Mozilla’s New Logo Brings Back the Dinosaur Mascot (Kinda)

It could be viewed as a flag on a pole. Sort of like Mozilla planting its values in the ground to say “we’re here, come join”.

But it’s more likely a nod to the original Mozilla mascot (inherited from its Netscape beginnings), which was a red dinosaur (an interesting logo of itself as it was designed by Shepard Fairey who created other seminal design works, and the skate brand OBEY).

I’m a sucker for throwback design language and ASCII doodles. Wonder if this will stick?

Old Mozilla logo on the top left, with an arrow pointing to the new typography and logo on the right. The background is an iridescent rainbow pattern. Source: omgubuntu.co.uk