React Atom (trends in logo design)

Atom by GitHub:

React by Facebook:

[updated] Default icon for apps on Facebook:

[update Wednesday 12 March 2014]

Rocket Yoga by Michal Stefanow:

(actual design work by Mateusz Sarnecki)

I think that apple was first, I remember to use them as reference when crafting the brief:

If we go back to 2011:

I believe I was one of the first to use Cabin Sketch, soon after I started seeing it everywhere! See GoogleTrends graphs below:

Now I expect to see many more logos with atom / nucleus / source / origin / divine / pristine / indigenous / native touches in it :)

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