Hi Markus, thank you for helping us (designers) to find the way :) To help us a bit more, can you (and the other members) give us elements to be integrated to the logo in reference to the WikiData philosophy?
Cheers, -- Ben On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Markus Krötzsch < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all the input! > > One thing I would like to keep in mind is that Wikidata is meant to be > easy and welcoming for a wide audience. As a computer scientist, I > understand and appreciate imagery like a steel database cylinder, but I > think it could look a bit technocratic to "normal" people. I don't have > concrete proposals, but I would find it amazing if the logo could have a > human touch to it. > > One idea maybe: many people will know the Unilever logo [1] (a U made of a > variety of objects). There are various logos in similar style (see also the > "earth" category at logotrends 2011 [2]). Maybe something like this would > be suitable for us, to show that Wikidata is about a wide range of topics > and people. But making such a logo is a bit of work. > > Cheers, > > Markus > > [1] > https://www.google.com/search?**q=unilever+logo&um=1&tbm=isch<https://www.google.com/search?q=unilever+logo&um=1&tbm=isch> > [2] > http://www.logolounge.com/**article.asp<http://www.logolounge.com/article.asp> > ? > > > > On 05/04/12 08:39, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > >> Hey folks :) >> >> You're all awesome for creating pretty logos! Love them. >> Can you all add them to >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Talk:Wikidata#WikiData_**logo_candidate<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikidata#WikiData_logo_candidate> >> please so we don't lose any of them? >> >> >> Cheers >> Lydia >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l> >
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