The Mozilla visual identity team, which I'm lucky enough to play a small role in, has just released the new Thunderbird logo! Jon Hicks was the illustrator behind both this new logo and the Firefox logo released a few months ago.
I've been using Thunderbird as my primary mail client for the past few months and have been generally pleased overall (particularly in comparison to Outlook, which I was using previously). It's exciting to see the progress of the project as it continually improves over time.
Check out Jon's explanation of the design process.
Comments
Paul Mayne - April 20, 2004 6:41 pm
Beautiful Logo. I too have been enjoying Thunderbird for over a month now and I absolutly LOVE it. Plugins are amazing. I just can't wait for better spam control.
Melanie - April 23, 2004 7:43 pm
Very sassy. I'm using the browser client and it looks like it is time to upgrade.
Adam Michel - April 27, 2004 2:06 am
When do we get us some ad buttons? We gotta get the word out!
Mark - July 12, 2004 1:32 pm
The new logo is fantastic when seen as on this page ... but when it is seen in its more common form , as an icon, it looks somewhat like an envelope wearing a cheap feather wig.
J - July 15, 2004 11:20 am
Mark describes the icon perfectly...but such a nice envellope with a rug. It doesn't look like anything else on the toolbar, so it does function ( that is, once I know what it is I can find it at a glance)...but sometimes I think just a capital "T" would be more recognizable...