So, we took a step back and thought to ourselves: How can we give Clyde a refresh without going too crazy? And what makes Clyde, well… Clyde? It took a while for us to land in a good place - people around the world are already familiar with the Discord logo, so we can’t have them wake up one day seeing something weird like a banana as our icon.īelow is a preview of all the ideas and experimentation we went through when determining how Clyde should look. Small details such as “Clyde lives within a bubble” and “not symmetrical” can be deceivingly restrictive when creating new interface elements, art assets, and even merch items. Only the most eagle-eyed may notice, but the old logo was horizontally asymmetrical - something our Design Team’s been waiting years to fix. Technically, being inside this bubble is Clyde’s “home.” Whether it’s on our website, within a profile icon on our social pages, or inside the app icon on your computer or mobile device, Clyde was always “in” something, like a hamster stuck in a rolling ball.

Most of the time, you’ll see old Clyde within a rounded rectangle chat bubble. OG Clyde, hiding in his little bubble he calls home. Most people call him Discord, Mickey Mouse pants, a game controller, and of course, ugly. A lot of people aren’t aware that the little smiley icon in the Discord logo has a name: Clyde. Our current logo has stuck around with us since the beginning of time itself… as in, since we first launched Discord in 2015. Let’s Get Right Into It… *Why* Would We Change Our Logo? To help, we also wanted to make our overall look and feel just as welcoming to the world as the ever-improving in-app experience and help everyone enjoy Discord just a bit more. Just under a year ago, we outlined the work we’ve done to welcome the world to Discord, no matter what your interests may be.

Discord has become a place to call home to over 150 million people around the world to talk about everything from sneakers, to the deepest details of their favorite game soundtrack, to virtual car meetups and late-night study sessions.

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