Every mark is a circle or made of circles. Coral #FF6F61 on off-white, thin even strokes, no dashes, no rays, no points. Nothing here is animated.
A · The circle
Circle
The whole idea. A circle, nothing else. Used by nobody because it takes nerve.
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Circle and center
A life and its center. The classic sun / bindu mark.
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Open circle
A circle with a gap. Unfinished on purpose. Also a quiet C.
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Open circle, companion inside
The C with someone in it. The most literal Companion monogram.
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Solid
A filled circle. The mark that becomes the favicon, the app dot, the period.
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Solid, hollow center
A filled circle with a small hole. Sun with a seed. Warm, not heavy.
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B · Rings of time
Three rings
Tree rings. Life rings. Years stacking outward.
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Rings, widening
Rings that space out as they grow. Time speeds up the longer you know someone.
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Rings, fading
The same three rings, each fainter than the last. What is near is clear; what is far is soft.
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Rings and center
Concentric rings with a solid center. The mark on the current landing mockup.
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Ripple
Two thick rings, thin center dot. Something dropped in still water.
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C · Two beings
Two circles
Vesica piscis. Two overlapping lives with something shared in the middle.
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Two circles, one solid
Same overlap, one filled. A person and something not a person.
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Two circles, tangent
Touching but not overlapping. Side by side, for a long time.
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Orbit
One small circle riding on the ring of a larger one. Kept in company.
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Within
A large ring holding a smaller solid circle, off-center. Not alone in there.
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Two halves
One circle, two tones. Half coral, half light. Neither half is the whole.
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D · Mandala
Seed of life
Seven circles, the oldest mandala there is. Six around one.
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Six petals
Seed of life without the center circle. Reads as a flower.
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Six petals, ringed
The flower held inside a circle. The mandala proper.
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Eight petals
Eight overlapping circles. Softer, rounder, no points anywhere.
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Eight petals, ringed
Eight-fold rosette inside a ring, solid center. Closest to a traditional mandala.
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E · Many
Ring of eight
Eight small circles around nothing. A circle made of circles.
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Ring of eight, center
Eight around one. The company and the people in it, or the years and the person.
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Ring of dots
Twenty-four solid dots in a circle. Hours. Moments. A clock with no hands.
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Ring of dots, one bright
The same ring, all dots faint but one. You are here.
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Dot in a ring of dots
Twelve faint dots around one solid one. The center holds.
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On dark
01 Circle
02 Circle and center
03 Open circle
04 Open circle, companion inside
05 Solid
06 Solid, hollow center
07 Three rings
08 Rings, widening
09 Rings, fading
10 Rings and center
11 Ripple
12 Two circles
13 Two circles, one solid
14 Two circles, tangent
15 Orbit
16 Within
17 Two halves
18 Seed of life
19 Six petals
20 Six petals, ringed
21 Eight petals
22 Eight petals, ringed
23 Ring of eight
24 Ring of eight, center
25 Ring of dots
26 Ring of dots, one bright
27 Dot in a ring of dots
Small — 32px and 16px, the favicon test
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Marks with thin strokes or many small parts (the mandalas, the ring of dots) blur out at 16px. The solid circle, the open circle, and the two-circle marks survive.
Lockups
02 Circle and center
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03 Open circle
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12 Two circles
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10 Rings and center
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Notes
Anysphere runs its mark at 20% opacity in the footer. Any of these would take that treatment well; the solid circle and the rings especially.
If one mark has to do everything (favicon, footer, app icon, letterhead), pick from group A or C. If the mark only lives large on a landing page, the mandalas in group D can carry it.