Re: [libvirt] [RFC] libvirt hexagon sticker design
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:36:03AM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 09:44:36AM +0100, Erik Skultety wrote:
> Hi folks,
> those who attended at least one conference for the past year have probably
> noticed the rising trend (more like "sticker hype") of FOSS projects
giving away
> these hexagon stickers, it's very inexpensive way of making some promo for
> their project and since we don't do many promos (AFAIK none to be precise) I
> guess as a project that's been going strong for 12 years already we should
> probably start somewhere, even baby steps count (as it turns out in this case -
> - literally...). So, I've taken our libvirt-publican repo and came up with a
> few various color combinations for libvirt hexagon sticker design. Below you
> can find links to my personal google drive (these are hexagon meshes, I can,
> or anyone can for that matter, isolate individual designs and send them as
> separate patches on demand), since each of the SVGs is over 1.5MB and I'd
easily
> run into message size limits for the mailing list, had I gone with sending these
> as patches against libvirt-publican.
Speaking of logos...at the risk of opening a huge bucket of paint:
The current libvirt logo is bit non-intuitive. Unless you squint at it
to see what it might be about, you won't immediately get an idea what is
trying to tell you. Not sure if there's appetite to rework the logo
itself.
I don't really want to go there - I really like our logo.
In general I don't think logos really need to explain what the project
is, largely because doing so is impossible/impractical for most technical
projects.
Let me see if I can describe the image in words: "you're
peeling off
some layer and you see little penguins (VMs) get churned out".
You know it is basically a "sardine tin", but with penguins right ?
The tin is the computer, and the sardines (penguins) are the OS
that are crammed inside it. That's a pretty good analogy for VMs
IMHO.
(But that's from my biased POV of already knowing what libvirt
is.)
For some inspiration, take a look at how the `curl` project went about
redesigning its logo[1].
[1] https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2016/05/27/a-new-curl-logo/
I don't think the new curl logo is any more "intuitive" in explaining
what the project is than their old logo. Unless you already know that
CURL is a library for downloading web content, the implications of the
"://" will pass right over your head. The new curl logo is certainly a
very nice improvement, but that's because the old one was really pretty
crude so anything would be better. I wouldn't say it is any more
intuitive though - just a nicer graphic design.
Regards,
Daniel
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