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  • From: Mitar < >
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  • Subject: Re: [PeerLibrary dev] Possible logo
  • Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:54:20 -0700

Hi!

Amazingly cool! :-)


Mitar

> Here’s a new iteration on the logo:
> This is how it looks in the webpage:
>
>
> And a simplified icon version (I can make it more pixel perfect):
>
>
>
> A little explanation:
>
> The logo is a play on the publication-left, annotations/discussion-right
> design
> of PeerLibrary. The triangles on the right match the triangles in the
> frontpage
> background, which, at least to me, remind me of the surface of the brain.
> The
> whole logo in fact is a play on the left-right hemispheres of the brain,
> while
> also being in the shape of a book. It connects science with publications,
> which
> is what we’re primarily about.
>
>
> I think it’s good for a start, but I don’t mind if somewhere along the way
> we
> iterate more or replace it holistically altogether.
>
>
> On Jun 17, 2014, at 4:55 PM, Matej Jan
> <
>
> <mailto: >>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I’ll iterate more on the web network and see what minimized versions
>> I
>> come up with.
>>
>> On Jun 17, 2014, at 4:31 PM, Rodrigo Ochigame
>> <
>>
>> <mailto: >>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> #1 is pretty fresh, conceptually and aesthetically. Props! :-)
>>>
>>> I scaled it down to 160px wide and it looked okay, but Mitar makes an
>>> important point. Could we try fewer lines and zoom a bit into the graph,
>>> maybe?
>>>
>>> -ro
>>>
>>> On 6/17/14 5:02 PM, Mitar wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> For me #1 looks too complicated. :-( Think about scaling. It should work
>>>> both on small stickers to big t-shirts. Where is minimalism?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mitar
>>>>
>>>>> +1 on the first
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Tony Chen
>>>>> <
>>>>>
>>>>> <mailto: >>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> +1 on the first one
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>> From: Spencer Hitchcock
>>>>>> <
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <mailto: >>
>>>>>> Sent: ‎6/‎16/‎2014 4:14 PM
>>>>>> To:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <mailto: >
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PeerLibrary dev] Possible logo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the first is really beautiful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Matej Jan
>>>>>> <
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <mailto: >>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Finally, here are the vector variations of concept #4:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But I went and tried to minimize it further and came down to something
>>>>>>> closer to a black variation of #6:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here it is in smaller sizes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And white variations
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let me know if you want to proceed with this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Apr 1, 2014, at 11:31 PM, Matej Jan
>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <mailto: >>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds good, i'll prepare variations on #4. They will be done in
>>>>>>> vectors so no worries about svgs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Apr 1, 2014, at 9:08 PM, Spencer Hitchcock
>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <mailto: >>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tony, Rodrigo, Mitar, and I like 4.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Would you like to develop it further?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd be willing to create an SVG image of it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Matej Jan
>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <mailto: >>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here are some of my concepts. Let me know if any go into the right
>>>>>>>> direction and I can create more variations on them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1.
>>>>>>>> <PeerLibraryLogoConcept1.jpeg>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2.
>>>>>>>> <PeerLibraryLogoConcept2.jpeg>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 3.
>>>>>>>> <PeerLibraryLogoConcept3.jpeg>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 4.
>>>>>>>> <PeerLibraryLogoConcept4.jpeg>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 5.
>>>>>>>> <PeerLibraryLogoConcept5.jpeg>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 6.
>>>>>>>> <PeerLibraryLogoConcept6.jpeg>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mar 27, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Mitar
>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <mailto: >>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One idea. We could make logo very old school, combine P and L and
>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>> do various ornaments around. :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am just not sure how will this align with our minimalistic design.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mitar
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is too abstract for me to comment yet. :-) Will leave to others
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> comment. :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mitar
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I dig the ASCII is are the edges and vertices just to symbolize the
>>>>>>>> connectivity?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yep, I meant to minimally symbolize that annotations are linked with
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> publication and with themselves. (In cloudspeak,
>>>>>>>> "interconnectedness.")
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -ro
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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