#! CrunchBang Logo Competition

corenominal · 2009-03-03 03:38:30

As stated in the first monthly newsletter, we are having a competition to create a new CrunchBang logo. From the newsletter:

We're officially announcing a #! logo competition. This competition is open to all and you may submit as many entries as you want. We're looking for a logo that accurately conveys the simplicity, speed and uniqueness of #! ...snip...
We'll keep the competition open until the 23rd of March 09.
Editors of #! Newsletter will narrow down the entries to three and pass the final decision over to Philip Newborough.

So, fire-up your copy of Inkscape or GIMP, get those creative juices flowing and submit your entries to this thread.

Notes:

Please enter original artwork only.
All submissions should be unencumbered -- this means anyone should be able to use the logo however they see fit, including for commercial purposes.

Good luck! smile

rfquerin · 2009-03-03 04:45:21

Oh no.. yet another thing to sap away more of my free time. smile

tawan · 2009-03-03 11:14:30

the first one came out a little phallic

so I will post the improvement in the next post...

tawan · 2009-03-03 11:16:35

so I moved the ! to the right giving..

little red planet · 2009-03-03 11:27:33

tawan wrote:

the first one came out a little phallic

That's just plain funny ;-)

Mehall · 2009-03-03 12:20:05

I'd use the first one.

Extent the two prongs of the # up one more, but leave the middle one where it is, that deals with the phallic look, and still leaves the ! in a solid white.

(just a suggestion)

Foomandoonian · 2009-03-03 13:28:48

What am I missing with the bitmap one tawan? If it is supposed to be phallic, I would understand, but I'm not sure what else it means? hmm

Mehall · 2009-03-03 13:30:56

Foomandoonian wrote:

What am I missing with the bitmap one tawan? If it is supposed to be phallic, I would understand, but I'm not sure what else it means?

it's using the definition of the "#" to make a whitespace "!"

pitje · 2009-03-03 13:37:05

Mehall wrote:

I'd use the first one.
Extent the two prongs of the # up one more, but leave the middle one where it is, that deals with the phallic look, and still leaves the ! in a solid white.
(just a suggestion)

something like this?

(made in open offie tongue )

Foomandoonian · 2009-03-03 13:39:54

Ahh. I hate to be a negative-nancy, but I don't think it works. tongue

Mehall · 2009-03-03 13:54:20

@pitje: i more meant this:

EDIT: the more I look at yours pitje, more I like it though.

Hard if a user wants a plain-white bg though :S

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rfquerin · 2009-03-03 14:12:20

While I haven't had a chance yet to come up with any ideas, I have a few points that might (or might not) be useful for discussion:

1. Though there's not much in the way of guidelines, I think it's valuable that the logo be usable and legible at a variety of sizes (maybe from small icon size up to web banner size). Though if the winning entry comes in created in a bitmap editor like the Gimp, I'm sure I (or anyone else) could or should produce a final version in SVG format so that it is scalable for use in a variety of resolutions.

2. It hasn't been mentioned anywhere that I can find, but I'm assuming that the logo should work on a variety of backgrounds as well. I'm assuming the primary focus is for use on the web, although you might get into labelled CD's and labelled USB keys or something as well I'd assume. This kind of goes with point #1.

3. There's been no discussion of any text to go along with it, so I'm not sure if the 'crunchbang' text itself is up for modification. I know that the current logotype is based on Helvetica (which is non-free). I wonder if now is a good time to entertain something done in a free font face. I'm also not sure if such a thin font style will be applicable to the winning logo. I think both things should work together in the end or else it might look a bit slap-dash if you know what I mean.

4. If it's valuable, maybe there should be separate threads for submissions and for logo discussion. There might be some great ideas that people come up with on paper sketches or in rough form that merit discussion or critique. I'm notorious for revamping and reworking my own ideas (ad nauseum sometimes wink ) So it might be valuable to have a discussion/ideas thread in addition to the submission thread so you don't scroll through 8 pages of this thread with very similar but slightly different entries. I think it's valuable to get feedback on stuff.

Anyway, some stuff to think about.

corenominal · 2009-03-03 17:06:43

rfquerin wrote:

Anyway, some stuff to think about.

Some excellent points, thank you rfquerin. I am sure anyone who follows the advice above would have a great chance of creating a winning logo!

