Slack under fire over new logo that looks like a ... OMG ... WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?

The productivity software company Slack debuted a new logo yesterday which many think looks like a swastika (in the negative spaces which is how designers talk):

The negative space in the new Slack logo makes it look like a whimsical swastika.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk about how the internet has ruined my brain forever. pic.twitter.com/6Mv1FiuJY4

— Eric Scott Johnson (@HeyHeyESJ) January 16, 2019

Oh, but it gets worse than a normal swastika. Look again. It’s a “penis swastika”:

Pentagram Designer: *thinking* Don't make the new Slack logo look like a swastika and penises… Don't make the new Slack logo look like a swastika and penises…

*looks down at design*

Pentagram Designer: Oh god what have I done…

— Dennie Bright (@denniebright) January 17, 2019

The designers must have missed this rule in design school:

There are two rules to design:

1. Don't make it a swastika
2. Don't make it a penis

Slack managed to forget both of those rules, simultaneously.

— Aditya Mukerjee, the Otterrific ?️‍? (@chimeracoder) January 16, 2019

Other than that, well done everyone.

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