emolanphy++
I, too, being a closet design nerd, would also volunteer to be on some sort of
committee.
-Sean
Emily Molanphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/29/08 4:51 PM
Ignite, Drupal, Ubuntu, OLPC and lots of other tech groups have logos and
brand identities. Actually some of the best- known logos
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Ranti Junus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On a side note, I'll go for the temporary tattoos. Also a sticker
that I can put on my laptop. ;-)
Just temporary tattoos? Where are the good tattoo shops in Providence, RI? ;-)
Kevin
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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Karen Schneider
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 7:32 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Logo?
I agree on the need for branding, and on offering
I'll vote no on a logo. Not interested in adopting corporate mentality.
-- Wally
Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
To me, a committee of volunteers that anyone interested can be on _is_
a community decision.
This is sort of a philosophical discussion/debate we've had before.
Some people think
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Jonathan Rochkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To me, a committee of volunteers that anyone interested can be on _is_ a
community decision.
Yeah, I'm fine with this too (kind of). I would be against a
committee that wasn't open to whomever wanted to join (like,
The key to working with a professional is in identiyfing the design
program — what the organization's story is, who its community is,
and who you want to get your message to with the branding, as well as
identifying what uses the logo will be used for — print, promotional
items (t-shirts,
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Michael J. Giarlo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If folks are in favor of someone in the community -- the list now has
over 1,000 subscribers -- rather than a professional designing the
logo, perhaps this could be a contest of sorts, much like our
conference t-shirt
Dear Code4Lib,
Because I'm not a coder or a librarian, I am not a member of the Code4Lib
community. However, my husband Jonathan, who is a member, told me about the
logo thread Roy started last week. As a professional designer, I agree with
Roy that Code4Lib could use a well-designed logo to
Dear Code4Lib,
Because I'm not a coder or a librarian, I am not a member of the Code4Lib
community. However, my husband Jonathan, who is a member, told me about the
logo thread Roy started last week. As a professional designer, I agree with
Roy that Code4Lib could use a well-designed logo to
I should clarify for those who might not have been following this thread
closely, Stephanie Brinley said that she was volunteering to create a
logo for code4lib. Options 1 and 3 would both cost us some money,
whereas option 2 would be free of charge.
Edward
Edward M. Corrado wrote:
I am
Ignite, Drupal, Ubuntu, OLPC and lots of other tech groups have logos and
brand identities. Actually some of the best-known logos are for
non-profits--I'll bet most of us can mentally summon the United Way logo, no
problem. I don't see it as a corpporate gesture. Code4Lib is a group that
people
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Nicolas Morin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:56 PM, wally grotophorst [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I'll risk ostracism and admit that I think this concern with a logo is a
little too corporate for my sensibilities.
But then that'd be part
I submit this for a logo:
http://code4lib.org/themes/panizzi/panizzi-watermark.png
Flogging the I don't give a rat's ass vote since 1 minute ago.
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Roy Tennant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since we've been getting a variety of responses to my suggestion that now
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Jonathan Rochkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To me, a committee of volunteers that anyone interested can be on _is_ a
community decision.
Well it all depends on how the committee is selected doesn't it? If
it's people who care enough to volunteer, and are
In regards to ownership and trademarks...
Typically, the client has full ownership of a logo to use however they wish.
Since Code4Lib technically can't own the logo, I would recommend having the
logo released under the
Attribution-NoDerivshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/CC
License.
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Thomas Dowling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about trademark ownership and permissions for any logo? I'd hate to
see any conflict or misunderstanding down the road about who can put the
logo on what, who can sell t-shirts with it, etc.
Good questions. I
I find this debate interesting.
In the regular world, whenever there is a revolution somewhere, the
new government typically spends insane amounts of energy renaming
streets and other symbols. Anyone that's been involve in a website
design knows that you'll spend an eternity in font and color
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Logo?
Before hiring a professional, I suggest we tap into our own resources
first. I personally have designed several logos for companies and
websites (in some cases I was even paid!), but am by no means
professionally trained, nor do I consider myself a professional
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Kevin S. Clarke
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:52 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Logo
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Thomas Dowling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
How about trademark
Dear Code4Lib,
Because I'm not a coder or a librarian, I am not a member of the Code4Lib
community. However, my husband Jonathan, who is a member, told me about the
logo thread Roy started last week. As a professional designer, I agree with
Roy that Code4Lib could use a well-designed logo to
I don't know who Roy or the others have in mind, but I like what I see at
adeliedesign.com.
Given her requirements, which don't seem too unreasonable, I wonder if we
could start with the code4lib community making the choice of which designer
to work with?
