@mirakulix I like the one in UBports-style!

Thank you! Yes I think the icon fits the name TELEports..

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Going back to this comment, IMHO the version without the "stripes" works best

As @gleblee said:

Every icon with many elements is bad, it's too hard to recognize in the case where it small. The icon must be simple and recognizable.

+1

the small details problem can be in part resolved by reducing number of (missing) airplane's parts starting from the smallest (missing) strips, but I think it's a problem only when the icon is understandable and distinguishable only thank to them.

PS: on my low-res computer screen with the image previews sizes reduced to minimum, the icon is distinguishable like the official telegram one (they both seem more to arrows than paper airplanes) and still is possible to "feel" there are some differences between them . clearly it's not possible to distinguish the details (3D, shadows etc but many of them, at this size, are not visible also in the official UT icons ) and is not possible to understand it's a "teleporting paperairplane"; but the icon seems still usable if you don't have another icon on a full blu backgroung with an arrow/paper airplane pointing top right. the same apply on the official logo if you don't have another icon with a arrow or a paperairplane on a full blu circle in backgroud.

PS2: the image above is reduced and has lost more details so use it with caution. the righter icon is the telegram official logo and I think the same icon used on smartphones.

Honestly, to me, the whole concept of having all icons be round/square/squircle/whatever makes things worse, and they all just start to look the same.

(2.2)Applying a light fold on the airplane doesn't make it more white (obviously) and we lost part of the 3D effect.
So a better way is to apply a dark fold in the lower (nearest) wing.
first iteraction:

(2.3) but here the shadow on the inner part of the airplane is wrong (shadow cast in the wrong direction)
So imho is better to apply the fold aligned on another edge of the airplane :

(2.4) here the shadow is correctly applied.

the last one is the case with two folds (I still like them):

(2.5)

about the single or the double fold honestly I didn't saw that the single fold style was the mainly used. My error.

@hummlbach I don't think a little less sharp edge would be so visible with the icon sizes. vice versa if we make them more rounded (greater radius) we risk making it difficult to understand that the element is an airplane with missing pieces. we can try to reduce the number of the missing strips so to lower the number of the sharp edges

its so asymetric now.

Sometimes asymmetric is more beautiful

@hummlbach said in TELEports. New Telegram app icon design:

or lets remove all folds in the upper right edge...(?)

This is a trick question, right? You can not remove both of the upper-right folds. You always need at least one to maintain light-dark background (without using gradients).

I also took the liberty to invert background coloring (dark <-> light), but dunno why. Just a feeling.

Anyway kudos o your contribution.

Edit: I also like the fist one. Simplicity in it's finest form.

they both are in origami style. in the first the geometry and the style of the paper airplane is different from the original/official logo (it'is another paper airplane ;)). the second is more similar in terms of geometry but the teleport effect make it whole new icon.