Airgidfaolchu
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9 years ago Thank you for considering my design proposal. Refining the logo further, a new color scheme was introduced to make the design more unique, more recognizable. "If there would be one color that could help to deliver the brand message whilst keeping the logo simple and elegant. . ." - was my first thought when I dove into research to find a suitable palette. Then I came upon a color that is "hot" right now, and soon will be the new black:
(source: http://www.colorpsychology.org/blue/turquoise/)
After several iterations, combining it with numerous shades (grey, brown, etc), I decided to stick with simplicity:
The new, distinctive stroke may help associating the logo with a round platter used to serve food, the original meaning of the word: thali. Also, having only two colors (it's actually two shades of one color) will reduce printing costs, compared to the first, multi-color version.
Banner concept
A henna pattern (henna was used for cosmetic purposes primarily in Ancient India - source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henna) has served to some extent as an inspiration.
Finding a similar brand is arguably challenging. The closest - I could dig up - is Turquoise Istanbul's one, with seven seahorse-like shapes, one color, and no stroke.
However, If I interpret your request differently, and focusing on changing the shapes instead of the colors, the logo can be further iterated:
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deadlyfingers
First off, I want to thank the contribution by Attila Farkas on creating a new logo based upon my talk at NodeConf.EU 2015 on Own Your Data with the Thali Project. There was an ask during the presentation that we come up with a new logo as the previous one designed literally using Visio, was insufficient.
The proposed design by Attila Farkas is a very compelling entry and should be discussed further.
The design is simple and elegant, and truly does capture the color and indeed the spirit of the Thali Project. I do have a couple of concerns, not of the actual content, but of its similarity to other designs of these following "brands":
Apple Photos App
The new Apple Photos App has a similar logo in that once again has the complete color spectrum in a radial pattern, although the outer leaves here are more pill shaped rather than the wedge shape that is proposed.
NBC Logo
Of course this also brings up the peacock logo as well of NBC at least in my opinion with its wedge shapes for the feathers.
Wrapping Up
So, overall, great effort, but I want to make sure that we don't run afoul of existing brands out there and hopefully we can work together here so that it alleviates some of our fears.