diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/assets/favicon.svg b/frontend/src/lib/assets/favicon.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index cc5dc66..0000000
--- a/frontend/src/lib/assets/favicon.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="107" height="128" viewBox="0 0 107 128"><title>svelte-logo</title><path d="M94.157 22.819c-10.4-14.885-30.94-19.297-45.792-9.835L22.282 29.608A29.92 29.92 0 0 0 8.764 49.65a31.5 31.5 0 0 0 3.108 20.231 30 30 0 0 0-4.477 11.183 31.9 31.9 0 0 0 5.448 24.116c10.402 14.887 30.942 19.297 45.791 9.835l26.083-16.624A29.92 29.92 0 0 0 98.235 78.35a31.53 31.53 0 0 0-3.105-20.232 30 30 0 0 0 4.474-11.182 31.88 31.88 0 0 0-5.447-24.116" style="fill:#ff3e00"/><path d="M45.817 106.582a20.72 20.72 0 0 1-22.237-8.243 19.17 19.17 0 0 1-3.277-14.503 18 18 0 0 1 .624-2.435l.49-1.498 1.337.981a33.6 33.6 0 0 0 10.203 5.098l.97.294-.09.968a5.85 5.85 0 0 0 1.052 3.878 6.24 6.24 0 0 0 6.695 2.485 5.8 5.8 0 0 0 1.603-.704L69.27 76.28a5.43 5.43 0 0 0 2.45-3.631 5.8 5.8 0 0 0-.987-4.371 6.24 6.24 0 0 0-6.698-2.487 5.7 5.7 0 0 0-1.6.704l-9.953 6.345a19 19 0 0 1-5.296 2.326 20.72 20.72 0 0 1-22.237-8.243 19.17 19.17 0 0 1-3.277-14.502 17.99 17.99 0 0 1 8.13-12.052l26.081-16.623a19 19 0 0 1 5.3-2.329 20.72 20.72 0 0 1 22.237 8.243 19.17 19.17 0 0 1 3.277 14.503 18 18 0 0 1-.624 2.435l-.49 1.498-1.337-.98a33.6 33.6 0 0 0-10.203-5.1l-.97-.294.09-.968a5.86 5.86 0 0 0-1.052-3.878 6.24 6.24 0 0 0-6.696-2.485 5.8 5.8 0 0 0-1.602.704L37.73 51.72a5.42 5.42 0 0 0-2.449 3.63 5.79 5.79 0 0 0 .986 4.372 6.24 6.24 0 0 0 6.698 2.486 5.8 5.8 0 0 0 1.602-.704l9.952-6.342a19 19 0 0 1 5.295-2.328 20.72 20.72 0 0 1 22.237 8.242 19.17 19.17 0 0 1 3.277 14.503 18 18 0 0 1-8.13 12.053l-26.081 16.622a19 19 0 0 1-5.3 2.328" style="fill:#fff"/></svg>
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diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index d03716a..732e3bf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-	import favicon from '$lib/assets/favicon.svg';
 	import '../app.css';
 	import { initAuth, getToken, getUserId, clearPin } from '$lib/auth';
 	import { initTheme } from '$lib/theme-store';
@@ -227,9 +226,11 @@
 	});
 </script>
 
-<svelte:head>
-	<link rel="icon" href={favicon} />
-</svelte:head>
+<!-- NO `<svelte:head><link rel="icon">` here. There used to be one, pointing at
+     `$lib/assets/favicon.svg` — the orange Svelte logo from the project skeleton. Vite inlined it
+     as a data URI into the layout bundle and this block applied it AFTER hydration, so it beat the
+     branded `<link rel="icon">` in app.html and the tab showed the framework's logo on every page.
+     app.html is now the single source for the icon; the skeleton asset is deleted. -->
 
 {@render children()}
 
diff --git a/frontend/static/icon.svg b/frontend/static/icon.svg
index 8955de7..265b344 100644
--- a/frontend/static/icon.svg
+++ b/frontend/static/icon.svg
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512" width="512" height="512" role="img" aria-label="EventSnap">
-  <!-- Full-bleed brand background keeps the icon "maskable": safe content sits within the centre 80%. -->
-  <rect width="512" height="512" fill="#2563eb"/>
-  <g fill="none" stroke="#ffffff" stroke-width="22" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-linecap="round">
-    <!-- Camera body -->
-    <rect x="116" y="172" width="280" height="200" rx="34"/>
-    <!-- Viewfinder bump -->
-    <path d="M212 172l24-34h40l24 34" fill="#ffffff" stroke="none"/>
-    <!-- Lens -->
-    <circle cx="256" cy="276" r="58"/>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512" width="512" height="512" role="img" aria-label="Hochzeit von Julia &amp; Jonas">
+  <!-- Full-bleed brand background keeps the icon "maskable": safe content sits within the centre 80%
+       (51.2-460.8). The rings span x 88-424 and y 139-373 including stroke, so an Android circle
+       crop cannot clip them. -->
+  <rect width="512" height="512" fill="#8a6a2b"/>
+  <!-- Two interlocking bands. Deliberately just the two rings: no gem, no shine, no inner bevel.
+       This renders at 16px in a browser tab, where any detail smaller than the stroke width turns
+       into a smudge — the same reason the camera icon this replaces was three shapes and no more. -->
+  <g fill="none" stroke="#ffffff" stroke-width="26">
+    <circle cx="205" cy="256" r="104"/>
+    <circle cx="307" cy="256" r="104"/>
+    <!-- The interlock. Both circles above are drawn whole, so the right band covers the left one at
+         BOTH crossings and they read as merely overlapping. Redrawing this arc of the left band —
+         the segment through the upper intersection at (256, 165.4) — puts it back on top there
+         while the right stays on top at the lower crossing, which is what makes them look linked
+         rather than stacked. Keep it in sync if either circle moves. -->
+    <path d="M214.1 152.4A104 104 0 0 1 290.2 196.3"/>
   </g>
 </svg>
diff --git a/frontend/static/manifest.webmanifest b/frontend/static/manifest.webmanifest
index 2ae8db7..0cc3447 100644
--- a/frontend/static/manifest.webmanifest
+++ b/frontend/static/manifest.webmanifest
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	"display": "standalone",
 	"orientation": "portrait",
 	"background_color": "#ffffff",
-	"theme_color": "#2563eb",
+	"theme_color": "#8a6a2b",
 	"icons": [
 		{
 			"src": "/icon.svg",