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" <[email protected]> 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/AAAAAAAAAUU/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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> . > 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
