diff --git a/react/containers/NavBar/index.js b/react/containers/NavBar/index.js
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+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import View from './view';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ channel }) => {
+  return {
+    channelName   : channel.loggedInChannel.name,
+    channelShortId: channel.loggedInChannel.shortId,
+    channelLongId : channel.loggedInChannel.longId,
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, null)(View);
diff --git a/react/containers/NavBar/view.jsx b/react/containers/NavBar/view.jsx
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+import React from 'react';
+
+const VIEW = 'VIEW';
+const LOGOUT = 'LOGOUT';
+
+class NavBar extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      selectedOption: '',
+    }
+    this.handleSelection = this.handleSelection.bind(this);
+  }
+  componentDidMount () {
+    // set first selected option
+  }
+  handleSelection (event) {
+    const value = event.target.selectedOptions[0].value;
+    switch (value) {
+      case 'logout':
+        break;
+      case 'view':
+        break;
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div className="row row--wide nav-bar">
+        <div className="row row--padded row--short flex-container--row flex-container--space-between-center">
+          <svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" height="24px" viewBox="0 0 80 31" enable-background="new 0 0 80 31" xml:space="preserve" className="nav-bar-logo">
+            <a href="/">
+            <title>Logo</title>
+            <desc>Spee.ch logo</desc>
+            <g id="About">
+                <g id="Publish-Form-V2-_x28_filled_x29_" transform="translate(-42.000000, -23.000000)">
+                    <g id="Group-17" transform="translate(42.000000, 22.000000)">
+                        <text transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 0 20)" font-size="25" font-family="Roboto">Spee&lt;h</text>
+                        <g id="Group-16" transform="translate(0.000000, 30.000000)">
+                            <path id="Line-8" fill="none" stroke="#09F911" stroke-width="1" stroke-linecap="square" d="M0.5,1.5h15"/>
+                            <path id="Line-8-Copy" fill="none" stroke="#029D74" stroke-width="1" stroke-linecap="square" d="M16.5,1.5h15"/>
+                            <path id="Line-8-Copy-2" fill="none" stroke="#E35BD8" stroke-width="1" stroke-linecap="square" d="M32.5,1.5h15"/>
+                            <path id="Line-8-Copy-3" fill="none" stroke="#4156C5" stroke-width="1" stroke-linecap="square" d="M48.5,1.5h15"/>
+                            <path id="Line-8-Copy-4" fill="none" stroke="#635688" stroke-width="1" stroke-linecap="square" d="M64.5,1.5h15"/>
+                        </g>
+                    </g>
+                </g>
+            </g>
+            </a>
+        </svg>
+          <div className="nav-bar--center">
+            <span className="nav-bar-tagline">Open-source, decentralized image and video sharing.</span>
+          </div>
+          <div className="nav-bar--right">
+            <a className="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/">Publish</a>
+            <a className="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/about">About</a>
+            { this.props.loggedInChannelName ? (
+              <select type="text" id="nav-bar-channel-select" className="select select--arrow link--nav" onchange={this.handleSelection}>
+                <option id="nav-bar-channel-select-channel-option">@{this.props.loggedInChannelName}</option>
+                <option value={VIEW}>View</option>
+                <option value={LOGOUT}>Logout</option>
+              </select>
+            ) : (
+              <a id="nav-bar-login-link" className="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/login">Channel</a>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default NavBar;