Re: [website-dev] New logo for the website

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Ivan M <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Alexandro,
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote:
>> BTW I am not sure if I miss something but I havent seen any proposals
>> or tryouts.
>
> Two proposals were made in this thread (see Goran's email dated 4 June
> and my email dated 5 June) - I posted a summary to the branding list
> with links. So far, the second option (adapting the header colors) is
> preferred.
>
>> I was thinking on cleaning the site more, and have less
>> overal blue. This will help us get rid of the dilema of the background
>> on the header.
>>
>> It would make the site more sober but I think that is the overal
>> intend of the new design. The Splashscreen also has no background
>> color.
>>
>> I put a mockup here: http://alexandro.biz/try1.png
>
> The contrast between the text inside the header and a white background
> is too low and the S-curve really looks out of place by itself

I dont think I agree with that statement, it might look out of place
because we are used to seeing it like that. But I have use this for
headers by itself and look quite approriate. Look at
http://education.openoffice.org under the title of the project for
example.


> - more
> drastic changes would need to be made to make your proposal work. It
> is also important to note that the minimalism present in 3.2.1 may be
> temporary - when additional branding elements are added, things may
> look a little different. I'd rather we keep the changes to a minimum

I am confused, on one side you want to keep changes to a minimum but
on the other side you acknowledge drastic changes are needed. So what
it's going to be?

The changes I bring are still considered minimum as there is just the
selection of taking out the blue background from the header. The
pantone could go untouched that way. Text in the upper right could be
just blacked as the rest of the text to increast contrastability.

> now and focus on the redesign (where we can rethink many things)
> rather than working too hard to adapt the existing design to the new
> identity, and rethinking only one or two parts. This is only a (very)
> temporary solution.
>
> Regards,
> Ivan.
>



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