黑色圓環(huán)寓意廣泛——簡潔、新階段或虛空。然而,無論其象征意義如何,OpenAI的員工們都不希望公司使用這一標(biāo)志。
據(jù)兩位知情人士向《財(cái)富》透露,OpenAI員工在最近的一次公司會(huì)議上搶先看到了公司最新的字體和標(biāo)志設(shè)計(jì),這家研發(fā)ChatGPT并引領(lǐng)生成式AI熱潮的公司正進(jìn)行品牌重塑。據(jù)消息人士透露,新標(biāo)志是一個(gè)簡單的黑色大“O”,容易被解讀為圓環(huán)或零。許多員工對(duì)這個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)感到震驚,有人認(rèn)為它看上去不吉利,也缺乏創(chuàng)意。一些人在會(huì)上公開表示不喜歡這個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)。
擬定的新標(biāo)志與公司目前的六角形花朵標(biāo)志相比,從審美的角度形成了鮮明對(duì)比。六角形花朵標(biāo)志最初由設(shè)計(jì)師Ben Barry設(shè)計(jì),寓意“精準(zhǔn)、潛能與樂觀”。鑒于員工們對(duì)新標(biāo)志反響強(qiáng)烈以及內(nèi)心對(duì)現(xiàn)有標(biāo)志有一定依戀——這個(gè)六角形花朵標(biāo)志不僅出現(xiàn)在OpenAI的網(wǎng)站上,還出現(xiàn)在員工喜愛的T恤和貼紙等公司周邊物品上,因此,知情人士推測新標(biāo)志的設(shè)計(jì)可能還會(huì)再次修改。
由內(nèi)部團(tuán)隊(duì)負(fù)責(zé)的設(shè)計(jì)工作仍在進(jìn)行中。一位知情人士表示,新的標(biāo)志最早可能在明年亮相?!敦?cái)富》此前曾報(bào)道,OpenAI明年還將大幅調(diào)整公司組織結(jié)構(gòu)。隨著對(duì)營收和投資者需求的日益關(guān)注,這家位列全球最具價(jià)值、最知名的生成式AI公司榜單的企業(yè),可能會(huì)在2025年迎來一場徹底的品牌重塑。
知情人士透露,新標(biāo)志的設(shè)計(jì)約于一年前開始,當(dāng)時(shí)OpenAI加強(qiáng)了內(nèi)部創(chuàng)意和設(shè)計(jì)團(tuán)隊(duì)建設(shè),聘請了多位來自創(chuàng)意機(jī)構(gòu)和平面設(shè)計(jì)等領(lǐng)域的新員工。推進(jìn)這項(xiàng)工作的部分原因在于,OpenAI目前使用的品牌名稱和網(wǎng)站文字的字體并非自有,而是由外部字體設(shè)計(jì)師創(chuàng)作并持有版權(quán)的授權(quán)字體。
另一方面,OpenAI的現(xiàn)有標(biāo)志是公司內(nèi)部設(shè)計(jì)的。在2022年9月(就在ChatGPT發(fā)布及該公司隨之名聲大噪幾周前)發(fā)布的一本品牌宣傳手冊中,OpenAI稱其標(biāo)志是“公司最知名的品牌元素”,并表明其“致力于創(chuàng)建造福人類的技術(shù)”。
許多全球知名的科技公司在變得家喻戶曉之后,都經(jīng)歷了品牌重塑。谷歌和Facebook分別創(chuàng)建了新的母公司Alphabet和Meta,作為其最知名的平臺(tái),分別有了新的標(biāo)志。蘋果公司也在多年間多次調(diào)整其標(biāo)志性的蘋果標(biāo)志。
筆者曾通過電子郵件向OpenAI詢問對(duì)此事的看法,但OpenAI發(fā)言人尚未作出回復(fù)。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
黑色圓環(huán)寓意廣泛——簡潔、新階段或虛空。然而,無論其象征意義如何,OpenAI的員工們都不希望公司使用這一標(biāo)志。
據(jù)兩位知情人士向《財(cái)富》透露,OpenAI員工在最近的一次公司會(huì)議上搶先看到了公司最新的字體和標(biāo)志設(shè)計(jì),這家研發(fā)ChatGPT并引領(lǐng)生成式AI熱潮的公司正進(jìn)行品牌重塑。據(jù)消息人士透露,新標(biāo)志是一個(gè)簡單的黑色大“O”,容易被解讀為圓環(huán)或零。許多員工對(duì)這個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)感到震驚,有人認(rèn)為它看上去不吉利,也缺乏創(chuàng)意。一些人在會(huì)上公開表示不喜歡這個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)。
擬定的新標(biāo)志與公司目前的六角形花朵標(biāo)志相比,從審美的角度形成了鮮明對(duì)比。六角形花朵標(biāo)志最初由設(shè)計(jì)師Ben Barry設(shè)計(jì),寓意“精準(zhǔn)、潛能與樂觀”。鑒于員工們對(duì)新標(biāo)志反響強(qiáng)烈以及內(nèi)心對(duì)現(xiàn)有標(biāo)志有一定依戀——這個(gè)六角形花朵標(biāo)志不僅出現(xiàn)在OpenAI的網(wǎng)站上,還出現(xiàn)在員工喜愛的T恤和貼紙等公司周邊物品上,因此,知情人士推測新標(biāo)志的設(shè)計(jì)可能還會(huì)再次修改。
由內(nèi)部團(tuán)隊(duì)負(fù)責(zé)的設(shè)計(jì)工作仍在進(jìn)行中。一位知情人士表示,新的標(biāo)志最早可能在明年亮相?!敦?cái)富》此前曾報(bào)道,OpenAI明年還將大幅調(diào)整公司組織結(jié)構(gòu)。隨著對(duì)營收和投資者需求的日益關(guān)注,這家位列全球最具價(jià)值、最知名的生成式AI公司榜單的企業(yè),可能會(huì)在2025年迎來一場徹底的品牌重塑。
知情人士透露,新標(biāo)志的設(shè)計(jì)約于一年前開始,當(dāng)時(shí)OpenAI加強(qiáng)了內(nèi)部創(chuàng)意和設(shè)計(jì)團(tuán)隊(duì)建設(shè),聘請了多位來自創(chuàng)意機(jī)構(gòu)和平面設(shè)計(jì)等領(lǐng)域的新員工。推進(jìn)這項(xiàng)工作的部分原因在于,OpenAI目前使用的品牌名稱和網(wǎng)站文字的字體并非自有,而是由外部字體設(shè)計(jì)師創(chuàng)作并持有版權(quán)的授權(quán)字體。
另一方面,OpenAI的現(xiàn)有標(biāo)志是公司內(nèi)部設(shè)計(jì)的。在2022年9月(就在ChatGPT發(fā)布及該公司隨之名聲大噪幾周前)發(fā)布的一本品牌宣傳手冊中,OpenAI稱其標(biāo)志是“公司最知名的品牌元素”,并表明其“致力于創(chuàng)建造福人類的技術(shù)”。
