Il venerdì 3 aprile 2015, Dave Brondsema <[email protected]> ha scritto:
> On 4/2/15 10:24 AM, heith seewald wrote: > > I have some ideas I'd like to bounce off you guys about the allura > landing > > page and logo. I collaborated with two designer friends to come up with > > these ideas. Perry <http://perrymerrity.com/> came up the design for the > > landing page and Will <http://willleonard.org/> came up with a few > logos to > > go along with it. > > > > Here is a prototype landing page complete with a potential logo: > > > > https://allura-test.appspot.com > > > > Awesome. So much better than our current page :) > > My only questions would be to confirm the contribution. That is, make sure > background image, icons, and CSS framework (flex.min.css) are > contributions that > Perry has rights to. Or that they are under an Apache-friendly license. Good point. > > Besides that, I say we switch to this right away. It looks > straightforward for > us to maintain long-term as we make releases, update text, etc. > > > Here are other potential logos: > > > > https://allura-test.appspot.com/logos > > I like how the wide one looks on the new website. The first or second are > more > square and could be used in other situations. Maybe we adopt two > variations > that we use depending on the size needed. Usually this is not a good choice, brand-wise, unless the only difference is size. Roberto > E.g. #2 and #3. Or #2 and #5 so the > shape of the hammers are consistent. > > I see there is a little "TM" on the logo on the website, which is > perfect. If > we use any others we'll need that added too. > > > > > > > The breakdown: > > > > These prototypes are trying to communicate the idea that... > > > > Allura is active, powerful, reliable... and maybe even fun! > > > > Orange is a confident and optimistic color that invokes exuberance and > > vitality. > > Orange also looks good with the forge picture and the idea of molten iron. > > > > > Blue is often perceived as dependable and strong. > > Where's the blue? > > > > > The combination of orange with blue accents strikes a good balance > between > > modern/fun and dependable/powerful. > > > > > > Aesthetics aside, I believe we would also benefit from updating > > descriptions and feature breakdowns -- really emphasize the areas we're > > better than competing platforms/services. > > > > To say Allura has Batteries included is an understatement :) Maybe we > can > > talk about some of them? > > > > We could also talk about how Allura integrates well with other tools or > > existing workflows... The kind of things that will make peoples lives > > easier! > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > -- > Dave Brondsema : [email protected] <javascript:;> > http://www.brondsema.net : personal > http://www.splike.com : programming > <>< >
