Rockbox Logo...

[senab]

Hey all,

I've been thinking over the last couple of days of the rockbox logo, and how it's....slightly.... boring. I know I'll probably get shot down by Llorean for saying this, but it's my opinion. Just wondering what everyone else thinks...

[Llorean]

People have brought this up before, but nobody has yet managed to create a logo idea that ends up being deemed 'better.'

[senab]

So could people design a logo, then seen what the dev's think?

[Llorean]

People have done it in the past. I warn you, most of the devs are fairly content with the current one. People often try to make rather large changes that don't really preserve the feel of the original, and that tends to not go over great.

[senab]

OK, noted. I'll see what I come up with...

[psycho_maniac]

i saw a boot up logo on the patches page. i cannot find it now. drivers me crazy that i cant find it. mabey somebody else can. (it was only for certin players though) h3xx and ipods 5g(i think) it had rockbox on the top and a chick raising her hand up in the air and holding the player in that hand

[NicolasP]

@psycho_maniac : I think you're looking for this...

[Febs]

Logos can be "boring" and still be effective for the purpose of being a logo.  

In fact, simple is often better for logos.

Look at some examples.  The iPod "logo" is simple the word "iPod" in a specific font:



Likewise, the Microsoft logo is extremely plain:

[senab]

@Feb's: I'm not saying they can't be. It's just to me, the rockbox logo looks like a bit of a mish mash.

[Yotto]

the rockbox logo looks like a bit of a mish mash.

Which, to me, captures the spirit of Rockbox insanely well

[psycho_maniac]

@NicolasP thanks i knew i saw it somewhere as soon as i saw jblog i knew it was the right link.
also the google image is kinda plane. with some coloring

but the firefox logo is kinda cool (taken from firefox's google page)

[Llorean]

The Rockbox logo to me looks very much like it's under construction. It feels unpolished, but looks fairly solid. Which to me fits well with my personal mental image of Rockbox.

[Atheistic Freedom]

Yeah, it's like some modern industrial sign  

Who was the creator of it anyway?

[LinusN]

It's made by a swedish guy called Thomas Saeys. For the record, I like the current logo a lot.

[JdGordon]

speaking of logo changes, what ever happened to the guy threatening to redesign the whole website?