I should clarify for those who might not have been following this thread
closely, Stephanie Brinley said that she was volunteering to create a
logo for code4lib. Options 1 and 3 would both cost us some money,
whereas option 2 would be free of charge.
Edward
Edward M. Corrado wrote:
I am still not convinced we need a professional designed logo, but it
seems most people who responded to this thread do, so I'm happy to go
along with it. Personally, I'd just type "code4lib" in Helvitica, save
it as a .png and be done with it :-).
Compared to the other links we have seen, I like what I have seen on
Stephanie Brinley's site better than the other sites that were posted.
The logos are simple, yet memorable and in some way elegant. At any
point, it seems we should have some sort of vote and come to a
decision on how we are going to proceed.
If I recall, our choices are:
1) Go with http://www.sanchezcircuit.com/catalog/
2) Go with Stephanie Brinley's Adelie Design http://www.AdelieDesign.com/
3) Use a design contest method on http://99designs.com/
4) Have people submit a logo for the community to vote on like we did
for conference t-shirts
Has there been any other options discussed (or that should be discussed)?
Edward
Carol Bean wrote:
I don't know who Roy or the others have in mind, but I like what I
see at
adeliedesign.com.
Given her requirements, which don't seem too unreasonable, I wonder
if we
could start with the code4lib community making the choice of which
designer
to work with?
Carol
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Stephanie Brinley <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Code4Lib,
Because I'm not a coder or a librarian, I am not a member of the
Code4Lib
community. However, my husband Jonathan, who is a member, told me
about the
logo thread Roy started last week. As a professional designer, I
agree with
Roy that Code4Lib could use a well-designed logo to bring its
activities
under a unified brand.
Having close ties, I would like to do my part to help out your
community.
To
that end, I am volunteering to design a logo for Code4Lib. My one
request
would be that you actually work with me as a professional designer,
rather
than turning this into an open contest. Code4Lib is many things to many
people. Reconciling these perspectives into a single brand is, as
Roy said,
not an amateur task, and will require some coordination to merge the
input
and ideas from the community.
As for the process, I think Roy has it right. Form a small committee to
handle the details and distill the opinions of the community at
large. I'll
start with a few drafts the committee and community can comment on, and
we'll go from there.
What do you think?
Sincerely,
Stephanie Brinley
President, Adelie Design
http://www.AdelieDesign.com/
