Alexandre Leray wrote: > Thanks Louis! > > Sorry for being silent for a while: we do feel passionate about many of > the issues discussed here, which is why our design looks the way it > looks. Our first concern now is to get the LGM site launched sooner > rather than later, so here's an attempt to go back to the concrete issue > of the LGM site/logo: > > First of all, we designed a visual/typographic identity to the yearly > Libre Graphics Meetings (and not to all Libre Graphics projects). > > To summarize (sorry if I misrepresent): > > - it looks beautiful amazing etc. (some of you :-)) > - background yellow over-saturated (many of you) > - concern about visual continuity (a.l.e, Tobias) > - site looking 'too technical' (Tobias) > - finding logo too generic (Tobias) > > The main issue for OSP, is that we don't think continuity can be > resolved by going back to the paint splash. We honestly feel it > misrepresents the pleasure of using and developing Libre Graphics Tools > and we have consciously decided to work with imagery that avoids such > remediation. > > So for us, it is a package deal! Diversity of projects and people > present at LGM is important so the background represents the different > materials we share between us (designers, developers, artists). Since > the meeting is a yearly point of convergence, we thought it needed to > mark the occasion by some kind of flag. > > We think that the logo would look fantastic on LGM merchandising, it is > a strong graphic signature and the site-background can be used in many > other ways too. >
For me, the 2007 logo was the best so far (http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2007/index.html). I am ok to dump the splash, but to me, 3 slightly offset/differently sized squares says nothing about the subject, doesn't look free and is not eye catching. Craig _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create