Re: Lenya Logo (2)

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> Von: Markus Vaterlaus <[email protected]>
> Datum: Die, 11. Feb 2003  22:58:55 Europe/Zurich
> An: Andreas Hartmann <[email protected]>
> Betreff: Re: [Wyonacms-dev] Lenya Logo (2)
>
> Hi Andreas, hi list,
>
> Am Montag, 10.02.03 um 23:20 Uhr schrieb Andreas Hartmann:
>
>> Hi Markus, hi list,
>>
>> at first - I didn't want to say that we need a new "corporate"
>> identity at all. I'm just fond of graphic design and like the
>> word Lenya, so I started playing around. So, from my point of
>> view this doesn't have to become a serious and constructive
>> discussion. It would be cool if we surprisingly agreed on one
>> logo - if not, we can just typeset Lenya in Akzidenz, that's
>> fine with me.
>>
>
> If I take a look at Wyona, then I think, that now, as actually a lot 
> of things are going on, there is the time to discuss a new identity of 
> Wyona / Lenya reflecting these changes...
>
> Sure, there is always the fast and easy way. However just typesetting 
> a new name over an old VI doesn't make much sense. So, I hope this 
> discussion will bring us a step farther. I would be pleased to see 
> others join in this thread.
>
>>
>>> ... and the discussion about finding the right logo can become 
>>> endless. Hope we will find a logo soon. ;-)
>>
>> And if not - I think it's not that hard to switch because we don't
>> build an expensive CI around Lenya, do we? And I guess not many people
>> associate Cocoon, Axkit, OpenCMS, Zope etc. with their logos.
>>
>
> Yes, you are right. It's not a big CD / CI / VI change thing we all 
> might know from our daily work. It's just a discussion about the look 
> and feel of a Open Source Software.  However, I think this is an 
> important one, because, Wyona / Lenya positions itself in a market 
> where graphic design is an issue. If we won't get the Lenya message 
> clear (also through means like a logo), then it's harder to spread the 
> news.
>
>>
>>> My impression as I first saw it was, that somebody with quite a 
>>> graphical eye put some work in it. And that's very rare in the OSS 
>>> world.
>>
>> Yes, Wyona scores quite high in this area. Well, the website
>> could need a little facelift :) If we seriously consider a
>> design relaunch, we should first collect some opinions - what shall
>> Lenya communicate, what feelings and associations shall people
>> have when they look at the website?
>>
>>
>
> ACK!
>
> Do you have an idea how this collection can be done? Or do you (or 
> wyona.com) already thought about this?
>
> --mv
>