I had attached it to my email, but it seems the mailing list didn't forward it on.
Here goes a link: https://raw.github.com/raulk/smx-rebranding/master/logo/20140307_Draft%20SMX%20Logo.png . Regards, *Raúl Kripalani* Apache Camel PMC Member & Committer | Enterprise Architect, Open Source Integration specialist http://about.me/raulkripalani | http://www.linkedin.com/in/raulkripalani http://blog.raulkr.net | twitter: @raulvk On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Krzysztof Sobkowiak < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Raul > > Where's the logo? > > Best regards > Krzysztof > > > On 07.03.2014 21:46, Raul Kripalani wrote: > >> Hello team! >> >> To go along with our launch of SMX5, I've been working hard on (1) >> rebranding our image and (2) revamping our website. We have an extremely >> powerful product, but in my daily work with customers I notice we get >> undervalued due to our old-fashioned and outdated website. >> >> With regards to (1), I felt that the emblem in SMX logo was already a >> masterpiece, so I didn't touch it (asked Lukasz Dywicki for the vector >> graphics). However, the type/font could do with a more modern look. Gert >> also suggested to somehow include the Apache feather in the logo. >> >> So after several iterations I combined both ideas and overlaid it on grey >> background -- which I think could be part of our color palette for the new >> website (white background variations also planned). Please find attached >> the result and let me know what you think ;-) The attributes I was going >> for are: elegant, modern, sleek. >> >> >> Concerning (2), I suggest that we go in the direction of the Apache Mesos >> [1] site and embrace Middleman [2] as a static site generator, incl. >> Twitter Bootstrap, Sass, and all those fancy frontend frameworks of the >> current age ;-) I've been experimenting with the toolset and it's powerful, >> yet simple enough to author content with our beloved Markdown syntax! >> >> I'm working on a prototype of the website, which I will push to GitHub >> and post here for us to collaborate on. >> >> For now, I'll be happy to get some feedback about the logo. >> >> [1] http://mesos.apache.org/ >> [2] http://middlemanapp.com/ >> >> Regards, >> >> *Raúl Kripalani* >> >> Apache Camel PMC Member & Committer | Enterprise Architect, Open Source >> Integration specialist >> http://about.me/raulkripalani | http://www.linkedin.com/in/raulkripalani >> http://blog.raulkr.net <http://blog.raulkr.net/> | twitter: @raulvk >> > > > -- > Krzysztof Sobkowiak > > JEE & OSS Architect | Technical Architect @ Capgemini > Capgemini <http://www.pl.capgemini.com/> | Software Solutions Center < > http://www.pl.capgemini-sdm.com/> | Wroclaw > e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | > Twitter: @KSobkowiak >
