Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
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/AUU/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.
Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
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 wmben...@locusworkspace.com 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/AUU/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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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.
[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
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/AUU/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 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.
[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
Yes Cadu and Anderson, people can be represented by globe. It is a very difficult to be created symbol. It should represent many things. But I think also is not very formal. I encourage other designers to try to create an option. On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:46:52 PM UTC, Cadu de Castro Alves wrote: Anderson, I think people are already represented in the world symbol. Isn't it, Fernando? I agree with the other folks about the C or CW. I think that a symbol showing people together would work very well, like this one: http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294 Best regards, Cadu de Castro Alves CEO Co-founder www.deskovery.net Em terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2015 14:13:13 UTC-2, Anderson Costa escreveu: I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling. On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote: Guys, thanks for the feedback. The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement? Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us other meanings. Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the attached file. Responding to Ramon: I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use anywhere. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U7zeV_C5S7Q/VLU-Rmbt2PI/AUk/10eV0kAKm_M/s1600/coworking-symbol-2.jpg On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, 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/AUU/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 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.
Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
Hi everybody, It think universal symbol is a good idea and its great that Fernardo started this topic and proposed the solution but I also think it should be done via coworking wiki open call which everybody could distribute and call out designers to come up with creative solution. Then global coworking community could then vote on best symbol or shortlist it. Participation community approach is important part of coworking so I think this process although it takes more effort will be more democratic opened and also it will make some new connections and global content to share and to collaborate on. Cheers from Zagreb, Matija On 13 Jan 2015, at 18:36, Fernando Aguirre ferna...@fernandoaguirre.com.br wrote: Yes Cadu and Anderson, people can be represented by globe. It is a very difficult to be created symbol. It should represent many things. But I think also is not very formal. I encourage other designers to try to create an option. On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:46:52 PM UTC, Cadu de Castro Alves wrote: Anderson, I think people are already represented in the world symbol. Isn't it, Fernando? I agree with the other folks about the C or CW. I think that a symbol showing people together would work very well, like this one: http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294 http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294 Best regards, Cadu de Castro Alves CEO Co-founder www.deskovery.net http://www.deskovery.net/ Em terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2015 14:13:13 UTC-2, Anderson Costa escreveu: I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling. On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote: Guys, thanks for the feedback. The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement? Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us other meanings. Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the attached file. Responding to Ramon: I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use anywhere. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U7zeV_C5S7Q/VLU-Rmbt2PI/AUk/10eV0kAKm_M/s1600/coworking-symbol-2.jpg On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, 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 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/AUU/fJeJCWj9_TI/s1600/coworking-simbol.png -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com 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 mailto:coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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.
Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
Ah, good question Fernando! There's another alternative besides the one I mentioned in another email: getting just the logo (assuming a single one emerges) adopted by a graphics standards body such as ISO. Here are some examples of symbol sets and the responsible ISO standard: http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/graphical_symbols.htm There's a submissions process that shouldn't be too difficult. I have some experience here and will be glad to dig further. Of course submitting anything requires adoption of a single logo beforehand ;) Randy On January 13, 2015 at 11:43 AM Fernando Aguirre ferna...@fernandoaguirre.com.br wrote: Randall and Ralph, really is a big challenge. As stated, have the idea is easy. People adopt is difficult. Therefore my main question is not whether the symbol is good or not. The main question is: We need a universal symbol? From this response we can work forward. I do not know if we have enough maturity to create a company or organization to manage the symbol. I think there may be something informal, to test whether people adopt. Who manages the symbols of WIFI or Wheelchair? ᐧ On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Fernando Aguirre ferna...@fernandoaguirre.com.br mailto:ferna...@fernandoaguirre.com.br wrote: Yes Cadu and Anderson, people can be represented by globe. It is a very difficult to be created symbol. It should represent many things. But I think also is not very formal. I encourage other designers to try to create an option. On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:46:52 PM UTC, Cadu de Castro Alves wrote: Anderson, I think people are already represented in the world symbol. Isn't it, Fernando? I agree with the other folks about the C or CW. I think that a symbol showing people together would work very well, like this one: http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294 http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294 Best regards, Cadu de Castro Alves CEO Co-founderhttp://www.deskovery.net Em terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2015 14:13:13 UTC-2, Anderson Costa escreveu: I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling. On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote: Guys, thanks for the feedback. The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement? Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us other meanings. Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the attached file. Responding to Ramon: I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use anywhere. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U7zeV_C5S7Q/VLU-Rmbt2PI/AUk/10eV0kAKm_M/s1600/coworking-symbol-2.jpg On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, 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 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?
Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
Randall and Ralph, really is a big challenge. As stated, have the idea is easy. People adopt is difficult. Therefore my main question is not whether the symbol is good or not. The main question is: We need a universal symbol? From this response we can work forward. I do not know if we have enough maturity to create a company or organization to manage the symbol. I think there may be something informal, to test whether people adopt. Who manages the symbols of WIFI or Wheelchair? ᐧ On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Fernando Aguirre ferna...@fernandoaguirre.com.br wrote: Yes Cadu and Anderson, people can be represented by globe. It is a very difficult to be created symbol. It should represent many things. But I think also is not very formal. I encourage other designers to try to create an option. On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:46:52 PM UTC, Cadu de Castro Alves wrote: Anderson, I think people are already represented in the world symbol. Isn't it, Fernando? I agree with the other folks about the C or CW. I think that a symbol showing people together would work very well, like this one: http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294 Best regards, Cadu de Castro Alves CEO Co-founder www.deskovery.net Em terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2015 14:13:13 UTC-2, Anderson Costa escreveu: I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling. On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote: Guys, thanks for the feedback. The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement? Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us other meanings. Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the attached file. Responding to Ramon: I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use anywhere. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U7zeV_C5S7Q/VLU-Rmbt2PI/AUk/10eV0kAKm_M/s1600/coworking-symbol-2.jpg On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, 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/AUU/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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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.
Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
ANYone can come up with a logo proposal. Adoption, though, is another matter entirely. Commonly there's a legal entity (foundation, et al) that manages identity for something like this and its directors would determine a selection method. I know there's advocacy groups for coworking but don't know offhand of a single umbrella org. In that case, selection can get more organic... various participating entities would select the logo that appeals most to them and over time one may come to dominate. If I've overlooked an existing umbrella org, mea culpa! Randy On January 13, 2015 at 11:01 AM M.E. Ralph sdg.mont...@gmail.com wrote: Fernando, What an awesome idea! So, who comes up with universal logos? Is it a government agency/department of some kind? If a designer created something like that, what would it take for everyone to adopt it or make it official? I think this is worth pursuing... On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 3:17:08 PM UTC-7, 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 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/AUU/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 the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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.
[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
Guys, thanks for the feedback. The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement? Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us other meanings. Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the attached file. Responding to Ramon: I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use anywhere. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U7zeV_C5S7Q/VLU-Rmbt2PI/AUk/10eV0kAKm_M/s1600/coworking-symbol-2.jpg On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, 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/AUU/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 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.
[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
The Noun Project has a couple of coworking symbols that are free to use: http://thenounproject.com/search/?q=coworking There was another one cool one there that I don't see anymore, that I uploaded more than a year ago that has two people typing with a shelter over them. You can take a look at it in my Dropbox link here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9mj618q5h35ci45/Coworking%20Symbol.pdf?dl=0 On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 4:17:08 PM UTC-6, 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/AUU/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 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.
Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
I like your ideas... and I'm inspired by this conversation to try my hand at it as well. On January 13, 2015 at 10:05 AM Fernando Aguirre ferna...@fernandoaguirre.com.br wrote: On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, 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 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/AUU/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 the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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.
[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, 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/AUU/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 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.
[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling. On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote: Guys, thanks for the feedback. The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement? Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us other meanings. Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the attached file. Responding to Ramon: I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use anywhere. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U7zeV_C5S7Q/VLU-Rmbt2PI/AUk/10eV0kAKm_M/s1600/coworking-symbol-2.jpg On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, 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/AUU/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 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.
[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
Anderson, I think people are already represented in the world symbol. Isn't it, Fernando? I agree with the other folks about the C or CW. I think that a symbol showing people together would work very well, like this one: http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294 Best regards, Cadu de Castro Alves CEO Co-founder www.deskovery.net Em terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2015 14:13:13 UTC-2, Anderson Costa escreveu: I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling. On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote: Guys, thanks for the feedback. The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement? Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us other meanings. Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the attached file. Responding to Ramon: I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use anywhere. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U7zeV_C5S7Q/VLU-Rmbt2PI/AUk/10eV0kAKm_M/s1600/coworking-symbol-2.jpg On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, 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/AUU/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 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.
[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
Fernando, What an awesome idea! So, who comes up with universal logos? Is it a government agency/department of some kind? If a designer created something like that, what would it take for everyone to adopt it or make it official? I think this is worth pursuing... On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 3:17:08 PM UTC-7, 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/AUU/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 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.
