r/graphic_design • u/PllXLL • 17h ago
Asking Question (Rule 4) Cofounder Design Dispute
My cofounder and I are working on the branding for our new app called Rejoin. It is a social app for aviation professionals.
We are trying to settle a design debate and need some honesty. I’ve attached a mockup showing both concepts and how they would look as app icons.
Option A: Uppercase R, with overlapping flight paths to represent intersection.
Option B: A lowercase r and a paper airplane combined.
Which logo/icon looks better?
Does Option A look too much like an Rx symbol?
Does option B look aviation related?
How do you think each logo could improve?
Thank you for your criticism.
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u/gterez 8h ago
Guys, this is bad design. Need to go back to the drawing board I’m afraid. Don’t keep anything, discard and restart. Sometimes it takes a few bad ones before you get a good one.
Are you designers though? Because this doesn’t look like the output of a designer. These would have been discarded after a couple of tries by any professional.
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u/KillingHelvetica 8h ago
Respectfully, hire a brand designer. Keep the scope small at the start if you have a low budget but it will help your brand’s perception. You can always rebrand/refresh later down the line
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u/Everybodyssocreative 8h ago
The first one looks like Rx and fish hooks. The second looks vaguely like a K. The paper plane direction I think works better but drop the R. You can have an icon and a wordmark separately.
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u/T8terTotss 7h ago
Before reading your caption: A because it’s CLEARLY about pharmacy stuff and prescriptions. Wtf even IS that B design??
After reading your caption: umm neither, also I have whiplash now
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u/Kills_Zombies Senior Designer 8h ago
Both are bad, but B is worse. It'll illegible and doesn't look like it's related to aviation at all.
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u/cannavacciuolo420 7h ago
I wouldn't try making these better, i'd just start over tbh. Don't lock yourself in in bad ideas
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u/boulder_problems 7h ago
These look like the scribblings of someone who belongs in an asylum. You and your co-founder are arguing over which pile of doodoo is better...
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u/horseseathey 8h ago
i prefer B a lot more as it is bolder and easier to digest but it doesn’t look aviation related at a glance. neither does A. unless it’s something only an aviation expert would see.
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u/StickerPolitics 8h ago
The SpaceX ripoff is better than the illegible one that looks like someone scratched a sticker off with the rest of the logo.
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u/cw-f1 8h ago
Definitely NOT A. B needs work. There are many better ways to depict an R/r with an integrated dynamic mark.
One possible option: make a solid upper-case R with no ‘hole’ in the top section. Create that hole using an arrow / mark of some sort, perhaps coming through the edge of the R silhouette.
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u/johnkappa 5h ago
Literally one shot chat gpt prompted this
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u/johnkappa 5h ago edited 4h ago
This would be a better start than what you have, but there's a reason people hire a designer to do their branding. You get what you pay for and I've never seen good designs from founders
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u/johnkappa 8h ago
Neither