<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div style>I only subscribed to this mailing list this morning so I'm a little late to the party here, but just want to contribute some of my knowledge on the subject to help you with selecting a logo.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Whilst a designer, I'm not a <i>graphic </i>designer, so a) I'm not going to design you a logo; and b) I won't critique the existing logo options that are on the table.</div><div style>
<br></div><div style>My speciality is in user experience design which covers everything from strategic product management and positioning through to usability, accessibility, instructional design and user testing of existing and prototype digital interfaces.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Just a few points that I would like you to think about:</div><div style><br></div><div style>1. The logo should work in a square format which usually means taking the primary graphical device and having it stand on its own without the full label or tagline; in your case this means the "Q". The square format will be used as the favicon and desktop app icon etc. From what I've seen so far, the options are all of the full landscape oriented logo — you need to see how they'll break down.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>2. The app/project name needs to recognisable in the logo and preferably the "QGIS" needs to be discernible, but recognition will suffice. If you laid out a sheet with a bunch of competitor products' logos and your logo in front of someone and asked them to point to the logo for "QGIS", you want to have a pretty good (perfect) success rate.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>3. Think of sub-brands, alternatives and configurations of the logo. It would be nice if the base logo could be extended so that you can identify public vs development versions of the app, QGIS Desktop vs Browser (currently all three have the same logo). This could be achieved through changing the highlight colour, adding or modifying graphical devices etc. This is something that you want to ask the graphic designer to consider otherwise you run the risk of having to use the logo as is or clunkily bastardizing it for every variation you figure you need later.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Hope that helps.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt;font-size:13px">Nathanael Boehm</p>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Tim Sutton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@linfiniti.com" target="_blank">lists@linfiniti.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi<br>
<br>
This is my favourite<br>
<br>
<a href="http://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/qgis-needs-logo-210397/entries/267" target="_blank">http://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/qgis-needs-logo-210397/entries/267</a><br>
<br>
Though I would ask them to remove the word 'uantum' and write the word<br>
GIS in the same size as the Q.<br>
<br>
I think in general we should consider dropping the use of the Quantum<br>
in the name and simply refer to our project as 'QGIS'.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Tim<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Tim Sutton <<a href="mailto:lists@linfiniti.com">lists@linfiniti.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Nathan Woodrow <<a href="mailto:madmanwoo@gmail.com">madmanwoo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I can set up some polls on the site once I have a general idea on which<br>
>> icons people like. The poll will let everyone vote with stars which logos<br>
>> they like the best out of 8. I will do this tomorrow once I have a general<br>
>> idea from the form data.<br>
>><br>
>> If you don't want to use the form then this mailing list is also fine. I<br>
>> will take votes and feedback from both.<br>
><br>
> I think it would be helpful to require that each voter submits only<br>
> ONE preference - that way they have to put their head on the block and<br>
> commit to something and we can see the sum total of the very favourite<br>
> designs.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
> Tim<br>
><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>> Nathan<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Werner Macho <<a href="mailto:werner.macho@gmail.com">werner.macho@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi!<br>
>>><br>
>>> To be honest - I'd like to have a voting page somewhere ..<br>
>>> But it seems that you have to create an account on the logo page to start<br>
>>> voting ..<br>
>>> Probably someone finds another way to vote (or Nathan is taking our "vote"<br>
>>> into his ..)<br>
>>><br>
>>> regards<br>
>>> Werner<br>
>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>><br>
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