I created a branch to gather all alternative logos [1]. Among the two aforementioned proposals, I added a few more variants (check logo-alt* under the img directory). Have a look and let me know what you think. I'm open to any ideas and suggestions.
[1] https://github.com/zabetak/calcite/tree/calcite-logo/site/img On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 7:25 PM Julian Hyde <jh...@apache.org> wrote: > I prefer both over the current logo. (And I made the current logo.) > > Let's keep the discussion going, and get to a new logo. > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 9:42 AM Ivan Grgurina <ivan.grgur...@fer.hr> wrote: > > > > I prefer the one Daniel sent. It looks cleaner, but maybe the "periodic > table" logo can be made better by simplifying it, the shadow on the letter > C is... unusual. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Stamatis Zampetakis <zabe...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 6:32 PM > > To: dev@calcite.apache.org; humbed...@apache.org > > Subject: Re: Giving the Calcite logo some love > > > > Thanks for digging this out Daniel! > > > > At this point we have two candidates: > > http://humbedooh.com/calcite-proposed.svg > > https://svgshare.com/s/86r > > > > Do we like any of above more than our current logo (the way they are or > > with slight modifications) ? > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 3:15 AM Yuzhao Chen <yuzhao....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Oh, I see a big hammer, thanks Daniel ! > > > > > > Best, > > > Danny Chan > > > 在 2019年6月3日 +0800 AM6:21，Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org>，写道： > > > > Found it! > > > > > > > > http://humbedooh.com/calcite-proposed.svg > > > > > > > > Thanks, Wayback Machine! > > > > > > > > On 19/05/2019 10.01, Stamatis Zampetakis wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > We started this discussion about a year ago and many people were > > > > > positive with the idea of having a new logo for Calcite. > > > > > We had some nice proposals at the time and maybe now somebody else > has > > > > > also new ideas/designs to contribute. > > > > > > > > > > @Daniel: Is there any chance that you still have the logos you > proposed > > > > > somewhere available? The old link [1] does not work anymore. > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > Stamatis > > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > http://www.apache.org/logos/comdev-test/res/calcite/calcite-proposed.svg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 12:02 AM Stamatis Zampetakis < > > > zabe...@gmail.com > > > > > <mailto:zabe...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Vladimir>Could you flip rhombus so it goes right-up? > > > > > > > > > > https://svgshare.com/s/86r > > > > > > > > > > I hope this is what you meant. > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > Stamatis > > > > > > > > > > Στις Τετ, 29 Αυγ 2018 στις 6:30 μ.μ., ο/η Michael Mior > > > > > <mm...@apache.org <mailto:mm...@apache.org>> έγραψε: > > > > > > > > > > Just a note since we're on the topic that whatever logos we come > > > > > up with > > > > > should be sure to have TM clearly indicated. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Michael Mior > > > > > mm...@apache.org <mailto:mm...@apache.org> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Le mer. 29 août 2018 à 03:13, Julian Hyde > > > > > <jhyde.apa...@gmail.com <mailto:jhyde.apa...@gmail.com>> a écrit : > > > > > > > > > > > Yes indeed! > > > > > > > > > > > > If someone feels inspired to produce a logo, here’s my > > > > > suggestion of a > > > > > > theme/image: a spider, specifically a Barn Spider (Araneus > > > > > Cavaticus)[1]. > > > > > > It was the origin of the name “avatica”, connects and spins > > > > > webs, and the > > > > > > eponymous individual in Charlotte’s Web had rather exceptional > > > > > > communication skills. > > > > > > > > > > > > Julian > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_spider > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 28, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Francis Chuang > > > > > <francischu...@apache.org <mailto:francischu...@apache.org>> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The designs I have seen so far look really good! Would it > > > > > also make > > > > > > sense to design a variant for Avatica as well? This is what > > > > > the current > > > > > > Avatica logo looks like: > > > > > https://calcite.apache.org/avatica/img/logo.png > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Francis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 29/08/2018 7:08 AM, Vladimir Sitnikov wrote: > > > > > > > > Stamatis>How about something like the following: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There's left-to-right vs right-to-left issue, however I > > > > > would claim that > > > > > > > > the direction of improvement is right+up. > > > > > > > > For instance: BTC price is good when plots go to the right > > > > > and go > > > > > > upward. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://svgur.com/s/83y is slanted backward. > > > > > > > > That creates perception of "Calcite holding back the > > > > > progress" or > > > > > > "Apache > > > > > > > > pushing C away" or something like that. > > > > > > > > Could you flip rhombus so it goes right-up? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Vladimir > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
