The YouTube logo history and evolution provides a lesson in restrained design.

For the last 12 years, YouTube’s logo has been a pair of anachronisms wrapped inside each other. “We have the word tube in a tube,” says Christopher Bettig, the head of YouTube’s art department. “This ...

The YouTube logo is being refreshed, shifting the emphasis away from the word "Tube" and onto the familiar play button. The service is also getting a new typeface, color scheme, and a bunch of major ...