In the case of logo, as in many other cases, a professional hand is most appropriate. Experience indicates that the result does not only depend on good wishes, common sense and aesthetics.
Who would have imagined that Googles´s colored balls would be the right thing for that brand?. As said before: it takes more than just good common sense. Best wishes Luis Herrera Quoting "Edward M. Corrado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am all for a logo, but I also agree with Kevin it needs to be a community > based decision. I'm also not sold that we need a professional designed logo, > but I'm not against it either. I can understand why a business would not > want to leave it to amateurs (although I have seen some great logos created > by design school students) but I'm not sure what a professional logo would > give us that a community derived one wouldn't. Roy, what do you think that > would be that would gain by using a professional logo company? > > Edward - actually wearing a code4lib conference t-shirt right now > > > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Carol Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, looking at Software Freedom Day, which has somehow managed to get > > itself a logo with virtually no organizational infrastructure, I don't see > > why Code4Lib shouldn't. I suspect their logo design wasn't done by > > amateurs, however, even if they were volunteers. Of course they have a > much > > larger, global base of volunteers... > > > > I think it's a cool idea. > > > > Carol > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 19, 2008, at 11:39 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: > > > > I like the idea. A real logo would be nice. My one caveat is I'd > >> still like everyone who'd like to have a voice to have one (I like > >> voting). I'd be less in favor of a committee of volunteers to make > >> the decision. I don't know how that would work with a professional > >> graphic designer though. Could they give us several options and open > >> it up to a vote? > >> > >> Kevin > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Roy Tennant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> I was in the middle of writing a blog post about Code4Lib going regional > >>> when it hit me -- here we have this incredibly successful brand and yet > >>> we > >>> lack a t-shirt. But I guess we lack a t-shirt because we lack a logo to > >>> put > >>> on it. The closest we get are the items that decorate our web site. Are > >>> we > >>> at the point where we're ready to establish an official graphic > identity, > >>> that can grace our web site, journal, conference, etc.? I think so. > >>> > >>> So here's my proposal: we take some of the money that has been passed > >>> down > >>> from conference to conference and we hire a graphic designer to do a > >>> professional job of it. Branding is best not left to amateurs. We put > >>> together a committee of volunteers to handle it. > >>> > >>> I know of at least one design firm that I think would do a good job, > >>> since > >>> they just designed a t-shirt for OCLC that we really liked, and they > were > >>> delighted to work with library coders. See > >>> <http://www.sanchezcircuit.com/catalog/>. There are no doubt others as > >>> well. > >>> > >>> One of the nice things about a logo is that although it establishes a > >>> solid > >>> graphic identity, it doesn't really take any organizational > >>> infrastructure > >>> to do it, which seems to fit right in with the c4l vibe. So am I crazy? > >>> Stupid? Or right? You decide. > >>> Roy > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> There are two kinds of people in the world: those who believe there > >> are two kinds of people and those who know better. > >> > > > > Carol Bean > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/
