[Qgis-developer] Logo Update

[Alexandre Neto]

+1 for the final decision be made by the developers.

That said, at this stage, my favorite logos are #308, #307 and the bottom
one in #394. They look new, refreshing and professional. and I believe
would give nice icons.

May the best (or consensual) logo win!

Alexandre Neto

On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Antonio Locandro <
antoniolocandro at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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