Hi Guillaume,

Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
> Hi XWikiers,
> 
> I like 12B and 12E.
> 
> I like 15, which to me is probably the most distinctive of all the logos
> presented. I also like the fact that one can read a X, a W, a i and a K in
> that little guy's shape :-) I think the "-" should be removed between the
> "X" and "Wiki" and that the case should be switched from "X-WIKI" to "XWiki"
> but that's minor. In short, probably my favorite one.
> 

> I have an issue with 16 -> I showed it to a couple friends and they were
> unable to read it as "XWiki". I kinda like it but I already know it's
> supposed to mean "XWiki" but I'm afraid it's not readable enough for other
> people.

I agree that the way XWiki is written in 16 doesn't make it easy to be 
read, but to me that isn't the logo. The logo IMO is what follows the 
hard-to-read text. The text just shows how the logo was extracted. At 
least that's how I see it.

Thanks,
Marius

> 
> I also like 19 (the two-colors version, not the 3D shaped one). I also
> happened to see a version of 19 with a font that made it look nicer -> JV,
> do you think that version could be added to the page?
> 
> Guillaume
> 
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Emilie Ogez <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> My favorite is also 15.
>>
>>
>> Denis Gervalle a écrit :
>>> My favorite is 15.
>>>
>>> * nice work done for 15 but i find the logo too similar to Atlassian
>>>
>>>> logo (any basic human based logo would look too Atlassiannish to me i
>>>> think)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I strongly disagree that just because it represent a people, it is
>> Atlassian
>>> like, they do not hold the exclusivity of people logos.
>>> Atlasian logo is like a weight-lifter that lift the world, very straight
>> on
>>> its foot. Nothing to do with a happy jumping man, using really curved
>> shape
>>> at all !
>>>
>>> XWiki is about peoples sharing information and compare to most other
>> logo,
>>> 15 is one that have the most interesting evocation.
>>> Without dash, in red or another color, avoiding blue (even if I like it)
>> and
>>> probably using a more curved font to improve, if needed, the clear
>>> difference it have with the Atlassian logo.
>>> I would be curious to see what Vishal could propose with some more work.
>>>
>>> 19 would be my second choice, since it is curved, and even nice straight
>>> logo like 7, 8 or 16 evoke to me some inflexibility or technicality,
>> which
>>> is frightening.
>>>
>>> 12 could be interesting as a continuation on the initial theme, but it
>> would
>>> be less distinctive with XWiki.com, probably a nice evolution for them
>> not
>>> for the open-source one.
>>>
>>> 1, 2 and 13 are not scaling. 17 is nice, but not scaling and evocation is
>>> inappropriate. Appart for not being easy to scale, I feel 4 is not
>> readable
>>> for newcomers, using only 2 pencils, could probably helps there.
>>>
>>> Many thanks to all designers anyway for their proposal and please do not
>>> feel hurt by my remarks that I really hope to be constructive.
>>>
>>> Denis
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