Austin’s SicolaMartin Rebrands Quark—Small Web Controversy Ensues
Austin marketing agency SicolaMartin unveiled a rebranding of venerable page layout software vendor Quark Inc. this week, complete with a new logo “which consists of geometric forms composing a green stylized ‘Q.'” Soon after Quark launched its new site this week, various Mac and design forums noticed an uncanny similarity of the hip “circle with a corner” shape to various other trendy logos across the Web, including those of the Scottish Arts Council, the widely acclaimed Bahama tourism logo and the city of Toronto’s new marketing program.