[OSGeo-Discuss] R: website/rebranding april update

Sat Apr 29 11:41:18 PDT 2017

Sort of like the OSM based T-shirts: 

http://www.citeefashion.com/products

I like the idea, but perhaps it makes things a little too complex?

A contour line map of The Netherlands as a biz card background would not be very exciting ;-)

Regards, 

Gert-Jan

Van: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Namens Jody Garnett
Verzonden: zaterdag 29 april 2017 20:32
Aan: Vicky Vergara; Maria Antonia Brovelli
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Onderwerp: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: website/rebranding april update

Okay I have an idea that I may regret sharing - because I am not enough of a cartographer to make it happen. 

What if we went for a line work map (no fills or very saturated fills) and people could zoom into an appropriate area for their biz card or presentation subject matter? We would need a consistent palette to go well with the logo and general branding - but I love the metaphor of every member, local chapter, event having their own location driven background.

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 5:56 PM Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de> wrote:

I like the sophisticated.

But the green on the name cards etc ... its too much green, maybe more transparent. I am not saying to have it multicolour because printing becomes expensive with more colors.
The white www.osgeo.org is behind the black lines, its so wierd.

Vicky

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:

I like the proposed logo sophisticated.

About topography, I agree with Jody. 

I would prefere as background a stylized map of the galaxy or the universe. 

In any case, thanks a lot!

Maria 

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Da: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> 
Data: 28/04/17 23:16 (GMT+01:00) 
A: Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> 
Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org> 
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] website/rebranding april update 

My feedback: 

- The topo background graphic proposed is a strong visual, but comes across as vintage / retro / dated to my eyes (steampunk!).  It does evolve from our current branding (see slide 2 here <https://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/osgeo-think-global-act-local?qid=22fda894-eda8-4161-acca-1be6d1a323ce&v=&b=&from_search=8> ), but I am not sure it reflects modern mapping technologies. Wonder if we could go for a blueprint vector+note visualization of the data behind mapping....

- Tempted to use the current light-green as one of the colors for logo3, because many <https://osgeo.nl>  local chapters <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Aust-NZ>  have taken the color rather than the visual elements as a base, others look amazing <http://www.gfoss.it>  doing there own thing.

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On 28 April 2017 at 13:54, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

We can share the initial cut of the branding process. It is available
as a PDF here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1D61nG9ZgtbdmpmcTh4SnBYMFU/view?usp=sharing

Feel free to comment here or on the marketing list. We will go through
a few sets of revisions with the vendor.

Jeff

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Quick status update from the webstie/rebranding initiative for April:
>
> We have started to see rough wireframes of the approach used for the
> website. To make these wireframes more realistic we are going through an
> "visitor journey" exercise (which is where your representatives from
> geoforall and local chapters are key).
> We received the first breakdown of new branding this week, and are providing
> feedback on the proposed logos/colors.
>
> A big thanks to Marc, Jeffrey and the GetInteractive team for efficiency in
> April, cutting this work down to size for the rest of the team.
>
> We would like to welcome some new volunteers:
>
> Peter Mooney - has joined to provide an academic perspective, making sure
> the website/rebranding supports the work we do with GeoForAll. Please give
> him your support as we work against some tight deadlines. I also understand
> that Peter will be providing a perspective from OSGeo local chapters.
> Phillip Davis - has volunteered and started to review. Philip we are waiting
> on you to sign up to the marketing list and introduce yourself.
> Harrison Grundy - is taking on communication with our system administration
> committee. This week he is looking at LDAP so that our members can see the
> website beta prior to release.
>
> As many know this is an expensive undertaking for our organization. We would
> like to thank GetCat, Boundless and other sponsors for enabling this OSGeo
> activity financially.
>
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