Apple RIP Logo design

http://jmak.tumblr.com/post/9377189056

by citricsquid • 15 years ago

812 45 15 years ago

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

redthrowaway• 15 years ago

It's an excellent design, and a fine tribute.

beagledude• 15 years ago

really awesome logo, thanks for posting

RexRollman2• 15 years ago

Thanks. I am using it as my wallpaper at work.

emeltzer• 15 years ago

Posted on Aug 26th, 2011?

sliverstorm2• 15 years ago

When he stepped down. Notice the post itself doesn't actually say anything about his death.

rev087• 15 years ago

The post tags include "death" and "RIP". probably a server misconfiguration tho.

jasontan• 15 years ago

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

jdale27• 15 years ago

Tacky.

omfut• 15 years ago

Excellent!. I loved the creativity. Best Tribute.

marcamillion2• 15 years 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• 15 years ago

That is really, really lovely.

uniclaude2• 15 years 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

lsb• 15 years 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".

uniclaude2• 15 years 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• 15 years ago

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

Rayzar• 15 years ago

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

relix• 15 years ago

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

josefresco• 15 years ago

You hope he gets paid?! I hope he doesn't get sued by Apple.

eru• 15 years ago

Why? He can always claim it's meant to be a parody, and thus should be safe. Or not?

iMark• 15 years 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/

dhimes• 15 years ago

This is also very, very nice.

hpenedones• 15 years ago

Apple's missing piece.

fezzl• 15 years ago

Apple should use this logo.

pluc• 15 years ago

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

RexRollman2• 15 years ago

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

marshray• 15 years 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... and it's kinda stuck in my head now. :-P

swombat• 15 years ago

What? How are the two even remotely similar?

raimondious• 15 years ago

The downward tilted silhouette of a face? I think the similarity is pretty apparent and thought the same thing when I saw it.

luckydude• 15 years 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.

berserkpi• 15 years ago

It is perfect.

morsch2• 15 years ago

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

hendrik-xdest• 15 years ago

I don't think it is the same: 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).

morsch2• 15 years ago

I guess there are several versions. I saw it here: http://www.taz.de/Kritischer-Nachruf-auf-Steve-Jobs/!79461/

acpmasquerade• 15 years ago

GREAT. More than worth to share.

onlawschool• 15 years 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

I can't imagine that they independently arrived at that cover without having seen this here first.

sgt• 15 years 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

petercooper• 15 years 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• 15 years ago

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

marcamillion2• 15 years 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-th...

That's awesome. Would love to know how that worked out for you.

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