Geometry of the Mint logo

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ChristiAndIsaiah says:

That pretty much just blew my mind. Wow.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

stechico says:

Mathematicians forgot to add this to their Golden Ratio =)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

andy-pearson says:

Simply divine!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

PostPostModern says:

Awesome. I love that kind of stuff.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Jody Ferry says:

Now that's fresh.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Michael Mistretta says:

That's really cool. Everytime I look at the Mint logo now, I think of this. :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Wolfr says:

Brilliant
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

PJEdlund says:

Sweet :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Marko Mihelcic says:

awesome!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

emmavn says:

hawt.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Ron Domingue says:

Clever!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Krassy Can Do It says:

Too cool!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Mercury State says:

Simply amazing!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Dragon Interactive says:

thats some sweet math Shaun :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Julian Schrader says:

Very nice ;-)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

scottymac says:

Flagged as design pornography!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

poolga says:

Wow. This teaches a lesson to us random-geometry logo designers.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

greg.newman says:

And who said math wouldn't be used after high school. Nicely done Shaun!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

log (Mirko) says:

Elegant.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Omer Zach says:

Awesome!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jacobpatton says:

Wow, that's just beautiful, Shaun! Nice work!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan Bruno says:

Without question the greatest accomplishment of mankind in this young millennium.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

soopadoubled says:

Just immense!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

gleek.net says:

interesting! i don't think that i'll look at the mint logo the same way again :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

XDreX says:

What's the deal? It's three circles and a box. I think it's a nice logo, but come on. No need to gush, people.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

adamsalter says:

XDreX: I suspect you don't "get" it.
a) it's the logo for haveamint.com/
b) it's simple and mindblowingly logical if you have ever tried creating a great logo.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

johnsadowskiii says:

very excellent
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

michaelb1 says:

Oh, I thought it was for mint.com which has a similar logo but much better personal finance tracking features/
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

GoSquared says:

Beautifully elegant.

Just like Mint itself.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Preshit says:

Excellent indeed!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. I didn't post this because I thought it was some brilliant mathematical revelation, I just thought the relationships to all the parts interesting. Cool to see I'm not alone.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Brainy Brimstone says:

I wish every logo/page/anything designer showed the geometry behind their work.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Gordon Brander says:

Absolutely brilliant. That guy is a champ.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

nathanpitman.com says:

So simple yet so clever, how did you never post this before? :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jpmitchell says:

That's an awesome way to approach a logo!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

erik.ingman says:

nice, clean and simple. looks so much more advanced. good work
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

GarrettG says:

My head hurts :(
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

corianton says:

So fine, so fine..
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

James · Patrick · Gonzalez says:

thats mad sweet! keep rockin that shit!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Brendan Falkowski says:

Can DaVinci's Vitruvian Man get a "what what" for inspiration?
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Suyog Gaidhani says:

Wonderful!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

j l t says:

Thanks for this.

You've shown us that yet again, good logo design is not about just pretty pictures. Or more accurately, that pretty pictures are not easy work.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

ian_ferrier says:

I love this. Im curious to know what program you used to draw this. I can see the logic but can't figure out how you would accurately get the 3x circle to accurately be both 3 times the size and line up at the two intersections...some sort of a tangent, tangent, radius tool?
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Wolfr says:

@Ian_ferrier my guess is that this is just Illustrator
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Shaun Inman says:

Yeah, Illustrator and a little hand-eye coordination.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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