By Andy Jones
Changing the iconic four-color waves Windows logo that became almost synonymous with the Microsoft name, the company has announced that it is majorly redesigning the Windows logo that has been around for about two decades.
The new logo meshes with the Metro design of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8, offering a slightly-angled blue chunk with a thin white cross in the center, which looks quite like a window rather than the four-color wavy flag in the past, according to a report from Xinhua.
In a blog post, Microsoft wrote, "The Windows logo is a strong and widely recognized mark but when we stepped back and analyzed it, we realized an evolution of our logo would better reflect our Metro style design principles and we also felt there was an opportunity to reconnect with some of the powerful characteristics of previous incarnations."
The Redmond-based company said, "We did less of a re-design and more to return it to its original meaning and bringing Windows back to its roots- reimagining the logo as just that- a window."
The designer of the new logo is Paula Scher of the Pentagram Design Agency, whose works include the logo for Citibank.
It was back in November 1985 that first Windows logo debuted. Though the logo has undergone several redesigns, but they always centered around the design of a four-color wavy flag.
