the older adobe logos were all quite detailed