Pay Phone · logo decision page · D2 Coin O vs D3 Money Key
Every place the logo naturally lives, shown both ways.
One decision, seen everywhere it matters: splash, home-screen icon, sign-in, discovery header, the lock-screen drop, the website, and the tiny sizes. Placements where a logo doesn't belong are listed at the bottom on purpose. Pick D2 or D3 here and it permeates the whole app.
Design principles (locked once you pick)
The coin is the atom. Whichever mark wins, the gold coin is the recurring particle: the O, the key, the payout moment, the app icon.
Gold = money only. Gold marks prices, earnings, payouts, and the brand. Never decoration. Green = one meaning: the line is open.
Ink, not black. Surfaces are #0E1116 / #161B22. Type is near-white; secondary text earns its gray.
The brand greets, then gets out of the way. Logo at entrances (splash, sign-in, discovery, notifications, web). Inside the product, gold + type carry the brand.
Money is loud, chrome is quiet. The biggest thing on any screen should be a number someone cares about.
1 · Splash, redesigned
V1 undersold it. Now: the mark owns the room, the tagline lands in white with "pays" in gold, a low gold aura rises like coin-light, and the domain signs the bottom.
Splash · D2 Coin O
PAYPHNE
The phone that pays.
JOINPAYPHONE.COM
D2. The name is the mark. Coin catches light; tagline finally at full voice.
Splash · D3 Money Key
PAY PHONE
The phone that pays.
JOINPAYPHONE.COM
D3. Mark first, name second. Reads utility: a keypad whose center key is money.
2 · The home-screen icon
Where the logo works hardest. Same wallpaper, neighboring apps grayed so the icon does the talking.
Icon · D2 (the coin alone)
Weather
Notes
Pay Phone
Maps
D2 icon. A gold coin with a slot on ink. Nothing else on a home screen looks like money.
Icon · D3 (the key grid)
Weather
Notes
Pay Phone
Maps
D3 icon. Quieter, more "tool." The gold key still pops but shares the stage with the grid.
3 · Sign-in
First screen after install. The logo signs the top; the phone number is the whole job.
Sign-in · D2
9:41
PAYPHNE
Your number gets you in.
Calls, drops, and receipts all live on your phone number.
+1(555) 000-0000
Continue
We text a code. No passwords.
D2 at 19px. The wordmark scales down clean; the coin O stays legible even small.
Sign-in · D3
9:41
Your number gets you in.
Calls, drops, and receipts all live on your phone number.
+1(555) 000-0000
Continue
We text a code. No passwords.
D3 at 40px. Mark alone, no name needed once installed.
4 · Discovery & search (first sketch)
The surface you flagged as missing: find someone, watch them, see whose line is open. Shown here to give the logo its one in-app home, the nav brand slot. Full discovery design comes in build mode.
Discovery · D2 in the nav
9:41
PAYPHNE
⌕ Search artists, athletes, creators
Open nowMusicSportsComedyCreators
SR
Sol Rivera
R&B artist · 12.4M
● OPEN · 4 slots
$250 · 5 min
DV
Dre Vaughn
Point guard · 3.1M
Opens Fri 7 PM
$120 · 5 min
＋ Watch
LK
Lena Kim
Comedian · 890K
Opens Sun 2 PM
$60 · 5 min
＋ Watch
Discover
My Lines
Booked
You
D2 nav. Wordmark left like a masthead. "+ Watch" is the free watchlist; "OPEN" rows skip the watch button because the move there is booking, not watching.
Discovery · D3 in the nav
9:41
⌕ Search artists, athletes, creators
Open nowMusicSportsComedyCreators
SR
Sol Rivera
R&B artist · 12.4M
● OPEN · 4 slots
$250 · 5 min
DV
Dre Vaughn
Point guard · 3.1M
Opens Fri 7 PM
$120 · 5 min
＋ Watch
LK
Lena Kim
Comedian · 890K
Opens Sun 2 PM
$60 · 5 min
＋ Watch
Discover
My Lines
Booked
You
D3 nav. Mark alone, app-like. Everything else identical so the nav slot is the only variable.
5 · The drop, on the lock screen
The most-seen brand impression in the whole product: the ring. The icon is the logo here.
Lock screen · D2 icon
9:41
Friday, July 17
PAY PHONEnow
Sol's booth opens in 15 minutes
24 slots · $250 · your member window starts first.
D2 on the lock screen. The coin reads instantly at 24px.
Lock screen · D3 icon
9:41
Friday, July 17
PAY PHONEnow
Sol's booth opens in 15 minutes
24 slots · $250 · your member window starts first.
D3 on the lock screen. The grid gets tight at this size; the gold key still carries it.
6 · joinpayphone.com
Where fans land from a celeb's bio link and where memberships get bought (web checkout). Nav left is the brand slot.
Website · D2
joinpayphone.com
PAYPHNE
How it worksFor talentGet the app
The phone that pays.
Five minutes, face to face, with the people you follow. Their line opens. You get the text. You call.
Get a number
D2 web. Masthead wordmark, hero repeats the tagline so app and site say one thing.
Website · D3
joinpayphone.com
PAY PHONE
How it worksFor talentGet the app
The phone that pays.
Five minutes, face to face, with the people you follow. Their line opens. You get the text. You call.
Get a number
D3 web. Mark + name lockup, the classic app-company header.
7 · The small-size gauntlet
A logo is only as good as its 16px self. Favicon, avatar, and store-size for both.
D2 · favicon 16px
D2 · avatar 44px
D2 · store 60px
D3 · favicon 16px
D3 · avatar 44px
D3 · store 60px
8 · Where the logo does NOT go
You said it yourself: some places it doesn't make sense. Locking those in as a rule.
The callTwo faces and a timer. Any logo here is an ad running during the product's best moment.NO LOGO
The celeb registerThe $4,000 number is the brand here. A tiny badge at most, never a lockup.BADGE ONLY
The payment sheetApple Pay's sheet is system UI. The coin appears as the app icon; we add nothing.SYSTEM UI
The payday screenThe coin IS the moment (it drops, gold aura). The wordmark would cheapen it.COIN ONLY
How to decide: scroll top to bottom twice, once imagining you're the fan, once the celeb. D2 bets the brand on the name; D3 bets it on a symbol. The strongest tell is usually §2 (home screen) and §5 (lock screen) — that's where 95% of impressions happen. All names invented. Discovery screen is a first sketch, not the discovery design.