Hey Daniel, Thank you so much for alternate logos!
@everyone please take a look at the link provided by Daniel. I really like the last option, which is Alternate 2. Maybe we could really consider a middle point b/w old and new ones? Thanks, Aizhamal On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 23:33 Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi James, > I don't mean to butt in much here, but as the general "guy who fixes > various logos around here" (I re-did the current airflow logo as the other > version had bad color tearing and splotches of...I dunno what), what about > perhaps taking the best of both worlds and compromising? Using the more > simple design of the suggested logo in this thread, but making it more > realistic, adding the 'button' back in, adding a bit of thickness to the > wings. > > I made a quick mock-up of the current, proposed, and an example compromise > version at: https://imgur.com/a/G0Bpcky > > It features: > - the current logo > - the proposed logo > - an alternate compromise example > > I have little to no skin in this game, but I figure if the logo is getting > an overhaul, it shouldn't just be a dichotomy between old and new :) I have > them all as SVG, so adjustments can always be made. > > With regards, > Daniel (who is not on this list, so please cc if you need my attention) > > > On 2019/08/13 12:37:32, James Meickle <jmeic...@quantopian.com.INVALID> > wrote: > > I'm gonna have to voice my discontent on this one. The previous logo was > > designed to look like a physical pinwheel, with shading and gradients to > > add depth. That makes it hard to reproduce, so of course it's worth > > considering a flatter replacement. > > > > This simplification keeps the same overall shape but elongates the > points, > > drops the gradient, and reduces the region of overlap. Overall this means > > there's larger contiguous regions of color, and they're skinnier. > Combined > > with the shading moved to a location where it wouldn't be on the physical > > object, it winds up looking like four chef's knives rather than four > points > > of a pinwheel. Removing the central "dot" also replicates this uninviting > > spikiness in the interior, where the regions of shading look like they're > > jabbing at each other rather than meeting smoothly. > > > > So... redesign sure, but please not this one? > > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 7:36 AM Kamil Breguła <kamil.breg...@polidea.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > I also planned modernization of the logo as part of the website > > > creation. The creation of the website is also to include: > > > > Brand book with updated logo (including logo safe space, colors, how > not > > > to use the logo and black&white version) > > > > > > In the near future I will try to provide more information. > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 1:08 PM Driesprong, Fokko <fo...@driesprong.frl > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Great work Chris, love the clean design. > > > > > > > > Cheers, Fokko > > > > > > > > Op di 13 aug. 2019 om 13:06 schreef Kaxil Naik <kaxiln...@gmail.com > >: > > > > > > > > > Love the new one. Nice work Chris. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:03 PM Bas Harenslak < > > > > > basharens...@godatadriven.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I like it! Looks modern and finally that annoying stain is gone. > > > > > > > > > > > > Bas > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2019/08/13 10:28:48, Ash Berlin-Taylor <a...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi everyone,> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here at Astronomer we've just had our Lead Designer, Chris > > > Hendrixson, > > > > > > join us recently and he's proposed a few subtle tweaks to the > Airflow > > > > > logo > > > > > > that I think keep it still recognisably the same logo, but just > a bit > > > > > more > > > > > > refined.> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In his words:> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The new Airflow icon was designed by me, Chris Hendrixson. > I’m > > > the > > > > > > Lead Designer at Astronomer. I’ve been designing logos and > > > interfaces and > > > > > > many other things for over a decade. This rebrand is free, of > > > course. I’m > > > > > > excited about contributing to the open source community.> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think the mailing list allows attachments, so you can > view > > > it > > > > > on > > > > > > the wiki < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AIRFLOW/Proposed+Logo+Redesign > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What do people think of this?> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -ash> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > *Kaxil Naik* > > > > > *Big Data Consultant | DevOps Data Engineer* > > > > > *Certified *Google Cloud Data Engineer | *Certified* Apache Spark & > > > Neo4j > > > > > Developer > > > > > *LinkedIn*: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaxil > > > > > > > > > > >
