[OSLC] [Community] OSLC Logo

Tue Jul 14 12:55:00 EDT 2009

The logos look very slick.  

Like others, I find #1 more appealing.  The concern I have with the current
color scheme is that it looks very similar to the Google
<http://www.google.com/help/hc/images/picasa_forum_logo1.jpg>  Picasa
aperture logo.  If Google decided to give its logo perspective they could be
hard to distinguish.  Maybe this could be fixed by changing the color scheme
to differ more from that one used by Google and Microsoft Windows?

http://www.google.com/help/hc/images/picasa_forum_logo1.jpg

In terms of metaphor, I like the coil a lot, since it reminds me of the RSS
radio signal icon, which is conceptually similar to what we're doing with
OSLC.  The reason I didn't vote for that logo as much is the way the signals
come out of the "O", unlike the layout with the aperture logo.  Maybe
combining the two layouts would be worth considering, although the lines
still look a bit faint:

Either way, it's great that we're going to have a slick logo, nice work
Kimberley and Susan.  Could we also make sure that the logo looks reasonable
at 16x16?  It's likely to show it somewhere within the Eclipse/Mylyn UI at
some point, and it will also make a nice favicon for the site.

Mik

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Mik Kersten, Ph.D.

CEO: http://tasktop.com/blog 

Project Lead: http://eclipse.org/mylyn 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: community-bounces at open-services.net [mailto:community-

> bounces at open-services.net] On Behalf Of Robert Elves

> Sent: July-08-09 11:37 AM

> To: Steve K Speicher

> Cc: Robyn Gold; Susan Smith; community at open-services.net; Kimberley

> Peter

> Subject: Re: [Community] OSLC Logo

> 

> Great designs! +1 for option 1.  In my opinion the open collaboration

> theme comes through best in this logo.  I like the colored version and

> would be interested in seeing other color variations if possible.

> 

> -Rob

> 

> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Steve K Speicher<sspeiche at us.ibm.com>

> wrote:

> >

> > I prefer Option 1.

> >

> > I seems a bit repetitive though to have the "O" icon next to the

> letter "O"

> > in "OSLC"  (not sure you want to create graphic representation for

> all 4

> > letters)

> >

> > Option 2 is good but seems like the emphasis is more on the graphic

> then the

> > acronym or name.

> >

> > Excellent work as always.  Can't go wrong with either.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Steve Speicher | IBM Rational Software | (919) 254-0645

> >

> >

> >

> > From: Scott Bosworth/Raleigh/IBM at IBMUS

> > To: community at open-services.net

> > Cc: Susan Smith <syrinx at ca.ibm.com>, Kimberley Peter

> <kpeter at ca.ibm.com>,

> > Robyn Gold/Lexington/IBM at IBMUS

> > Date: 07/08/2009 12:58 PM

> > Subject: [Community] OSLC Logo

> > ________________________________

> >

> >

> > There have been several suggestions that we create a logo for OSLC

> that can

> > be used in references from web sites and OSLC implementations (e.g.

> the

> > Eclipse Mylyn OSLC-CM client). Kimberley Peter and Susan Smith of

> IBM's

> > Toronto Design Studio kindly volunteered their talents to

> brainstorming

> > several themes and then refining those into two options.

> >

> > The links below point to different treatments/renderings of the two

> logos

> > that could be used in different media forms (e.g. web, color print,

> black

> > and white print, etc.) and to some mockups of the open-services.net

> home

> > page with the examples of the alternative logos included. We intend

> to make

> > a final decision in the coming week or so and appreciate your

> feedback.

> > Please take a look and if you have any input you'd like to share --

> positive

> > or negative, logo preference, color preferences, etc. -- post it back

> here

> > or send it to me directly at bosworth at us.ibm.com by Friday, July 10.

> >

> > Option 1: Plays off of the "O" in "OSLC" and emphasizes the idea of

> loosely

> > coupled interactions.

> > renderings: http://open-services.net/preview/aperture3.pdf

> > in context: http://open-services.net/preview/aperture-in-context2.png

> >

> > Option 2: Inspired by the OSLC ambition of creating new possibilities

> and

> > the incremental nature of OSLC efforts.

> > renderings: http://open-services.net/preview/Coil3.pdf

> > in context: http://open-services.net/preview/coil-in-context.png

> >

> >

> > Hopefully this is a bit of a fun respite from the rigors of scenario

> and

> > spec authoring!

> >

> > Thanks...Scott

> >

> > Scott Bosworth | IBM Rational CTO Team | bosworth at us.ibm.com |

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