With regards to #3, **I really love the current typeface**, I can look at it on a daily basis and not feel any emotions whatsoever, it just is. However, I am willing to change it; the non-freeness of it has always bugged me somewhat and it would be better if the type could be easily reproducible by anyone and everyone.

With regards to #4, sure thing, please feel free to start new topics/threads for individual logo ideas, but please could you post your final masterpieces to this thread, just for ease of collating the entries.

Thank you again for the food for thought! smile

xapU7 · 2009-03-03 23:49:55

IMO, according to crnchbng's simplicity (in a visual way), the best solution for the logotype is to leave it as it is. i mean the "#!" symbol here from header image / usplash theme / default wallpaper.

anything additional would be redundant and it can't look better than now. maybe made more color variations (eh, that's just black & white). no frames, more shapes, glass-effects, make-up.. just keep it simple.

that's just what i think..

xapU7 · 2009-03-04 00:09:00

err.. quite contradictive, i admit, but when i saw some of your contributions, which inspired me, i made that:

#1 - first idea, based on your playing with ! and # symbols..

#2 - the same thing (and lime's better ,)
heh, i see invaders!

pitje · 2009-03-04 00:36:00

pitje wrote:

Mehall wrote:
I'd use the first one.
Extent the two prongs of the # up one more, but leave the middle one where it is, that deals with the phallic look, and still leaves the ! in a solid white.
(just a suggestion)
something like this?

(made in open offie )

redid it in the gimp

the ! is 50% transparent, the black # is 80% transparent

Last edited by pitje (2009-03-04 00:55:04)

pitje · 2009-03-04 00:37:36

xapU7 wrote:

err.. quite contradictive, i admit, but when i saw some of your contributions, which inspired me, i made that:
#1 - first idea, based on your playing with ! and # symbols..

#2 - the same thing (and lime's better ,)
heh, i see invaders!

ooh, I like the second one!!

dalaio · 2009-03-04 02:19:44

Hope you don't mind, I was just playing a bit with your submission and found this to be less confusing visually (to me anyways):

Mehall · 2009-03-04 02:24:35

dalaio wrote:

Hope you don't mind, I was just playing a bit with your submission and found this to be less confusing visually (to me anyways):

People generally don't mind on here, hence why I did my own version of it above as well.

rfquerin · 2009-03-04 03:58:54

Here's my first crack at it. I've shown it in a few different forms. The font is Nimbus Sans L. Not quite as light as the current font used, but otherwise it's just about as identical as you can get IMO.

rfquerin · 2009-03-04 04:54:56

I thought about how the logo undoubtedly leads to a geometric feeling.. all straight lines and right angles and such. So rather than fight it, I thought I'd try and accentuate it. Maybe it gives a feeling of design and thoughtfulness. Dunno.

It is maybe a bit too fiddly for use at smaller sizes though. Maybe the working grid lines would have to be simplified and/or fattened up to work at smaller sizes. Anyway, here it is on both white and darkish backgrounds. I always seem to throw a perspective view in.. just to be fancy I guess. wink

dalaio · 2009-03-04 06:35:00

I gotta say, I really like the direction the first was going in. While the second set definitely exploits the "crossword" feel the block design created, I think it just ends up looking messy when all the extra lines are added in(with the notable exception of the slanted white on grey background one...that one looks quite slick). The other issue of course is legibility when scaled down to small levels. The nice thing about the "#!" is that it's easily recognizable at just about any size.

red devil · 2009-03-04 09:16:06

dalaio wrote:

I gotta say, I really like the direction the first was going in. While the second set definitely exploits the "crossword" feel the block design created, I think it just ends up looking messy when all the extra lines are added in(with the notable exception of the slanted white on grey background one...that one looks quite slick). The other issue of course is legibility when scaled down to small levels. The nice thing about the "#!" is that it's easily recognizable at just about any size.

I disagree - I think rfquerin's first attempt, the logo with the skewed perspective, is too hard to 'see' at a glance - the angle makes it hard too make out the 'reversed' #! clearly.

I much prefer the crossword-style logo on the grids - ironically, the skewed one is much better this time because the faint gridlines give it a more clearly defined structure, and I think it would scale quite nicely. The straight-on crossword-style logos seem a little flat and lifeless by comparison.

Beautifully executed as usual, rfquerin

Last edited by red devil (2009-03-04 09:16:52)

vicshrike · 2009-03-04 09:48:48

#!, enough said

red devil · 2009-03-04 10:07:07

vicshrike wrote:

#!, enough said

Hard to argue

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