Carol
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:47 AM,
I am still not convinced we need a professional designed logo, but it
seems most people who responded to this thread do, so I'm happy to go
along with it. Personally, I'd just type code4lib in Helvitica, save
it as a .png and be done with it :-).
Compared to the other links we have seen, I
I'll risk ostracism and admit that I think this concern with a logo is
a little too corporate for my sensibilities.
-- Wally
On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Edward M. Corrado wrote:
I am still not convinced we need a professional designed logo, but
it seems most people who responded to this
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:56 PM, wally grotophorst [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
I'll risk ostracism and admit that I think this concern with a logo is a
little too corporate for my sensibilities.
But then that'd be part of the guidelines given to the designer: the logo
shouldn't look too corporate
On 09/23/2008 09:38 AM, Edward M. Corrado wrote:
Personally, I'd just type code4lib in Helvitica, save it as a .png and be
done with it
A proprietary font? I suspect that DejaVu Sans Mono is more simpatico
with code4lib. :-)
Has there been any other options discussed (or that should be
Thomas Dowling wrote:
On 09/23/2008 09:38 AM, Edward M. Corrado wrote:
Personally, I'd just type code4lib in Helvitica, save it as a .png and be
done with it
A proprietary font? I suspect that DejaVu Sans Mono is more simpatico
with code4lib. :-)
Well, if we are going to pay
Since we've been getting a variety of responses to my suggestion that now
may be a good time to establish a graphic identity for Code4Lib, I've set up
a poll to try to gauge the sense of the community on this issue. Please see
http://code4lib.org/node/256.
Roy
I also volunteer Roy for this. g
The key to working with a professional is in identiyfing the design
program — what the organization's story is, who its community is,
and who you want to get your message to with the branding, as well as
identifying what uses the logo will be used for — print,
To me, a committee of volunteers that anyone interested can be on _is_ a
community decision.
This is sort of a philosophical discussion/debate we've had before.
Some people think community democracy contradicts having a certain
specific committee, community democracy requires that everyone
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Ed Summers
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 8:41 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Logo?
How about we allow anyone to submit ideas, and use some of the $$ like
Roy suggested to get a professional one from someone--and then we vote
I agree on the need for branding, and on offering the community several
professionally-developed choices.
I worded that carefully. I'd like to see a professionally-designed logo for
the same reason I like to watch good software developers at work: the
quality of effort doth pleaseth the citizens.
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Edward M. Corrado
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am all for a logo, but I also agree with Kevin it needs to be a community
based decision. I'm also not sold that we need a professional designed logo,
but I'm not against it either.
If folks are in favor of someone
In the case of logo, as in many other cases, a professional hand is most
appropriate. Experience indicates that the result does not only depend on good
wishes, common sense and aesthetics.
Who would have imagined that Googles´s colored balls would be the right thing
for that brand?.
As said
How about we allow anyone to submit ideas, and use some of the $$ like
Roy suggested to get a professional one from someone--and then we vote
on all of them? I nominate Roy for coordinating the pro-design, and
the vote :-)
//Ed
+1
I like Rob's idea. It seems in the same vein as code4lib as an
(un)organization.
Kevin
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Rob Casson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
think it's a swell ideasolr is looking at a new logo, and this
site came up on-list:
http://99designs.com/
not
I was in the middle of writing a blog post about Code4Lib going regional
when it hit me -- here we have this incredibly successful brand and yet we
lack a t-shirt. But I guess we lack a t-shirt because we lack a logo to put
on it. The closest we get are the items that decorate our web site. Are we
I like the idea. A real logo would be nice. My one caveat is I'd
still like everyone who'd like to have a voice to have one (I like
voting). I'd be less in favor of a committee of volunteers to make
the decision. I don't know how that would work with a professional
graphic designer though.
I don't see that as a problem at all, typically designers will start with a
few ideas, get feedback from the client, then make the final. The vote could
identify the leading candidate, but then we would likely need to give some
final guidance to the designer which would need to be distilled from
Well, looking at Software Freedom Day, which has somehow managed to
get itself a logo with virtually no organizational infrastructure, I
don't see why Code4Lib shouldn't. I suspect their logo design wasn't
done by amateurs, however, even if they were volunteers. Of course
they have a
I am all for a logo, but I also agree with Kevin it needs to be a community
based decision. I'm also not sold that we need a professional designed logo,
but I'm not against it either. I can understand why a business would not
want to leave it to amateurs (although I have seen some great logos
think it's a swell ideasolr is looking at a new logo, and this
site came up on-list:
http://99designs.com/
not endorsing, or painting a bikeshedjust a heads-up.
rc
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