Super disappointed in the shortlist ... did you audit the market? did anyone with a marketing/design background help filter? if not they should.

#1 amateurish take on the gold symbol, needs polish
#2 looks like a stock logo. sleek? sure, but generic. in fact, search infinity logo and you can basically see this same thing on the first page
#3 jack in the box? aww forget it, it's just really bad design
#4 have you heard of Squarespace? Millions of users on their platform and this looks an awful lot like it
#5 just feels stock and will be dated before it's even implemented and may drive confusion

/end rant

Had some hope for this but ... sigh

Hi all. Here are a few of my designs. Overall I wanted to design something distinctive in the crypto space and also stay true to the roots of Solaris.

Option 1
With this option, I wanted to stay in the same conceptual space as the existing logo but freshen it up a bit and give it a clean redesign.



Option 2
This option (and the next) take the gold alchemy symbol into a more abstract space while bringing in the S for Solaris into the mark itself. I've also brought in a complementary secondary color (lighter blue) to play off the yellow and orange tones of the mark.



Option 3
Similar to option 2, but bringing the abstract gold alchemy symbol into a round shape. This makes the mark feel like a coin in a clean, simple, and more immediate way.



Option 4
This option brightens up the color palette while keeping yellow to nod back to the coin's past. The S mark is a play off of two people coming together. This symbolizes the trust Solaris stands for through fair distribution.