<div dir="ltr">I just had a nice "coffee break" chat with Julie West from Boundless, here is notes from her feedback:<div>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">Logo 1 Traditional</p>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">font, youthful</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">don't see gis professionals or someone who loves what they do in the code sprint</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">play on the white space of the logo</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">like the one color, easy on printing, simple</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">"OSG" looks more spaced out (because of letter shape), "Geo" appears more context</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">font does not match with the logo, logo has sharp edges, typeface is rounded</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">like the compass white space, look good inverted</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">comparison:</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">inside shape of compass is good, outside does not look like a compass</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">dark green with that green</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">text weight increase? no it is similar to others, but they have more contast</li>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(228,175,10)"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)">aside: enjoying the new qgis logo - <a href="http://blog.qgis.org/2017/01/08/qgis-3-0-logo-voting-results/"><span style="color:rgb(228,175,10)">http://blog.qgis.org/2017/01/08/qgis-3-0-logo-voting-results/</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">Logo 2 Modern</p>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">like the inside part of this, and like the colors</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">do not get compass out of this shape, cartoon throwing star :)</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">just take the centre part?</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">OSGeo could be kerned in a bit more</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">use two colors?</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">these are fine, and have lots of contrast enough to tell the difference</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">don't have strong feedback on this one</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">comparison: </li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">looks more open then the others, white space breaks throughout the logo match values of organization</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">centre of compass gets hard to see when small</li>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">Logo 3 Sophisticed</p>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">like this compass a lot, looks like it could spin or animate</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">curious about the light color for accessability (could it be difficult for color blind)</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">tested with accesability tool, it was okay but not great</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">"G" discussion, going to be hard G that has curves to match the rest</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">curious to see other font options</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">really like this compass (repated several times)</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">comparison:</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">fits in better</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">The "OS" appears faded (hard to see)when this is small, consider another green</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">like how thick this compass is</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">visually fits in between locationtech and boundless logos</li>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">Logo 4 </p>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">a little risky</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">appricate "going outside of the box"</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">does not really work, font is a bit off</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">seperate into two words</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">thickness of outside of compass vs inside does not work</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">gradients inside logos risky for printing</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">comparison:</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">stands out, does not look like anything else</li>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">Logo 5 Revolutionairy </p>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">it is pretty</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">Like the gradient from purple to green in the spiral</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">cannot see the gradient when small, room for error when printing, or even a screen</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">Looks better for number 4, but more risk to it</li>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">One more suggestion:</p>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">once you start narrowing down</li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">see what it looks like on different applications, real world applications</li>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(69,69,69)">black, website, biz card, tshirt, conference banner</li>
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</ul></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 May 2017 at 23:07, Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>There has a been a little conversation on the discussion list. I was also sent the following feedback:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin-right:0px" dir="ltr"><div><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Logo 1 </i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Did not like font</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>changes to logo make the compass star look heavy</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p2"><i></i><br></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Logo 2</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Oh! Surprise. I don't hate it but wouldn't have come up with it.</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Bold/strong image, different colours to differentiate OS and Geo. G looks a bit like an arrow which might be fun to play with.</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Sizing a bit off when viewed in context, OSGeo a bit smaller a little smaller would be better</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p2"><i></i><br></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Logo 3</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Softer greens</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>harder to match? do you want to move away from the OSGEO brand green?</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Modern looking but not too corporate; looks friendly rather than buttoned up business; suitable to open source</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>In context still looks big, or maybe it's the font choice. but logo portion looks great small. Still not loving the G in the font.</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p2"><i></i><br></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Logo 4</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>No</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p2"><i></i><br></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Logo 5</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Too close to spirograph</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>don't like purple</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i></i><br></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Branding Concept</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>News; Events; Educational etc looks legible and professional</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Needle of the compass looks like it's missing in the B&W version</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Letterhead looks messy</i></p><p class="m_2161891136239712946gmail-m_-3968310113012098115gmail-p1"><i>Business cards ok for GIS professionals but topographical would not be meaningful to other potential partners/IT professionals</i>.</p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-right:0px" dir="ltr"><div><b></b></div></blockquote><div class="m_2161891136239712946gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">--</div><div dir="ltr">Jody Garnett</div></div></div>
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