Twitter's classic bird era distilled social media into a single sky-blue silhouette and 280 characters. The 2012 "Larry" mark — constructed from 14 perfect circles by Martin Grasser — became one of the most recognized logos on earth, paired with a relentlessly flat, white-and-blue interface that let text do the talking.

This system captures that pre-X golden age: friendly blue actions, neutral gray chrome, pill-shaped buttons, and a feed-first layout where every pixel serves the tweet.