Hi Doug, many thank for you words and for take the time to consult others about the design. :)
If I can express my opinion about the broken/unbroken arc issue. I'm with you and think I end preferring the unbroken (first version). This is after some hours of sleep and seeing the two in comparision. But for not going to much far, I think we get the contest and not invest more time until we know clearly if this way would the one to continue evolving. I only will think in a square icon and report here if get something interesting. C. 2012/1/7 Doug Arthur <dougart...@gmail.com> > On Jan 6, 2012 4:53 PM, "Michael Schmalle" <m...@teotigraphix.com> wrote: > > > > Quoting Carlos Rovira <carlos.rov...@codeoscopic.com>: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> As I said before, I'm thinking that square version could be some icon > that > >> we already don't have and represents Flex. It should have a good > >> combination with this anagram. Make a square version of this logo is > near > >> impossible since is designed to be wide and flatten. > >> > >> @Michael: I understand what you mean, I can experiment with the "new > >> horizont idea" (although as I said my inspiration was to abstract the > arc > >> of a Bow (and apache Bow in opposite to the apache feather, but if we > get > >> to inspire different things the better! :)). In the end the basic > two-color > >> vector logo should allow us to experiment and end having a variety of > end > >> versions and results (like does nike, apple and so on...) > >> > > > >> Carlos. > >> > >> > > > > Even if you attempted what I was talking about I bet you could still keep > your original vision. > > > > I was just saying try moving the bow a hair down and you might see you > get the bow, horizon and see Flex all at once, many symbols contained in > one graphic. > > > > Mike > > > > > > I hope I'm not chiming in too late here, but i think the first one Carlos > did with the entire arc it's much better. I polled several non-technical, > and unbiased sources to see if the concerns about what the logo said were > founded our not. > > Here's what I did... > I asked several nurses and lab techs at a doctors appointment today what > they saw at a quick glance, and everyone of them were able to clearly read > what was presented to them. In addition, everyone was in awe with the > graphics and thought it looked really cool. It was sad that I couldn't > take credit for such good work, telling them it wasn't my design. > > I also pinged my wife, which is familiar with the word, but she also > especially liked the first one better. > > In addition to my wife, several of her friends that are unbiased had the > same reaction to the test. > > In short, I really like the first one, and definitely cast my +1 for that > one so far. I hope others see this point and can agree with me on that. My > test proves that that logo makes a solid statement. > > Now I'm not totally against nudging the arc down or doing some tweaks to > it, but I think it's good a it stands, and I definitely prefer the whole > arc compared to the sliced one. > > Good job Carlos! > > Now it's truly up to the community on what logo gets selected, and I think > this contest idea will be great, and I honestly hope to see even more from > the community before it's over and one is selecting. This community it's > thriving, and things like this will drive great innovation with what we can > do as a community! > > Just so there's no confusion, I'm taking about this logo proposal: > http://www.carlosrovira.com/apache-flex-logo-proposal.png > > - Doug > And that's my $0.02. > -- Carlos Rovira Director de Tecnología M: +34 607 22 60 05 F: +34 912 35 57 77 CODEOSCOPIC S.A. <http://www.codeoscopic.com> Avd. del General Perón, 32 Planta 10, Puertas P-Q 28020 Madrid
