[Qgis-developer] Logo Update

[Antonio Locandro]

IMHO this decision should be taken only by the active qgis dev team behind the whole design process. Why? I am in the mailing list and I can certainly give my opinion, however for any reason I may or may not stick with QGIS in the future (dropping Quantum from the name by the way would be good), however devs have shown commitment with the project, gone to HF, solve user problems, etc. for me that is enough reason for the dev team to make the decision. I say most of the logos that made final round would make a better logo that what is currently used (no offense intended, just reality), like someone mentioned one logo looks more Corporate/Professional, the other looks more Community/Open-Source, I do not know which look would be better for QGIS, I do know if the aim is to displace COTS (because of the benefits it brings to communities which can invest that money in other ways not expensive software) then #50 would certainly look better and would attract more commercial/government interest just because of brochures, website, etc. If the aim is just to be community,open source driven then I would go with dakcarto logo with more rich colours and write a special place in the website explaining the logo and its story behind (would make a nice logo story), remember you should look the brand overall and think all the branding possibilities not just icons, but website colors, brochures, manuals, etc.
I would strongly suggest whatever the decision, once made final do not question it, embrace it and move on
P.S. My vote is for #50, probably with some tweaking of the color for richness.....btw if it get confused so much, you can always rename to OGIS, OpenSource GIS ;) Cheers
 
Ing. Antonio Locandro
Tegucigalpa, Honduras

 > Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 16:37:23 +0200
> From: werner.macho at gmail.com
> To: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Logo Update
> 
> Hi Larry, Devs,
> > While I generally have no problems with criticism, I do take issue
> > with having my work parodied in a cartoon which implies plagiarism.
> >
> > A simple "it looks too much like Chrome's icon" would have sufficed.
> I think it was not meant personally .. As far as I know Radim .. :)
> There are a lot of people outside that do really like your designs
> (including me) but I also understand the points of others..
> 
> It is indeed a important decision and probably everyone wants to see his
> favourite design as the final logo ..
> That's why I always say I am fine with whatever will win the contest..
> Personally I go with Paolo and would like to see "on of ours" as the
> winner ..
> But I have to say that #50 is also a very clear design and would
> probably fit as Icon on the Desktop better..
> 
> As I am no Designer too (as Borys already mentioned) I would say every
> design that made it on the final page would be good to go and there
> should be a clean vote (i am not clear if it should be public or only
> the qgis team which stands behind the whole dev process).
> There are a lot of stories out there about "wrong" desicisions in logo
> design or naming (I remember some automobile which was called I think
> "dick" in another language) .. So I guess in some parts of the world the
> logo (and the colours) would have different meanings to people. We
> should try to be aware of that - but we cannot completely avoid such
> collisions. You never can do it "right" for everyone on this world.
> 
> Let's just choose the "most voted" .. think about it from different
> viewpoints.. try to give the designer feedback about our concerns and
> afterwards we should avoid mails like "this one or that one would have
> been better"..
> 
> To complete this mail.
> 
> #50 for simple and clear usable as Icon on the Desktop
> #338,#336 and still #280 (for me) to be a logo for a shirt and a very
> nice design with a story behind to remember.. but probably not an icon
> 
> so let's try to be objective and choose the best one and also accept the
> decision
> 
> with kind regards
> Werner
> 
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