On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Robert Martinez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > looks like Debora, Matt and I are the only (vocal) "Promotion and Visual > Identity" people on this list right now. Or am I missing somebody? > It seems obvious that we don't need our own list. > > My primary interest here is to push for the development of a visual > identity. > An identity is badly needed to successfully gather and keep attention, as > well as to foster the public perception of the project! So I looked around > what the situation is right now. These are the ideas for an identity/logo > that I found: > https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/ :P > http://joshuaspodek.com/freedombox-logo-designs > https://secure.flickr.com/photos/el_bazza/5636100752/ > https://secure.flickr.com/photos/el_bazza/5637038700/in/photostream > https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/images/freedombox_large.png > > In my eyes the suggestions so far cannot provide the required quality for a > strong and successful identity. > I see many shortcomings in terms of scalability, distinctiveness or > uniqueness. > Of course this is only my opinion and I see that maybe there are other > perspectives and I'm willing to discuss this! > > But first I would like to show the result of my efforts that lasted for > months. > In order to draw a more concrete image I didn't only create a logo but a > whole identity manual. > It is not just a "nice to have" that comes in handy when you need to create > flyers, posters, web-pages,... It also addresses other aspects that need to > be decided for a complete identity. Have a look: > > http://mray.de/identity-video.webm (2.5MB, documentation/presentation video) > http://mray.de/identity-manual.pdf (1.1MB, identity manual) > > > opinions?
I really like the identity manual. No matter what logo / font is chosen, this is an excellent guide. The choice of butterfly wings is far preferable to the "angel wings." (at least in my opinion). > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
