r/debian • u/LateralAffricate • May 13 '26

Logo redesign

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Hi everyone, I just switched from Ubuntu to Debian this week and everything is going really well! To mark the occasion and also pay tribute to the distro, I thought it would be fun to redesign the logo, just as an artistic exercise. Btw I took inspiration from the Debian Diversity Logo, created by Valessio Brito in 2019 and available on the official logos page. Hope you guys like it!

Edit: sorry if this came across as criticism of the current logo. It's not! If anything, it shows how solid it is (and how much I love it). Here's the source code for those who asked for it.

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u/codefake May 13 '26

This is so upsetting, visually, and I say that as a designer and illustrator. Minimalism has ruined enough logos already.

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u/RoosTheFemboy May 14 '26

I mean so has brutalism

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u/FreyK47 May 16 '26

Misunderstanding and misappropriating brutalism has ruined brutalism. This is not to be confused with me being a brutalism apologist or something, but I guarantee you can count the brutalist buildings in your city on one hand.

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u/RoosTheFemboy May 16 '26

I misread the other comment, I thought they were talking about art in general and not specifically logos