Four Secrets you don't know about Foradian Logo

The foradian startup team was motivated by movies like Matrix Trilogy and 2001: A Space Odyssey which intelligently incorporated numerous references to philosohpical and religious ideas. So when the time came to decide about the logo of foradian, the team decided it to be as simple as possible and rich with inner meanings.

Foradian

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Before explaining about the logo, those who don't know what the word "Foradian" means, here is the explanation. The name foradian is motivated from scientific unit of angular measurement "radian". Radian measures angles in two dimensional planes and Steradian measures angles in three dimensional space. A new word "FORADIAN" was coined to describe the experience on the next dimension. We chose our startup tagline as "Business in Next Dimension" meaning helping the offline business to shift to online through our internet engineering services. The team chose orange-red as the official color theme. It portrays the aggressiveness as well as the hacker attitude towards life and society. Orange-red is a bright vibrant color which symbolizes physical energy.

Logo

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Foradian logo is simply an angle created by two straight lines with a common starting point and the shadow the angle on the surface beneath it. In the direct sense it portrays the concept of angle of the term "radian" and the number "4" created by the logo and its shadow. If you haven't noticed the number 4 in the logo, look carefully. It was not meant to be a secret. :)

Now to the actual secrets.

Secret 1: 36 degrees of the angle.

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The angle created by the foradian logo is exactly 36 degrees or if we put it in correct units, it is π/5 radians. The number and the angle 36 has got many significance which you can read from here.

Secret 2: Golden ratio

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The edges of the foradian logo triangle keeps golden ratio. The ratio of the longer side to the shorter side is always φ which is approximately 1.6180339887. Watch the following video to understand the importance of golden ratio in designs and nature.

Secret 3: 11:11 phenomenon

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Just before starting foradian, when the cofounders were at different places all of them started noticing the 11:11 phenomenon, which might be pure coincidence. But we loved the concept and it became one of our motivation to make the logo.
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To know more about the 11:11 phenomenon visit http://www.1111spiritguardians.com/

Secret 4: Hand of Pentagram

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Foradian logo is actually the hand of a pentagram. The prominent part of the logo is from the inverted pentagram and the shadow from the normal pentagram. Pentagram has got a prominent role in most of the religious and philosophical views of the world.
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Click to read meaning of Pentagram

Do you notice any other cool facts or secrets of the logo ? If yes, share it as comments.

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Comments (14)

Sep 07, 2010
lasnamukundan said...
Awesome...
Sep 07, 2010
shihab said...
marvelous...
Sep 07, 2010
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Sep 07, 2010
ashture.com said...
fantastic.
Sep 07, 2010
smitha_n said...
Superb!!!
Sep 07, 2010
 said...
Its really interesting!! what i noticed wen i saw it first was the four radians - foradian. if we luk to i spatially wecan find four angles in the logo, Observe!!
Sep 07, 2010
anand said...
Wow feels like reading about an article about an ancient Indian work... never taught a simple 4 lines could hold so much meaning in it...
i am truly amazed!!!
Sep 07, 2010
sumesh said...
Excellent concept...really interesting.....
Sep 09, 2010
Matthew said...
Waw! Cool.. You guys really rock..!! Good Luck
Oct 09, 2010
 said...
Its a brilliantly thought logo... I guess there are no or very few logos which have been designed with this indepth research. All the best for the future guys :)
Nov 09, 2010
Hisham said...
Always were wondering about the logo of foradian.. Never realised so many meaning in this four lines. And ther are some more interesting taglines which can be put up for FORADIAN like FOR EVERYONE ... through this concept you can make a feeling the foradian is for every one.. It really helps at this point of marketing targeting individuals..
Also from the logo i felt lik a graph which is goin up.. for that you will have to change the dimension little bit.. But am sure other wise also your target on business in next dimension is awesum.. try making more simple and expose it to the ppl.. All the best...
Feb 09, 2011
Pleasant said...
Cool! I didn't know this much was behind the symbol. Very good. You have researched well. Kudos!
Oct 29, 2011
Vineeth Devadiga said...
good one
Mar 09, 2012
Sreekanth said...
Your logo some what matches the mathematical symbol for infinity when viewed from aside(though not completely identical with the the infinity symbol)....
considering the fact that the phi (golden ratio)= Tn+1/Tn when n->infinity were Tn is the Fibonacci sequence there lies a connection between the Fibonacci and the infinity too.... :)

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