Standard Blog Icon
March 20, 2009
As they say the great things about standards, is that there’s so many to choose from ; )
With the prevalence of blogging you’d think someone would have come up with a standard icon for blogs by now, well apparently not.
A few months ago I was mulling over the idea that there isn’t a universally recognised, standard blog icon, but I got side tracked by god knows what & forgot all about it until a couple of weeks ago when I found the scribbles in my notepad.
So I opened up illustrator and about 15mins later the icon above popped out. OK, I admit I’ve not created a new standard per se, that takes time, but who knows, in years to come maybe everyone will be using it. As nearly all blogs have the RSS feed option and that’s how a lot of people read them, I’ve based the icon on the standard RSS feed icon.
In any case, here it is, it’s free, it’s yours to own, no restrictions. If you think it’s really cool and you want to let me know, then fine, use the Facebook page link, but in all honestly, if you think it’s that good I’d prefer you told everyone else, go to www.theblogicon.com, link to the Facebook page, link to the Twitter page, I’m really not after the glory, I simply want to see a standard blog icon in use.
So please pass it on, you can even edit & tweak it, even call it you own, for all I care (although if you do want to credit me, then remember to use Bernd’s inspired by icon), I just want to see a standard icon in use, I’m not after the glory, just usability.
Click here for a .zip containing the icon in various sizes in PNG & GIF formats, plus the original Photoshop & Illustrator vector file just click the logo above.
March 24, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Now, that is an (i) inspiring blog icon. Thank you for it and the nice mention. Now let me see what I can mash up from it.
Find me on twitter, too. I donated the (i) to the public domain, there is really no other way to make it useful to the world.
March 24, 2009 at 10:18 pm
oh nice blog icon
October 24, 2009 at 2:11 am
[...] Note: thanks to Brendan Mitchell for the new standard blog icon [...]
November 16, 2009 at 7:29 pm
I love this icon. thank you for making it.
November 16, 2009 at 7:40 pm
you’re welcome
December 1, 2009 at 12:20 am
Well its easy enough to understand, and that is what is important. Definitely need a blog icon that the world can conform to.
December 14, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Love the icon. I wouldn’t use the orange icon though; it looks too much like the RSS icon. Red could be the standard color for blogs, maybe?
December 16, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Gratitudes for the icon, Brendan. It’s just right!
Jeffrey
January 4, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Very interesting post and icon. I like the idea.
January 21, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Beautiful icon!
February 11, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Very nice! Just what I was looking for. I will try to get the word out on this great idea, in my own little way.
March 19, 2010 at 2:19 pm
I appreciate your efforts. I agree with other comments about the color. If this icon is next to or near a RSS icon it’s too similar. It really should be a different color.
March 19, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Hi Clark, thanks for your comment. Yes I agree, when I first created the icon I had used the RSS icon as inspiration, but as you’ll notice if you download the .zip file there are numerous colour variations to choose from. In a sense I don’t think sticking with a single colour is entirely necessary (although yes colour is an important aspect)… but when I’ve visited sites using the icon, they have used it in various colours, to suit their own website colour palette.
Anyway hope you find a use for the icon and spread the idea
April 19, 2010 at 1:17 pm
thanks for this, really good and a really great help.
May 3, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Cudos to the idea, but I do think it is way too close the RSS icon.
May 5, 2010 at 2:46 pm
This is most excellent! Thanks for creating and sharing.
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