Re: [SeaBIOS] Concept logos

[Peter Stuge]

Fred . wrote:
> I drafted some concept logos.
> Please provide feedback.
> Perhaps we could have a vote?
>
> http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/3820/seabiosconceptlogos.png

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but the only one I like is gear+waves.

I think a "chip" is an ugly and boring shape :\ and the shark while a
cool idea is probably difficult to make look nice while still keeping
free of significant detail.

It's important to keep the shape simple and elegant. The trident is a
fun idea but a little bit too pointy, I guess it would also require
too much detail to look good and still be really practical. Same for
DNA.

The gear+waves concept definately wins my vote.

Thanks for taking this initiative!

//Peter

Concept logos

[Fred .]

Thanks for your feedback! :)

It haven't crossed my mind that the "chip" is an ugly and boring shape, but
now that you say it, I see what you're thinking.

It may be possible to make the shark look nice, considering many projects
use animals as logos; Tux (Linux), MySQL (dolphin), PostgreSQL (elephant),
Hexley (Darwin), Apache Tomcat, etc.

Indeed, it is important to keep the shape simple and elegant. The logo
should look good both on computer and in print.

My trident is indeed pointy, but it could be possible to gift it a more soft
shape by making it more round/curvy. It wouldn't need much detail.

I agree that DNA is impractical due to too much detail.

The gear+wave, is it apparent/obvious that it depicts a gear and a wave?

Personally, I like the ones that read just "SeaBIOS" and have the word
Sea colored blue.

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Peter Stuge  wrote:
> Fred . wrote:
> > I drafted some concept logos.
> > Please provide feedback.
> > Perhaps we could have a vote?
> >
> > http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/3820/seabiosconceptlogos.png
>
> Sorry if this sounds harsh, but the only one I like is gear+waves.
>
> I think a "chip" is an ugly and boring shape :\ and the shark while a
> cool idea is probably difficult to make look nice while still keeping
> free of significant detail.
>
> It's important to keep the shape simple and elegant. The trident is a
> fun idea but a little bit too pointy, I guess it would also require
> too much detail to look good and still be really practical. Same for
> DNA.
>
> The gear+waves concept definately wins my vote.
>
> Thanks for taking this initiative!
>
> //Peter
>
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