Hi James, I don't mean to butt in much here, but as the general "guy who fixes various logos around here" (I re-did the current airflow logo as the other version had bad color tearing and splotches of...I dunno what), what about perhaps taking the best of both worlds and compromising? Using the more simple design of the suggested logo in this thread, but making it more realistic, adding the 'button' back in, adding a bit of thickness to the wings.
I made a quick mock-up of the current, proposed, and an example compromise version at: https://imgur.com/a/G0Bpcky It features: - the current logo - the proposed logo - an alternate compromise example I have little to no skin in this game, but I figure if the logo is getting an overhaul, it shouldn't just be a dichotomy between old and new :) I have them all as SVG, so adjustments can always be made. With regards, Daniel (who is not on this list, so please cc if you need my attention) On 2019/08/13 12:37:32, James Meickle <jmeic...@quantopian.com.INVALID> wrote: > I'm gonna have to voice my discontent on this one. The previous logo was > designed to look like a physical pinwheel, with shading and gradients to > add depth. That makes it hard to reproduce, so of course it's worth > considering a flatter replacement. > > This simplification keeps the same overall shape but elongates the points, > drops the gradient, and reduces the region of overlap. Overall this means > there's larger contiguous regions of color, and they're skinnier. Combined > with the shading moved to a location where it wouldn't be on the physical > object, it winds up looking like four chef's knives rather than four points > of a pinwheel. Removing the central "dot" also replicates this uninviting > spikiness in the interior, where the regions of shading look like they're > jabbing at each other rather than meeting smoothly. > > So... redesign sure, but please not this one? > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 7:36 AM Kamil Breguła <kamil.breg...@polidea.com> > wrote: > > > I also planned modernization of the logo as part of the website > > creation. The creation of the website is also to include: > > > Brand book with updated logo (including logo safe space, colors, how not > > to use the logo and black&white version) > > > > In the near future I will try to provide more information. > > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 1:08 PM Driesprong, Fokko <fo...@driesprong.frl> > > wrote: > > > > > > Great work Chris, love the clean design. > > > > > > Cheers, Fokko > > > > > > Op di 13 aug. 2019 om 13:06 schreef Kaxil Naik <kaxiln...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > Love the new one. Nice work Chris. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:03 PM Bas Harenslak < > > > > basharens...@godatadriven.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I like it! Looks modern and finally that annoying stain is gone. > > > > > > > > > > Bas > > > > > > > > > > On 2019/08/13 10:28:48, Ash Berlin-Taylor <a...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone,> > > > > > > > > > > > > Here at Astronomer we've just had our Lead Designer, Chris > > Hendrixson, > > > > > join us recently and he's proposed a few subtle tweaks to the Airflow > > > > logo > > > > > that I think keep it still recognisably the same logo, but just a bit > > > > more > > > > > refined.> > > > > > > > > > > > > In his words:> > > > > > > > > > > > > > The new Airflow icon was designed by me, Chris Hendrixson. I’m > > the > > > > > Lead Designer at Astronomer. I’ve been designing logos and > > interfaces and > > > > > many other things for over a decade. This rebrand is free, of > > course. I’m > > > > > excited about contributing to the open source community.> > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think the mailing list allows attachments, so you can view > > it > > > > on > > > > > the wiki < > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AIRFLOW/Proposed+Logo+Redesign > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What do people think of this?> > > > > > > > > > > > > -ash> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > *Kaxil Naik* > > > > *Big Data Consultant | DevOps Data Engineer* > > > > *Certified *Google Cloud Data Engineer | *Certified* Apache Spark & > > Neo4j > > > > Developer > > > > *LinkedIn*: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaxil > > > > > > >
