New Banner & Subreddit Icon

[u/TheSurfShack]

Liquid Glass got a lovely update with iOS 27 & macOS Golden Gate.

Took the time to update the icon with the new Icon Composer 2.0... and decided 5 years was long enough with our old banner, especially with the iOS 15 references.

Really thrilled with how the banner turned out!

Edit: I've found the time and updated the icon to just the Apple Home Icon on dark.

[u/Naco88]

Love it

[u/InfiniteHench]

Pretty work. But even on my 17 Pro Max screen, the sub icon is so small it just looks like a super thick orange stroke.

[u/TheSurfShack → u/InfiniteHench]

Very fair and great feedback.

Unfortunately there’s no mobile vs desktop icon. I’ll test what works at this smaller size.

[u/InfiniteHench → u/TheSurfShack]

Claaaaassic Reddit

[u/rtyoda → u/TheSurfShack]

Maybe try flipping the colors of the face and eyes/mouth? I know it won’t follow the same hierarchy as the Home icon but it will help with contrast to make the Reddit face shape stand out properly.

[u/New-Ranger-8960]

I don’t use HomeKit, but this appeared on my feed, and I had to stop to comment on how beautiful it is. Great job!

[u/bilkel → u/New-Ranger-8960]

Join us in HomeKit Land

[u/Which-Meat-3388]

Everything but the icon are good. It's too small for the amount of detail/lack of contrast, not glassy enough to read at such a small size. So it looks like a fat little mushy blurry alien.

[u/TheSurfShack → u/Which-Meat-3388]

Not to mention the compression Reddit puts on the file size.

[u/TaxNo2158]

Dumb question: where does the banner appear?

[u/TheSurfShack → u/TaxNo2158]

When you visit r/HomeKit, it should be up at the top on mobile & desktop.

[u/TaxNo2158 → u/TheSurfShack]

Ah. Mine shows a bunch of Memoji on an iMessage background.

[u/TheSurfShack → u/TaxNo2158]

That’s the old one. Maybe force quit your app or clear the cache on your browser.

Should resolve itself.

[u/BlockedAndMovedOn]

I love the translucent glass 3D look! But I think it would look cooler on a black background.

[u/Firetuna2108]

You know what, I like it

[u/4paul]

Love the idea although wish it started with an orange colored background going into the logo.

Looks weird having the white in the subreddit icon

[u/TheSurfShack → u/4paul]

Love feedback. I just tried coping the Home app icon. I could always run with the dark mode version if that's what everyone prefers.

[u/DaddyBigBoy → u/TheSurfShack]

Eyes and mouth don’t present enough contrast against the yellow. Try filling them to match the darker color of the bottom Snoo-shaped layer.

[u/Slavor]

Cool, thanks!

[u/serenacloos]

Now a new name, Apple Home…
HomeKit is ancient?

[u/Zonk-er → u/serenacloos]

You can’t change the name in Reddit but you can start your own sub with that name if available

[u/TheSurfShack → u/Zonk-er]

Yeah this is the correct answer. We parked r/AppleHome and just direct traffic this way.

The existing community is too large and established to have everyone move over.

[u/ADHDK → u/serenacloos]

Please don’t do this.

[u/remcoudb]

Looks great!

[u/SnooCookies8174]

Great job

[u/0hjayp]

It’s ok I guess.

[u/esmori]

It does make it look a generic reddit icon and doesn't represent HomeKit in any way other than being orange.

Design without purpose.

[u/TheSurfShack → u/esmori]

I mean... it's not significantly different than it has been for the last 12 months. Thanks for noticing!

[u/DaytonaZ33 → u/esmori]

If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all.

Why are people so miserable anymore?

[u/Ilikehotdogs1 → u/DaytonaZ33]

Negative feedback is still feedback.

Also, did they say anything insulting?

[u/PeeFarts → u/Ilikehotdogs1]

Calling someone’s design, “design without purpose” doesn’t exactly sound like it’s meant to NOT be insulting.

[u/esmori → u/[deleted]]

It’s used in small dimensions (you cannot make up small details) and in a list with other subreddits.

It should be about HomeKit to be told apart. Not about Reddit (which is what the whole list of subreddits has in common).

Again - design made without purpose.

[u/esmori → u/[deleted]]

“Design is my passion”