許多全球知名的科技公司在變得家喻戶曉之后,都經(jīng)歷了品牌重塑。谷歌和Facebook分別創(chuàng)建了新的母公司Alphabet和Meta,作為其最知名的平臺(tái),分別有了新的標(biāo)志。蘋果公司也在多年間多次調(diào)整其標(biāo)志性的蘋果標(biāo)志。
筆者曾通過電子郵件向OpenAI詢問對(duì)此事的看法,但OpenAI發(fā)言人尚未作出回復(fù)。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
A black ring can represent many things – simplicity, a new phase, a void. Whatever its meaning, OpenAI employees would prefer it didn’t represent the company they work for.
In a recent company-wide meeting, staffers of OpenAI got a sneak peak at recent efforts to redesign the typefaces and logo for the company behind ChatGPT and the ongoing tech industry craze for all things generative AI, two people familiar with the company told Fortune. The new logo presented was a simple, large black “O,” easily interpreted as a ring or a zero, as one of the sources described it. Many members of staff were taken aback by the design, which struck some as ominous and lacking in creativity. A few openly voiced their dislike for it during the meeting.
The proposed new logo is an aesthetic shift from the company’s current hexagonal flower symbol, originally conceived by designer Ben Barry as one evoking “precision, potential and optimism.” Given the staff’s strong response and some internal attachment to the current logo, which adorns OpenAI’s website and corporate swag such as the t-shirts and stickers beloved by employees, one of the people familiar with matter speculated that the design of the new logo could change again.
The design work is ongoing and being carried out by an internal team, but results of their efforts could be unveiled as soon as next year, one of the people said. Next year is also set to see OpenAI dramatically alter its corporate structure, as Fortune previously reported. Add in a growing focus on revenue and investors, the stage is being set for one of the world’s most valuable and well-known generative AI companies to get a makeover in 2025.
The redesign work began about a year ago, one of the people familiar said, around the time OpenAI built out its internal creative and design team with several new hires from creative agencies and fields like graphic design. Part of the impetus for the work is that OpenAI does not own the typefaces it uses for its brand name and website text – they are licensed typefaces created and owned by outside type designers.
OpenAI’s logo, on the other hand, was created internally. In a detailed brand book from September 2022, just a few weeks before the release of ChatGPT and the company’s subsequent explosion in popularity and fame, OpenAI called its logo “our most recognizable brand element” and something that showed its “focused pursuit to create technology that benefits humanity.”
Some of the world’s most famous tech companies have gone through a major redesign after hitting household name status. Google and Facebook both created new parent companies, Alphabet and Meta, to sit atop their most famous platforms, creating new logos for both. While Apple has tweaked its iconic apple logo several times over the years.
Spokespeople for OpenAI did not respond to emails seeking comment.