+1 for the final decision be made by the developers. That said, at this stage, my favorite logos are #308, #307 and the bottom one in #394. They look new, refreshing and professional. and I believe would give nice icons.
May the best (or consensual) logo win! Alexandre Neto On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Antonio Locandro < [email protected]> wrote: > IMHO this decision should be taken only by the active qgis dev team behind > the whole design process. Why? I am in the mailing list and I can certainly > give my opinion, however for any reason I may or may not stick with QGIS in > the future (dropping Quantum from the name by the way would be good), > however devs have shown commitment with the project, gone to HF, solve user > problems, etc. for me that is enough reason for the dev team to make the > decision. > > I say most of the logos that made final round would make a better logo > that what is currently used (no offense intended, just reality), like > someone mentioned one logo looks more Corporate/Professional, the other > looks more Community/Open-Source, I do not know which look would be better > for QGIS, I do know if the aim is to displace COTS (because of the benefits > it brings to communities which can invest that money in other ways not > expensive software) then #50 would certainly look better and would attract > more commercial/government interest just because of brochures, website, > etc. If the aim is just to be community,open source driven then I would go > with dakcarto logo with more rich colours and write a special place in the > website explaining the logo and its story behind (would make a nice logo > story), remember you should look the brand overall and think all the > branding possibilities not just icons, but website colors, brochures, > manuals, etc. > > I would strongly suggest whatever the decision, once made final do not > question it, embrace it and move on > > P.S. My vote is for #50, probably with some tweaking of the color for > richness.....btw if it get confused so much, you can always rename to OGIS, > OpenSource GIS ;) > > Cheers > ** > *Ing. Antonio Locandro* > Tegucigalpa, Honduras > > > > Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 16:37:23 +0200 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Logo Update > > > > Hi Larry, Devs, > > > While I generally have no problems with criticism, I do take issue > > > with having my work parodied in a cartoon which implies plagiarism. > > > > > > A simple "it looks too much like Chrome's icon" would have sufficed. > > I think it was not meant personally .. As far as I know Radim .. :) > > There are a lot of people outside that do really like your designs > > (including me) but I also understand the points of others.. > > > > It is indeed a important decision and probably everyone wants to see his > > favourite design as the final logo .. > > That's why I always say I am fine with whatever will win the contest.. > > Personally I go with Paolo and would like to see "on of ours" as the > > winner .. > > But I have to say that #50 is also a very clear design and would > > probably fit as Icon on the Desktop better.. > > > > As I am no Designer too (as Borys already mentioned) I would say every > > design that made it on the final page would be good to go and there > > should be a clean vote (i am not clear if it should be public or only > > the qgis team which stands behind the whole dev process). > > There are a lot of stories out there about "wrong" desicisions in logo > > design or naming (I remember some automobile which was called I think > > "dick" in another language) .. So I guess in some parts of the world the > > logo (and the colours) would have different meanings to people. We > > should try to be aware of that - but we cannot completely avoid such > > collisions. You never can do it "right" for everyone on this world. > > > > Let's just choose the "most voted" .. think about it from different > > viewpoints.. try to give the designer feedback about our concerns and > > afterwards we should avoid mails like "this one or that one would have > > been better".. > > > > To complete this mail. > > > > #50 for simple and clear usable as Icon on the Desktop > > #338,#336 and still #280 (for me) to be a logo for a shirt and a very > > nice design with a story behind to remember.. but probably not an icon > > > > so let's try to be objective and choose the best one and also accept the > > decision > > > > with kind regards > > Werner > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >
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