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fossar / selfoss

multipurpose rss reader, live stream, mashup, aggregation web application
https://selfoss.aditu.de
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Redesign logo #1149

Open jtojnar opened 5 years ago

jtojnar commented 5 years ago

The old logo is great but its age is apparent on it:

Selfoss logo

We also do not have a vector source, which makes handling it a pain.

It would be nice if we found a designer that could come up with something great like https://github.com/j0k3r/graby/pull/214

mandyellow commented 5 years ago

Hello 🦊 I redesign the logo, hope you enjoy it!

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akash07k commented 5 years ago

Hello 🦊 I redesign the logo, hope you enjoy it!

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:-)

j0k3r commented 5 years ago

I really like the first one with the white background

jtojnar commented 5 years ago

It is very cute. Though, I find the spatial arrangement of the papers in a 2D box a little jarring. But I can’t imagine making the box 3D or the papers flat that would not look worse.

simulations of proposed logo design

(SVG source)

Could you also check how does it look like on a dark backgroung? I use https://github.com/StylishThemes/GitHub-Dark and the white background of the current image is little jarring.

jtojnar commented 5 years ago

Hmm, maybe the front top view could work with slight perspective:

More selfoss logo design ideas

(SVG source)

But maybe we should not feel constrained by the original design. I am actually not even sure what the original copyright status was and if derivative works are permitted. Maybe we could use the fact that selfoss was named after an amazing waterfall and the metaphor of articles, tweets, YouTube videos, etc. as streams of water, using spouts to get them.

jtojnar commented 5 years ago

Hmm, apparently, the original logo is licensed under a No-Derivative variant of Creative Commons license, not sure if the proposed counts as a derivation.

mandyellow commented 5 years ago

Hey, hello! I created some variations of the first idea. The second image it's the same but applied on a dark background.

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gerundt commented 5 years ago

Cute! I like version 05 most! 👍

mandyellow commented 5 years ago

Please, let me know if you all agreed with some logo version, so I can send it to your project.

jtojnar commented 5 years ago

Very well done, I also like 05 the most.

However, we are still not sure whether the original logo license permits us to create derivates. I contacted the author of the logo to clarify this.

mandyellow commented 5 years ago

Okay, no problem! Let's wait for the answer :)