[Qgis-developer] Logo Update

[Nathan Woodrow]

So it looks like #50 and a variation of Larry's stuff is the go at the
moment.

I will also note that once we pick a logo we will get the IP for the logo
so we can tweak the final logo to add or remove things.

- Nathan


On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Borys Jurgiel <lists at borysjurgiel.pl> wrote:

> Dnia środa, 1 maja 2013 o 09:44:20 Radim Blazek napisał(a):
> > OK, I just want to let you know that the first impression for somebody
> > who has not invented the logo may be different. I see three creatures,
> > Wassermann and his fellows trying to divide the Earth.
> >
> > This is my second impression: http://bench.qgis.cz/ms-google-qgis.jpg
>
> I must say I had exactly the same two impressions. I'm not a designer nor
> visual communication expert and I definitely don't feel competent to rate
> logos, but probably most of the community isn't too, so I decided to write
> my
> 2 cents.
>
> I must confess I don't like Larry's work at all (Larry, please don't be
> offended! :) ). For me it's still far too much complicated. Yes, the story
> behind is nice, but for me (as I said I'm not a proffesional) an ideal logo
> contains one shape and one colour. For example, Apple's logo is a good
> logo.
>
> For that reason I strongly prefer #50. It's not ideal still, but it's a
> completely opposite: simple, clean and tidy. And - what is also important
> - it
> refers to our good old colours and - in quite clever way - to the old
> shape.
>
> Of course you can find #50 too cold, or too corporation-style. Well, for me
> it's just proffesional and it's not a disadvantage. I guess with the two
> logos
> we send completely opposite messages:
> - "We're cool guys, we try to make nice things"
> vs
> - "We're a proffesional GIS"
>
> and, after consideration, I prefer the second one.
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