On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Robert Martinez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello OpenStreetMappers, > > > I would love to offer a special contribution to the project: a new logo! > Here is my blogpost: http://freegital.de/osm-logo-proposal > Here is the presentation: > http://mray.de/sites/default/files/logoproposal_big.html
Dear Robert, I really like the logo. I'm just one voice of course. I don't agree with Paul's characterization of "clip art." Clip art leaves a negative connotation for me. Paul's suggestion of a golf course interests me, as I have a couple of golf-map related domain names. So with a couple of minor[1] tweaks, I think you have a super logo for my osm-related interest. For an OSM or OSMF logo, I've been following this thread with interest. I think Matt's logo, the current OSM logo, is miles better than anything else proposed at the time. Like your offering, Matt contributed a lot of thought, time and expertise in creating and donating a logo. It has served us well and as mentioned earlier in this thread, Has anybody left the project because of the logo? Of course I still can't leave well enough alone, so how about: Rather than a flag, marking a point on a grid, how about a pen, or hand wielding a pen, drawing a road? On the left, a field of 1s and 0s for the data, and on the right the aforementioned road as part of a junction?[2] Clearly inspired and informed by Matt's magnifying glass revealing the underlying data, but showing instead the progression from data to information, and the hand of the contributor (or their pen).[3] [1] that is to say, "I have no clue, I'm not a graphic artist, but I feel like I have to put my fingerprints on this." [2] /Ibid./ [3] /Ibid./ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
