On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 23:19 +0100, Lukáš Vlček wrote:
> Hello,
> I sketched down first rough idea:
> http://picasaweb.google.cz/lh/photo/x6Yj3eVMRGBQpikyIGmjgw

Nice starting point.

> 
> I am not fully satisfied with it (really just a quick draft) but could be a
> good starting point.

Totally agree. :)

> I tried to keep it far away from Android and Star Wars stuff (do we really
> want 70's look&feel - aren't we in the new millenium now?).
> 

jeje, would be nice to have it a wee bit more mechanical. I mean for
example the "O" could be a mechanical wheel. Something like 
http://www.isplc2006.org/b2b/pics/Gear_Wheel.jpg

I love the "I" and IMO the rest of the letters like this and we have a
fantastic logo.

> Feedback welcome!

Awesome Lukas, thank you very much.

salu2

> 
> Regards,
> Lukas
> 
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Thorsten Scherler <[email protected]>wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 15:20 -0500, Ryan McKinley wrote:
> > > While we are on the topic of a potential 0.1 release...
> > >
> > > Lukáš Vlček just contacted me to see if we are still interested in
> > > helping design a logo for Droids.
> > >
> > > I like the direction of the existing logo:
> > > http://incubator.apache.org/droids/images/droid-logo.png
> > > but think it could use some help to make it look finished/professional
> >
> > Yes, we need to change this logo ASAP since it may incorporate too much
> > material which are arguable copyrighted by certain people due to common
> > perceptions.
> >
> > >
> > > Lukas suggests we may want to do a logo contest like we did for solr.
> > >
> > > I am ambivalent to starting an official contest vs just working on a
> > > logo (no contest).  The advantage of a contest is that we could have a
> > > fixed end date and potentially a wider set of designers.  I would
> > > happily offer $40.
> > >
> > > thoughts?
> >
> > jeje, I would love to see the first official logo coming from someone
> > inside (or "fan of") droids.
> >
> > If Lukas wants he can provide some logo suggestions but IMO we do not
> > have sufficient subscriber to call for a context. We will credit his
> > work on our webpage if we accept it.
> >
> > wdyt?
> >
> > salu2
> >
> > >
> > > ryan
> > >
> > --
> > Thorsten Scherler <thorsten.at.apache.org>
> > Open Source <consulting, training and solutions>
> >
> >
> 
> 
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