On Thu, Apr 2, 2015, at 10:24 AM, heith seewald wrote: > I have some ideas I'd like to bounce off you guys about the allura > landing > page and logo. I collaborated with two designer friends to come up with > these ideas. Perry <http://perrymerrity.com/> came up the design for the > landing page and Will <http://willleonard.org/> came up with a few logos > to > go along with it. >
This is really great. Thanks a lot. > Here is a prototype landing page complete with a potential logo: > > https://allura-test.appspot.com I like it, nice work. > > Here are other potential logos: > > https://allura-test.appspot.com/logos I really like the first two options, more compact, they look great. > > The breakdown: > > These prototypes are trying to communicate the idea that... > > Allura is active, powerful, reliable... and maybe even fun! > > Orange is a confident and optimistic color that invokes exuberance and > vitality. > > Blue is often perceived as dependable and strong. > > The combination of orange with blue accents strikes a good balance > between > modern/fun and dependable/powerful. > I really like the color choices. > > Aesthetics aside, I believe we would also benefit from updating > descriptions and feature breakdowns -- really emphasize the areas we're > better than competing platforms/services. > > To say Allura has Batteries included is an understatement :) Maybe we > can > talk about some of them? > > We could also talk about how Allura integrates well with other tools or > existing workflows... The kind of things that will make peoples lives > easier! > > Any thoughts? Nice work. Thanks for reaching out to some friends, glad someone finally took this and just got it done. I'm not a designer myself, so I don't have any specific critiques, it looks a heck of a lot better than I could of done. -- Wayne Witzel III [email protected]
