On 7/2/2011 6:09 AM, James Fisher wrote: > I'm keeping this organized at http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/. Feedback > and additions (or subtractions) welcome. > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 8:51 AM, James Fisher <jameshfis...@gmail.com > <mailto:jameshfis...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Daniel Gibson <metalcae...@gmail.com > <mailto:metalcae...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > [...] I think it's important that the logo makes sense for > > somebody who is not deeply familiar with D and its (digital)mars > origin. > > > I definitely agree, and that was kinda my point. Of two options, > > (1) a half-baked abstraction of Mars, where the representation is > only clear to the community inner circle and where an outsider would > think "What are those balls/warts?", > > (2) a clear representation of Mars, where the worst the outsider can > think is "what does Mars have to do with D?" (a question that would > also follow your explanation of the abstract representation), > > I'd take the latter. If that's still not good enough because the > Mars theme doesn't make sense, then the only real option is to scrap > the Mars theme altogether. I wouldn't want to do that.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/269/dmars.jpg/ I'm not proposing this as a logo, it's just a digital version of "thinking out loud". Mars is tough to represent in abstract. Unless you use the mars symbol: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/dsymbol.png/ That might evoke some unnecessary associations, though.
