Tyron opened a forum topic called "Vintage Story Cover Art Rebrand" with a poll asking which logo looks better.

I don't have much to say about this other then I dislike the new cover art. I understand why they are wanting to change it though. Personally I like the more temporal/mechanical additions but not the overall style.

Here is what Tyron says: "We've been mulling over a potential game cover art rebrand, which is
also a pre-requisite for me personally before we can do any merchandise,
i.e. we need a consistent art style from an artist that's available.
The original artist of the first logo left the team a long time ago. I'd
like to gather some community feedback. Do you like the original more
or the reworked one? If chosen, the new art style would likely get more
broadly adopted in our visual language within the game and outside of it
(=consistent with duargras art)."

View the forum topic here: VS Cover Art Rebrand Forum Topic