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Medium reveals a new logo… again
By Dom Carter August 24, 2017
The online publishing platform has already replaced the logo it introduced in 2015.
How much time does it take for a brand identity to become stale? For Medium, less than two years seems to be long enough. Earlier this week the online publishing platform unveiled a new logo (above) and wordmark to replace the colourful, three-dimensional logo design it used from late 2015.
Created by Medium’s in-house designers and San Francisco-based design and branding studio Manual, the new black and white logo is an abrupt change that calls back to the original look of the site from 2012 through to 2015.
The new logo is sure to be a welcome change for eagle-eyed designers who had a negative reaction to the Medium 2.0 rebrand. While the vibrant 2015 design (below) came under scrutiny for its inconsistent corners and the questionable quality of its 3D effect, the 2017 logo takes a more mature approach with flat, sleek letter shapes.
The three dimensional 2015 Medium logo received a mixed response from designers
When looking through the evolution of the Medium brand, the new logo looks like a logical refinement of the site’s original monogram (below). The glyphic serifs give Medium an authoritative editorial look that also manages to appear more personable than the square corners found on the platform’s first identity.
The site’s original logo, from 2012, was authoritative, with square corners
This brand journey, circling back to a mature and sophisticated look, only helps to highlight Medium’s 2015 whacky phase. While the colourful logo was certainly fresh and distinctive, perhaps it deviated too far from what Medium wants to be known for.
The 2017 identity does include a nice range of tasteful palette options, though, w