Hello Jeroen,
Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 2:19:21 PM, you wrote:
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>> The logo is obviously is just one small aspect of it. And as I hope
>> the logo matter will be solved this time, it's good idea to think well
>> what implications it gives, and what we want at all.
> I think you are right to point out the importance of a visual
> representation of a product. I was hoping there would be a coordinated
> effort to watch over the visual side of things, similar to the way an
> user-friendly distro such as Ubuntu approaches the issue, but you'd need
> some designer folk for that.. I expect most of the current Ångström
> users have at least some technical background and most/all of them know
> at least how to file a bug-report, but drawing and designing graphics is
> a whole other matter.
Exactly, and that's why we have this issue unresolved still.
And I in no way tried to discourage your design, but just make sure
that we discussed all previous work on this, and were sure that we
used some though and alternatives when choosing it.
> The graphing compass for example, I can draw that because it is made up
> of straight lines, a fixed design, a technical instrument, I can use
> logic to draw it. But if I wanted to draw a more friendly-looking
> graphing compass using (*shudder*) inviting curving lines and friendly
> colours I'd have a hard time drawing it.
Well, I couldn't draw it so well in reasonable time, so on my
scale, that pretty much qualifies as "good" ;-). Another one you
posted, triangled and being cover of previously posted Michael Lauer's
work, doesn't lead to such mark - it's pretty simplistic, and pretty
far of visual appeal of Michael's version.
As was pointed out, there were other logo drafts too, but they
should be considered lost by now (one of them I tried to add to
Angstrom wiki, but it was removed from it and later for HH.org wiki
where it was before).
So, on my list, there're 2 candidates:
1. Your compass logo
2. Original Michael's work. He of course don't have time to work on it
now, so someone else should start to like those designs, contact him
regarding his current stance on including them in Angstrom, ask for
vector sources, etc, etc.
> I was hoping some artistic person would come along and say "Ah, I see
> what you're trying to convey, but this style of drawing would be better,
> and these colours are all wrong, and .." and take it from there. :)
I guess, the best thing we can do in our situation is to ensure
that we considered all existing designs, considered implications they
bring to user experience, and make sure we're not lazy/inattentive to
make few relatively small extra steps, which will improve user experience
and extend user base over the following time.
So, if you're sure that you design is good enough for the
purpose, please proceed with it. Leaving this issue open for long more
is to lose this design the same way as the older ones are lost by now.
> Kind regards,
> Jeroen
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Best regards,
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