Hi, I thought i'd throw in my opinion here. I think this one is the best logo ide for Nemo so far: http://play.qwazix.com/grog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/nemo3.png - it fully displays the Nemo feeling while still being elegant and stylish.
Whatever direction we choose for our design, we are definitely better off with a consistent design and user experience. Apart from branding, the first impression and UI consistency are very important. Some key points to consider, for starters: - The logo shown at startup and at shutdown should be the same - The logo should be shown at startup without graphical glitches or blank screens - First boot experience should be nice and fast, without the current slowdown bug - Icons need to be consistent with each other There are many other factors, but having a logo and an established style would be best. It'd also be nice if we had a dedicated mailing list or forum for this purpose. Cheers, Timur On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Ross Kendall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/10/12 21:21, Nicola De Filippo wrote: > > I think it's the quality of the product and marketing to give success to a > logo and not vice versa. Apple would be successful with a pig > > > > Generally I agree that having a good product is more important than > marketing (note the logo is part of the marketing and branding). Take for > example the infamous Ling's Cars - http://www.lingscars.com/ - which is > very successful even with such a terrible presentation. > > I hope that the focus of effort with Nemo will be on producing a great > product, but that need not mean having a sub-standard logo or branding. > > Actually, animals and bright colours can be fine for a logo, when done > with some design sense (it just seem many open source projects don't have > that design sense). > > My plea is that we not end up with something garish and childish. > > Consider what kind of thing you would like: > > - Logo designed/chosen by a project lead or outspoken people because > they have the most say not because they have any design sense. > (For example this designed by Larry Wall, who is an amazing > programmer, but with unfortunate design sense: > http://perl6.org/camelia-logo.png ) > - Logo designed by someone with design skills, in a way that the > community is happy about (but not design by committee). > (For example this alternative to the above logo by someone with some > design sense http://blog.kraih.com/a-logo-for-perl ) > > OK, my rant is over. Carry on with the good work you are doing. > > Cheers, > Ross. > >
