Logo competition: a discussion about the winning logo (Page 2 of 4)

Having submitted a number of entries myself, it's obvious I thought there was room for improvement over the current logo.  That being said, I think the winning entry addresses some of the points I had attempted to raise in the original contest thread, namely with respect to scaling issues/typography and the need for various forms depending on what use the logo would be put to.

1.  The winning entry certainly scales well and is easily recognizable even as a tiny 10px x 10px mini icon on the side of a firefox tab.
2.  It's minimalistic, which matches the overall theme of the distro.

On the flip side, it's certainly not obvious where the crunchbang comes from (even less so than currently).  More importantly, while it's certainly an interesting play on the shapes, it has a certain early 90s software logo look to it.  It's a little bland.  With all the amazing tools out there, and looking at other linux logos, it just seems to me like we could do with something with a little more pizazz (some drop shadows, maybe a little perspective to make it look a bit more dynamic and modern - jdugan's similar entry for example, with the merged #! symbol in perspective - the one that spawned a gdm theme, was my favourite).  If scaling down to tiny sizes was a concern, sticking with the 2 character representation at those sizes would be fine (I can't imagine the fedora logo to scales well at 10x10px).

Anyways, I'll go put my vote in now: "YES" because I do think crunchbang deserves branding (and because I participated in the contest and would be disappointed if all that work was for naught).

EDIT: if modification of the entry is on the table (the swastica is definately not something I'd want associated with any public image for a community), maybe a little jazzing up can address any issues I mentionned above.  I'll try to submit a few renders.

Last edited by dalaio (2009-04-01 17:37:23)

Just an illustration of what I meant by tweaking. I personally think the tweaked version is nicer. Also, *not* viewing it face-on might help as well, that's why I showed perspective versions. Just for discussion purposes:

I voted to keep the original.  It is simple,to the point and works.

The winning entry just doesn't look right to me (no offense, since this is all a matter of taste).  The original #! representing the ChrunchBang name is perfect, but I just don't see the #! when I look at the new logo.  When I see it I think of a logo for sewing/stitching

Last edited by hillsoft (2009-04-01 18:26:45)

Let's keep a lid on any tweaking ideas until after the poll. I think the tweak offered actually accentuates the problem identified so far.

What's on the table here is a simple 'for' or 'against' the proposed new logo.

Regardless of any symbolism issues, I don't think this new logo is as suitable as the original. Just isn't as instantly recognizable which is important in a small text-less icon IMO.  Vote: Old logo

Against. I like the original logo.

Hrm...so the Crunchbangers already decided on the "winner", yet only the Crunchbangers can decide?  I am confused.

No, corenominal decided the winner, not the crunchbangers team.

Yes, I noticed to that you need to be a crunchbanger on launchpad to be able to vote. That's not such a big problem. Get a launchpad account and apply to be a crunchbanger and one of the crunchbangers admins (myself, corenominal or Nik_Doof) will approve you fairly quickly If membership is a big problem it's fairly easy to deactivate your account down the track

Edit: Actually on closer inspection you may only need to have a launchpad account to be able to vote. Not sure.

Approved

I totally agree with both Stopie and Kuno. My first thought was "swastika-ish" and I really don't want to use my laptop in public with the rather dark theme and swastika-like symbols on the desktop. And I'm pretty sure this is not only a German issue, it's valid for at least whole of Europe.

And for the scaling issue the old logo must be the most scaleable there is! I'd rather se a more advanced logo to use when that is needed in combination with the old logo when minimalism is wanted!

Next: register on launchpad and vote no!

I agree your concept is great, congratulations Holt and thank you for submitting the winning logo! I will have to see about organising some sort of prize, regardless of the outcome of the vote.

Regarding the whole swastika thing, personally I really do not see the link, other than both symbols being visually strong. I would not like to dismiss the subject, but I do think it is a real shame that once a subject like this has been touched on, it will tend to run and run.

Not at all, the purpose of this thread is to have an open discussion.