The Docker company was started in France in 2010, but the Docker software was released as open source only in March 2013. In its official blog, the company states that the original logotype was “put together quickly”, so they decided to upgrade the logo and visual style shortly after.
The current Docker logo was introduced in June 2013. With the help of the freelancer community 99designs the company received 84 logo prototypes. The winner was the whale emblem created by Ricky Asamanis, a graphic designer from Indonesia.
The whale carrying a stack of containers symbolizes the company’s four core values: expedition, automation, encapsulation, and simplification.
