{"id":30434,"date":"2024-05-02T16:47:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T07:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=30434"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:47:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T07:47:22","slug":"bluesky-adopts-japanese-creators-handmade-logo-for-sites-kawaii-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/bluesky-adopts-japanese-creators-handmade-logo-for-sites-kawaii-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluesky adopts Japanese creator\u2019s handmade logo for site\u2019s \u201ckawaii mode\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese programmer and content creator Sawaratsuki specializes in making cute and playful logos of IT-related brands, programming terms etc., including Bluesky, Python, Discord and many more. Their portfolio of non-official \u201ckawaii\u201d logos can be found in their extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/SAWARATSUKI\/ServiceLogos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GitHub repository<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">going kawaii mode<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vXit0Tkaez\">https:\/\/t.co\/vXit0Tkaez<\/a><br><br>wonderful logo by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sawaratsuki1004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sawaratsuki1004<\/a> \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1nPSvBNT6X\">pic.twitter.com\/1nPSvBNT6X<\/a><\/p>&mdash; bluesky (@bluesky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bluesky\/status\/1785710494051135574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Sawaratsuki\u2019s designs blew up on social media when the official Bluesky X account reacted to their logo and even adopted it to make a \u201ckawaii mode\u201d for the Bluesky web app. This mode switches the standard Bluesky logo into Sawaratsuki\u2019s cute one and is activated by entering the parameter &#8216;?kawaii=true&#8217; after &#8216;https:\/\/bsky.app\/&#8217; in the address bar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other sites such as <a href=\"https:\/\/react.dev\/?uwu=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">React<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hono.dev\/?kawaii=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hono<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/elysiajs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elysia<\/a> and Vue (since removed) have also jumped onto the bandwagon by adopting their own kawaii or \u201cuwu\u201d modes, also using logos crafted by Sawaratsuki. Additionally, GitHub Japan is displaying the creator\u2019s GitHub logo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GitHubJapan\/status\/1785865523236127076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">via their X header<\/a>. Sawaratsuki appears to be <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sawaratsuki1004\/status\/1785880633090478524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">open to requests<\/a> from brands that want a logo designed by them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese creator Sawaratsuki&#8217;s playful logos of familiar IT brands have caused a trend of sites making &#8220;kawaii&#8221; modes, starting with Bluesky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":30438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-30434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bluesky adopts Japanese creator\u2019s handmade logo for site\u2019s \u201ckawaii mode\u201d\u00a0 - 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