Hi Fernando, I get your point and it makes sense.
I'd like a simple icon with two people at a desk more than a mug, which to me doesn't convey coworking, but I'm no graphic designer. I'm still not clear on the value of a standardized "coworking" icon, though. The "wifi hotspot" or "no smoking" icons are useful for cafes and restaurants because it's an optional feature that might influence my choice to enter. It's hard for me to picture someone walking by a business that isn't obviously a coworking space, seeing the icon and saying, "Hey that place has coworking; I'm going in." :) Best, Will On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 5:21:15 PM UTC+1, Fernando Aguirre wrote: > > Will, thanks for the reference. I think that helps a lot. > > My opinion (I confess I have not read everything yet): > > I loved the idea of Starfish. I think that makes a lot of sense. But I'm > not sure if it is easy to recognize. "P" looks like Parking. "X" seems > prohibited. Wheelchair, seems a wheelchair. > > I remember the point I raised is a symbol. Not a logo. It is to be > recognized. It is not to spend the concept of coworking. > > Technical differences over a symbol for logo: Symbol has no color. Has no > slogan. Has no illustration. No more message. It is simply recognized. How > Hotspot Wi-Fi. > > Although I love the idea of Starfish, I think that a simple coffee mug > would be a better symbol for coworking. > > What do you think? > ᐧ > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace < > wmbe...@locusworkspace.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> This seems to be in part a re-hash of a very old (2007) discussion on >> this same group that might be worth looking at first: >> >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/coworking/coworking$20logo/coworking/Kx-PSRJV6P0/Adyc_cDUuW4J >> >> I think it's a very useful earlier conversation for several reasons: >> >> - It's actively constructed by some of the early and most important >> creators of the coworking movement >> - It puts forth the starfish as a central image for coworking and >> explains why >> - It puts forth a clear argument as to why some kind of symbol for a >> movement might be an important thing. >> - They created a logo page on the wiki as a workplace for people to >> try to create the ideal form, with many examples for people to contribute >> to: http://wiki.coworking.org/w/page/16583882/Logo >> >> My sense is they were pretty far along in the conversation, so we'd do >> well to start there. >> >> Best, >> Will >> >> On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 11:17:08 PM UTC+1, Fernando Aguirre wrote: >>> >>> Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol for >>> coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As there >>> is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc. >>> >>> I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As >>> recently done with the Bug Heartbleed: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ >>> 2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a- >>> household-name.html as well as the W3C made with HTML5. >>> >>> The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a >>> quick study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer >>> can propose something better. >>> >>> What do you think? >>> >>> >>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A-bekElkF3s/VLRHgbDgJTI/AAAAAAAAAUU/fJeJCWj9_TI/s1600/coworking-simbol.png> >>> >>> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/kGzQmIhyQAo/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Grande abraço, > Fernando Aguirre > > www.fernandoaguirre.com.br > (51) 9440.9452 > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
