[Steering Committee] Logo Ideas

[ryan hoegg]

I really like the logo for its simplicity, for the different versions we
could use in different places (including black and white / color), and for
the fact that it reminds me of the Sun logo, but is also different enough to
set us apart.

I also agree that Duke is cool, but I don't want to incorporate him in our
basic logo.  Of course, it would be great if we had a variation or two with
Duke in them.

I think we should plan to go with this, but work with Chad a bit based on
all this feedback.

Going with what Forrest said, what if we changed the wisps somehow?  Make
them less prominent perhaps?  It might be a bit risky, but what if we made
them look like the letters O, K, C?

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Forrest Humphrey <
forrest.humphrey at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think the logo's simplicity is great.  Simple is good.  However, it's so
> simple it's hard to tell whether it's a cup of coffee or a bowl of soup.
> Add a handle and that's fixed.
>
> I agree about it being a bit too froo-froo.  Really it's just the wisps
> that contribute to that, though.  If they didn't curl so sharply, and maybe
> intertwined a little bit it might look better.
>
> I also like the idea of the logo featuring three colors especially when two
> of them are different values on the grayscale.  So the ones with the red cup
> get my vote out of the ones you attached.
>
> Now, having said all of that, if you replace the cup/bowl with a Duke
> similar to this one <
> http://hritcu.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/dukewithhelmet.jpg>, I think it
> would look really good.  It gets rid of the coffee theme and is still a very
> concise logo.
>
> Regards,
> Forrest
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:
>
>> You may remember that Derrick Parkhurst of the OKC CoCo offered the
>> services of one of his partners, Chad Henderson (@elmofromok), to create for
>> us a new logo.  Chad and I met about a week ago to discuss what we had in
>> mind.  Below is something he has come up with.  Let me know what you think.
>>  I kinda like it.  I suggested that something simple and elegant like the
>> CoCo logo would be nice, and I think this fits the bill quite nicely.  I
>> told him we didn't want anything "redneckish" or Indian (check!) and he shot
>> down some very Oklahoman icons, tornados and oil wells, for example, as to
>> scary and too hated (given recent gas price history).
>> At any rate, please give me honest feedback on this, which I'll pass along
>> to Chad.
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *Chad Henderson
>> *Date: *January 26, 2009 1:29:03 AM CST
>> *To: *Jason Lee
>> *Subject: **Re: Meeting*
>>
>> Let me know what you think of these.
>>
>> Chad
>>
>>
>>  Jason Lee, SCJP
>> Senior Java Developer, Sun Microsystems
>> Mojarra and Mojarra Scales Dev Team
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>>
>>
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