HTML5 Logo Unveiled By World Wide Web Consortium (PICTURE)

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has unveiled a new logo for the HTML5 web standard.

Created by W3C and design firm Ocupop, the badge-like HTML5 logo features a large white "5" on a crest of red. The logo is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, allowing free use of the design by all.

Ian Jacobs, head of W3C Marketing and Communications, explains the meaning behind the logo:

A number of people have already asked me "What does the logo represent?" We intend for it to be an all-purpose banner for HTML5, CSS, SVG, WOFF, and other technologies that constitute an open web platform. The logo does not have a specific meaning; it is not meant to imply conformance or validity, for example. The logo represents "the Web platform" in a very general sense.

Michael Nieling, the Creative Director at Ocupop, also offers his two cents on the logo: "The final design started to take shape simultaneously as a coat of arms and badge of honor we felt captured the spirit and substance of the open web platform and the community surrounding it."

Take a look at the logo (below), and tell us in the comments what you think of the design. Then, visit W3C's logo site to try out the HTML 5 custom badge-builder. The site offers HTML5 T-shirts for sale, as well as free HTML5 stickers.

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[h/t Read Write Web]

Comments

[onlythetruthcounts]

09:20 PM on 01/20/2011

That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. It looks like a misplaced superhero. I can come up with something better than that for half the price. Call me.

[hdohighdesertobserver]

12:19 PM on 01/20/2011

They just ripped off the old Cobol logo and changed the lighting bolts to death rays.

[single malt]

08:52 AM on 01/20/2011

does that logo change when you move the page.. it seems to get slimmer

[Arturo Swayze]

07:17 AM on 01/20/2011

Does anyone know of a really good HTML 5 web designer?

[single malt]

08:51 AM on 01/20/2011

You are going to pay top dollar for that with games taking off and the ipad not supporting flash.

[Arturo Swayze]

08:48 AM on 01/21/2011

Thanks for the heads up. I've been looking around but cant seem to find anyone. Is there somewhere special I should be looking?

[Bill Sampson]

10:50 PM on 01/19/2011

Wow, there wasn't one Apple user among the group who designed this?

[Charismatron]

08:20 PM on 01/19/2011

They took 'it can't be curvy' to the absolute limit, basically.

[Larkhill]

07:26 PM on 01/19/2011

Is HTML5 a retro gas station?

[Christopher Hendrickson]

05:42 PM on 01/19/2011

Odd. I figured it would just be a mirror of the Apple logo.

[Zihuat]

02:36 PM on 01/19/2011

Thank God. I think it's safe to say we'll all sleep better tonight.

[MrVee]

11:36 AM on 01/19/2011

HTML 5 signals the beginning of the second internet gold rush. I can feel it.

[timeforachangenow]

03:44 PM on 01/19/2011

they are just kicking in the afterburners...8)

it's about to get GOOD...8)

it's about...

Timeforachangenow

[paulbikes]

11:56 PM on 01/19/2011

HTML 5 has only been out for years... glad people are catching up, death to flash and plugins.

[Allen Bouchard]

11:28 AM on 01/19/2011

Why are they wasting time designing a logo instead of a standard?

[onlythetruthcounts]

09:22 PM on 01/20/2011

Maybe they were hired to design a logo.... But you're probably right, they pulled some nerd outta development to do the logo.

[anthonyparker80]

09:57 AM on 01/19/2011

News ? Newsworthy ? Can we talk more about Kim Kardashian's behind more?

Please

[MattThorn]

08:48 AM on 01/19/2011

If this wasn't inspired by Superman's logo, I'll eat my cape.

[chercheur]

11:22 PM on 01/19/2011

Dang you. You beat me to it!

[Oscar Alencar]

08:43 AM on 01/19/2011

I think this is not a totally bad logo. I just think it`s something like a cartoon, and this dont represents the feeling of the HTML. For me, HTML 5 is simplicity and agregation. This logo looks like something, heroic.

[LifeWitness]

07:55 AM on 01/19/2011

I'll put it in a drawer with my XHTML logo.