Release Notes and Changelog: the icon design study
October 31, 2026; record prepared November 1, 2026

Jamie explored the icons with Codex using the built-in image generator.
The two applications had shared an icon on his phone.

The first direction was one ivory paper v with a tangerine period on a
cobalt field. It was initially proposed for Changelog, then assigned to
Release Notes. Its curled paper terminal connects the letterform and the
journal material. A literal open-journal direction for Release Notes was
set aside.

Changelog then took the idea of multiple versions. Two studies followed:
three curled paper slips called Entries, and three folded v marks called
Versions. Jamie chose Versions. The refinement gave the stack more space
around its edges and simpler fold shading, then checked it at 60 pixels
beside the single-v Release Notes mark.

Paper, Copper, Terminal and Afterglow explore the same Changelog geometry
in different colors and materials. They are intended as alternative app
icons for Supporting Members of the Weekly Thing.

For Release Notes, Flat and Micro Fold simplify the same v and dot for a
browser tab. Both were checked at 16 and 32 pixels alongside the original
Full Fold. Flat was the recommendation for browser tabs, while the full
paper fold remained the PWA direction.

The files are design studies. This exercise did not install icons or
change application code. The archives preserve source PNGs, generation
prompts and small-size previews for continuing the design work.