Microsoft has finally decided that its about time that they should be changing their older logo with a new one.
Thursday saw Microsoft changing the 25 year-old italicized to a new logo which shouts ‘Metro’ and actually looks quite similar to the Windows 8 logo.
Instead of the simple Microsoft letters, this one has got a symbol behind the letters. The symbols are in the same colors as the previous Windows logos but are simple, equally-sized squares now.
Ahead of these symbols is the Microsoft name written in a font called ‘Segoe’. Following the logo, the official Microsoft website and three of Microsoft’s stores have been changed and updated to the new design too.
This is the third logo in Microsoft’s history. The first one, made in 1982 was changed five years later in 1987. The next one was changed 25 years later.
Announcing the new logo in the official Microsoft Blog, Jeff Hansen commented
It’s been 25 years since we’ve updated the Microsoft logo and now is the perfect time for a change.
This is an incredibly exciting year for Microsoft as we prepare to release new versions of nearly all of our products. From Windows 8 to Windows Phone 8 to Xbox services to the next version of Office, you will see a common look and feel across these products providing a familiar and seamless experience on PCs, phones, tablets and TVs.
This wave of new releases is not only a reimagining of our most popular products, but also represents a new era for Microsoft, so our logo should evolve to visually accentuate this new beginning."
You can expect this logo to last at least until Windows 9 when a new style might make an appearance in the next logo of the Redmond-based company. Whether you like this new logo or not, just don’t expect Microsoft to change it in the near future.
They are turning everything in tiles..
good changes
Is this really a change ?
How much Microsoft would have paid to the guy who created this logo?
i think the old one looks good then this one
Just trying to compete with Google ..
Looks like ‘Pirated’ Microsoft :-D
If this is really a change, I can (and many others among us) make it these changes very easily (at least on yearly basis). Will MS pay me ?
New CEO of Microsoft is trying to change everything…
The guy must receive a hefty amount by creating this 4 colored square shape which can be easily drawn by a KG kid. Some times its really hard to understand firms logic…
Have you ever seen an Apple Macbook or Macbook Pro? When it is in sleep mode, its light blinks slowly to indicate it is in sleep mode.
Now read this:
http://floodmagazine.com/2010/10/14/apples-attention-to-detail/
Just because you do not understand how important a logo is in marketing a product does not mean they wasted money. If they “waste” (your word not mine) $100000 for a logo but that same logo is easily recognisable and gets them $10000 revenue per day, it is a winning situation.
All your comment leads me to believe is that you lack imagination.
@udas bacha
They pay those hefty sums for cognitive science psychology… A kid could definitely draw this “4 square shape”… At the end of the day, peculiarity matters. Something that imprints in the mind. Changing the logo completely might lead them to the cost of losing general public recognition. Succinctly, fancy design doesn’t matters. And simplicity is elegance.
Does Microsoft call it a new logo or by mistake it happened… lolx
not a big deal!! same as usual
If you look it from company side, its a big change — not small as you think
PRESENT LOGO DOES NOT LOOK BATTER THEN…..,
good step by microsoft, its time to rebrand all of your services
i think previous logo is better than new one
Muzamal Answer is like as windows 98 is better then xp and xp is better then seven,we accept every change too late.
I wonder, do they really call it logo?
Very beautiful and fresh looking logo. It seems inspired of upcoming windows8 and windows 8 mobile, tiles concept.
Great going Windows Tiles! I love it.