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Oscar Westra van Holthe - Kind edited comment on AVRO-3554 at 7/1/22 10:23 AM: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avro, as I encounter it, is mostly used in data streams. For such use cases, the most important qualities a logo should evoke are *evolution/change* and {*}data flow/stream{*}. Similar to schema evolution is schema projection: purposefully reading Avro data with a (much) smaller schema, to drop all data you don't need for your use case. So *multi-faceted* is also a nice quality to evoke. Some logo ideas to evoke these qualities: * {*}Stream{*}: a wave (not unlike a wing), made of ones and zeroes at large sizes, to express flowing data. Example: the Pulsar logo shows a wave in a body of water !https://www.apache.org/logos/res/pulsar/default.png|width=240,height=46! * {*}Multi-faceted{*}, like a diamond, can be seen in the Calcite logo (but I'd opt for a straight diamond, not upside-down) !https://www.apache.org/logos/res/calcite/default.png|width=240,height=62! * {*}Schema evolution/change{*}: use an animal that can change its appearance as mascot, like a chameleon or cephalopod (squid/cuttlefish,octopus,…) Especially cuttlefish are masters at this. So based on a [CC0 icon online|https://www.svgrepo.com/svg/113246/squid] and [this CC0 one|https://www.svgrepo.com/svg/101387/cartoon-squid], I created these (they both need work though): !cuttlefish oscar.svg! !cuttlefish oscar 2.svg! was (Author: opwvhk): Avro, as I encounter it, is mostly used in data streams. For such use cases, the most important qualities a logo should evoke are *evolution/change* and {*}data flow/stream{*}. Similar to schema evolution is schema projection: purposefully reading Avro data with a (much) smaller schema, to drop all data you don't need for your use case. So *multi-faceted* is also a nice quality to evoke. Some logo ideas to evoke these qualities: * {*}Stream{*}: a wave (not unlike a wing), made of ones and zeroes at large sizes, to express flowing data. Example: the Pulsar logo shows a wave in a body of water !https://www.apache.org/logos/res/pulsar/default.png|width=240,height=46! * {*}Multi-faceted{*}, like a diamond, can be seen in the Calcite logo (but I'd opt for a straight diamond, not upside-down) !https://www.apache.org/logos/res/calcite/default.png|width=240,height=62! * {*}Schema evolution/change{*}: use an animal that can change its appearance as mascot, like a chameleon or cephalopod (squid/cuttlefish,octopus,…) Especially cuttlefish are masters at this. So based on a [CC0 icon online|https://www.svgrepo.com/svg/113246/squid], I created this (the current Avro logo colour looks horrible on it though): !cuttlefish oscar.svg! > Create original art for the Avro logo > ------------------------------------- > > Key: AVRO-3554 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3554 > Project: Apache Avro > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Ryan Skraba > Priority: Major > Fix For: 1.12.0 > > Attachments: OldAsmLogo.png, cuttlefish oscar 2.svg, cuttlefish > oscar.svg > > > There was a quick discussion with Apache Trademarks along the lines "If it > ever came to a legal challenge, would we care enough to defend our usage? If > not, changing it discreetly and voluntarily is the best route." > The result: we _must_ change our logo this year to some original art. > > Criteria for a new logo, as discussed on the mailing list: > [https://lists.apache.org/thread/m5w7fmkjnrl8m4hlbw8xhzr4v69xg3ml]: > Must: > * be unique and not similar to anything “out there” > * be available in a vector format (SVG) so it can be scaled with full > accuracy > Should: > * show either something of the name (like Beam, Airflow, Ant, Drill) or what > it does (like Mahout, Bookkeeper, Ratis, Pulsar) > * have 2 variants: Square/Circle (social media, favicon, etc) and rectangle > (top banner) > Could: > * have the banner logo be the compact logo with the name attached, or more > elaborate > Would: > * have limited colors; at most 5-10 (so like Iceberg, not like Flex with the > gradients) > > _To allow sufficient artistic freedom, we should limit new requirements. > Instead, please add ideas in the comments._ > > See [https://www.apache.org/logos/] for many examples -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)