I've been away from CouchDB for a few months, so maybe my vote should only count at half weight. Echoing Jason's comment: it's great to see the effort that has gone into this.
+1 Constantin Angheloiu On Tue, 7 Apr 2015 at 07:13 Jason Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 Constantin Angheleloiu > > Thanks to everybody who submitted logos. I am so excited to see this sort > of community effort! > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Johs Ensby <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > +1 Old logo > > > > The logo is the “memory chip” for the brand experience helping the > > audience to quickly identify the brand and recall previous impressions. > > Changing the logo resets our audience’s "memory chip" and you start > pretty > > much all over again. > > I think the logo itself is good enough to take CouchDB all the way, it > > could be strengthened by a not having to carry around a slogan or its > > mother brand Apache. These are separate parts of the identity program as > I > > have tried to illustrate here. > > https://s3.amazonaws.com/johs/couchdb-old-logo.pdf < > > https://s3.amazonaws.com/johs/couchdb-old-logo.pdf> > > > > Constantin’s proposal is the only one that qualifies as a logo in design > > quality for me. This sofa is an icon, and as such it is functional and > > supports the name and makes it easy to recognise and remember, which is > the > > most fundamental function of the logo. > > My reason for still voting on for the old one is that a sofa in it self > > does not carry the Relax or Rest message, which I would think is the > whole > > point with “Couch” in the first place. > > The old logo is a symbol of relaxation, remove the guy and you have a > > furniture. > > > > I want to say thanks to the contributors with a reason for not voting for > > their proposal: > > Paul Davis: This is Couch (symbol) + Couch (word) without the key message > > and the sofa dull on its own. > > Nick Pavlica: Overambitious symbolism > > Brad Noble: Looses the link to the name, and too generic a symbol > > Sean Barclay: The 3D logo makes even more of a furniture (rather than a > > symbol) out of the logo. The proposal to rebrand and look at alternative > > names is the way to go if the existing logo was to be abandoned. If we > want > > to start over again, we should dig deep for something really valuable, > but > > for that there needs to be a process to support a multistep approach. > > > > johs > > > > > On 06 Apr 2015, at 19:09, Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > as announced in [1] we are voting on a new CouchDB logo today. > > > Multiple votes are possible. > > > > > > Options to vote for: > > > > > > Paul Davis: > > > http://f.cl.ly/items/3U0A1s0r361Z1Y3v1p1b/big-couch-logo.png > > > > > > Nick Pavlica: > > > Logo 1: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x_MiNkTQrS8CHI7IkfzWoLbV_ > Chdpku3fnwj041rYFI/edit?usp=sharing > > > Logo 2: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1tDFdIIJePNVC1UOVVxZ0FUWWM/ > view?usp=sharing > > > Logo 3: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1tDFdIIJePNYlJUbFo4M2VBVXc/view > > > > > > Brad Noble: > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nqptqjrupj54no/2014-11-04% > 2009.54.55.jpg?dl=0 > > > > > > Sean Barclay: > > > https://app.box.com/s/cko5yt2hqbcbejgu2qtl > > > (Logo 1, Logo 2, Logo 3) > > > > > > Constantin Angheloiu: > > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwCSb3J9EzV3UEJ1SU41NWk2Q1E/ > view?usp=sharing > > > > > > Old logo: > > > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/supplement/logo/ > couchdb-logo.png > > > > > > > > > [1] > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-marketing/201503.mbox/% > 3CCAJ1bcfHWwu%3DYhmkuP1pTwkaOHHr%3D%2B%3D2xgSbGPCAafuKHw0gDQQ%40mail. > gmail.com%3E > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ,,,^..^,,, > > > > >
