• Meron35@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Ironically it’s because they paid very expensive artists.

    The windows 8 logo was done by Paula Scher of Pentagram, one of the most exclusive and expensive graphic design firms.

    Meeting with Microsoft early in the development process, Pentagram asked: “Your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?”

    Windows - https://www.pentagram.com/work/windows/story

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      16 hours ago

      That was a pretty interesting read. I definitely do think there’s more artistic merit to the windows 8 logo than 11.