+1 Very important to have some decision criteria when choosing among alternatives
Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrzej Bialecki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 3:49 AM > To: mahout-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Mahout logo proposal (second refactoring) > > Dawid Weiss wrote: > > > > I'm with Karl here -- > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/lukas.vlcek/Mahout/photo#5172299040948088882 > > > > looks nicer to me (more like a logotype, less like a picture). > > I recall some of the discussions I had with a graphical designer on my > team ... His points regarding a logo design (those that I can still > remember!): > > * it should convey one or few concepts, and do it well - i.e. don't try > to communicate too many messages > > * it should be meaningful and acceptable for the target audience, or > abstract enough that it doesn't matter. I'm not sure how the IBM-type > suits would react to the beach-ball if it were to appear in the > documentation of their product ;) > > * it should be easy to reduce to black & white (or a fixed number of > colors) without the loss of meaning. It should be readable when printed > in reverse. > > * elements should be readable at various magnifications, or it should be > possible to remove some elements (simplify) and still preserve the > distinguishing features. Think of the logo at a poster size, and at a > favicon.ico size. There could be two versions of the logo for different > sizes, where the focus is on different logo element - for example, the > elephant, or the rubik cube with a stylized "M". > > ... etc, etc, he could go on for hours .. ;) > > Considering the above, I think I prefer this one: > http://picasaweb.google.com/lukas.vlcek/Mahout/photo#5172299040948088882 > and perhaps this one is already too complex as it is. > > -- > Best regards, > Andrzej Bialecki <>< > ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __________________________________ > [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web > ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration > http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
