Plate 03

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Viewing room — stories, objects and the people behind them.

Airbnb's Bélo

A 2014 rebrand introduced a symbol so simple the internet spent a week finding other things it resembled.

The mark DesignStudio drew a looped form meant to combine a person, a place and a heart. It was released with a tool letting hosts draw their own version.

Why it matters The ridicule faded and the mark stayed. A symbol that is easy to draw badly is a symbol people can actually use — which was the point of shipping the drawing tool with it.

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