From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:03:28 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] Buildroot Logo Pictograph In-Reply-To: <87v9twpbah.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> References: <87tv9jrpvc.fsf@tarshish> <87v9twpbah.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> Message-ID: <20190913220328.0e10fa13@windsurf.home> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hello, On Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:37:26 +0200 Peter Korsgaard wrote: > > Hadas referred me to this professional looking explanation of why photograph > > is not a good choice for a logo: > > > https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1270284 > > > Hadas also collected a few hundred random logos to demonstrate the point: > > > http://tinkie.tkos.co.il/buildroot-logo/2616906744_a238697a95_b.jpg > > > SolidRun management agreed to let Hadas design an iconic pictograph version of > > the Buildroot logo. Here is the result. > > > Two colored logo alternatives: > > > http://tinkie.tkos.co.il/buildroot-logo/colored_logo.png > > http://tinkie.tkos.co.il/buildroot-logo/colored_logo2.png > > > Two monochromatic alternatives: > > > http://tinkie.tkos.co.il/buildroot-logo/bw_logo.png > > http://tinkie.tkos.co.il/buildroot-logo/bw_logo2.png > > > Hadas can provide the vectorized SVG and PDF sources of these raster images. > > > What do you think? > > I also don't really know anything about graphics design, but I like > them! Thanks! > > Anyone disagrees, otherwise please send a patch adding the SVG to the > repo (and if you feel up to it, update the website as well). First of all, thanks a lot Baruch for proposing those logos, and many thanks Hadas for working on them! I understand the idea that our logo being a photograph makes it not the best logo, so I like your proposal of a pictograph version. As I am not a native English speaker and not at all a graphics/design expert, it's a bit difficult to put words on how I feel about the logo proposal. While I like the idea, I find the design a bit "coarse", maybe too "pictographic". I know this feeling is not very helpful as-is because it doesn't say what needs to be fixed or improved. In any case, this is not a very strong feeling, so I certainly won't oppose to this new logo just because of my vague comment, and I'll be happy to see a logo change accepted! Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com