[Nix-dev] Logo improvement ideas

[benley at gmail.com]

I like that one a lot too; it is a lovely refinement of the current logo.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 2:06 AM Guillaume Maudoux (Layus) <layus.on at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Tim has invested some time in making great logos, and everybody seems to
> like the hex-half version.
> It would be too sad to loose his job, so what is the next step ?
> Who is authorized to do such a modification ?
>
> [image: Brand nex NixOS logo !]
>
> We can tune the logo for other media later, when we print t-shirts for
> example.
>
> Just my two cents :-)
>
> Le 26/08/15 03:28, Spencer Whitt a écrit :
>
> All of the logos Tim has proposed look like clear improvements over the
> current one to me. I think we should just pick one and use it! There's no
> downside to adopting one of these logos, since they maintain the same basic
> design as the current one but with cleaner, modernized design.
>
> I think we should avoid bikeshedding and turning this into some massive
> project. It doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be an improvement.
>
> It makes sense to pick two logos, one which is print friendly and one
> which is not. There's no reason to constrain other media to be print
> friendly, and I think the subtle gradients are a nice touch.
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 9:07 PM, stewart mackenzie <setori88 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Personally I really like what the current logo communicates to me:
>>
>> * lambdas, lots of them
>> * snowflake - a unique system
>>
>> I'm enjoying these logos!
>>
>> /sjm
>>
>> On 26 Aug 2015 00:16, "Cillian de Róiste" <cillian.deroiste at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Before updating the logo, I
>> > wonder if we should step back a bit and think about what the logo
>> > should communicate. I added a stub of a page to the wiki to develop a
>> > style guide, but I haven't done much with it since:
>> > https://nixos.org/wiki/Style_Guide . Would something like that be a
>> > good place to start?
>> >
>>
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