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I'll risk ostracism and admit that I think this concern with a logo is a little too corporate for my sensibilities. -- Wally On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Edward M. Corrado wrote: > I am still not convinced we need a professional designed logo, but > it seems most people who responded to this thread do, so I'm happy > to go along with it. Personally, I'd just type "code4lib" in > Helvitica, save it as a .png and be done with it :-). > > Compared to the other links we have seen, I like what I have seen on > Stephanie Brinley's site better than the other sites that were > posted. The logos are simple, yet memorable and in some way elegant. > At any point, it seems we should have some sort of vote and come to > a decision on how we are going to proceed. > > If I recall, our choices are: > > 1) Go with http://www.sanchezcircuit.com/catalog/ > 2) Go with Susan Brinley's Adelie Design http://www.AdelieDesign.com/ > 3) Use a design contest method on http://99designs.com/ > 4) Have people submit a logo for the community to vote on like we > did for conference t-shirts > > Has there been any other options discussed (or that should be > discussed)? > > Edward > > > Carol Bean wrote: >> I don't know who Roy or the others have in mind, but I like what I >> see at >> adeliedesign.com. >> >> Given her requirements, which don't seem too unreasonable, I wonder >> if we >> could start with the code4lib community making the choice of which >> designer >> to work with? >> >> Carol >> >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Stephanie Brinley < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> >>> Dear Code4Lib, >>> >>> Because I'm not a coder or a librarian, I am not a member of the >>> Code4Lib >>> community. However, my husband Jonathan, who is a member, told me >>> about the >>> logo thread Roy started last week. As a professional designer, I >>> agree with >>> Roy that Code4Lib could use a well-designed logo to bring its >>> activities >>> under a unified brand. >>> >>> Having close ties, I would like to do my part to help out your >>> community. >>> To >>> that end, I am volunteering to design a logo for Code4Lib. My one >>> request >>> would be that you actually work with me as a professional >>> designer, rather >>> than turning this into an open contest. Code4Lib is many things to >>> many >>> people. Reconciling these perspectives into a single brand is, as >>> Roy said, >>> not an amateur task, and will require some coordination to merge >>> the input >>> and ideas from the community. >>> >>> As for the process, I think Roy has it right. Form a small >>> committee to >>> handle the details and distill the opinions of the community at >>> large. I'll >>> start with a few drafts the committee and community can comment >>> on, and >>> we'll go from there. >>> >>> What do you think? >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> Stephanie Brinley >>> President, Adelie Design >>> >>> http://www.AdelieDesign.com/ >>> >>> >> >> >> >>