The World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has just unveiled a new logo for HTML5 along with a new way of framing the conversation about newer web development technologies.
HTML5 has been a topic of great debate for a considerable time now and has won enthusiastic support of companies such as Google as well as sparking eagerness from developers in all areas of work; HTML5 seems in popular conversation, like the Holy Grail, which will fix everything that’s wrong with web development in particular.
The logo’s new site says:
It stands strong and true, resilient and universal as the markup you write. It shines as bright and as bold as the forward-thinking, dedicated web developers you are. It’s the standard’s standard, a pennant for progress. And it certainly doesn’t use tables for layout
The HTML5 logo was designed by boutique agency Ocupop which happens to be a firm that focuses on branding, identity and web design, among other facets of marketing and design work. Ocupop logo designer Michael Nieling has said:
The term HTML5 has taken on a life of its own; there has been significant confusion and debate both within the developer community and in the public at large as to what exactly HTML5 is when the term is used outside of simply referring to the spec itself… The standard needs a standard. That is, HTML5 needs a consistent, standardized visual vocabulary to serve as a framework for conversations, presentations, and explanations
The HTML5 badge is like a keystone in shape which signifies “how HTML5 stands at the center of this current technology movement,” as per Neiling’s words, the logo is also redolent of a coat of arms, a sort of “badge of honor we felt captured the spirit and substance of the open web platform and the community surrounding it.” Yes, Neiling’s words again.
So basically, the HTML5 logo is meant to be utilized by all members of the web developer/designer community when the need arises, and you can’t deny, that it does look kind of cool.
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Via Mashable