Rockbox Logo...

[haibane]

You know what my biggest problem with the rockbox logo is. Its the fact that its yellow. Yellow isn't the most appealing color,

Well, to reinforce the point that Linus made earlier:



Clearly, yellow can be effective as the color of a logo.

   

Extremely screamy colors never are that good really. For instance neon green would look horrid on this logo

Um, so don't use neon green with it?

Good point febs, but i must agree with ipod foo. The majority of the people don't use the yellow as a large background. Even in gaim as llorean points out for an example. Its the little man key word 'little'. I wasn't saying toss out yellow all together, but instead I was trying to say avoid it as a full on background. The golden arches you can't really argue is the same thing as that is one big symbol and not a background for a logo.

In this version the red is the big huge push for the image. This is the version I grew up seeing, and I honestly don't see the logo that much anymore so I am not sure what it really looks like.

[soap]

If you want to escape the yellow background, giving the current logo more of a "blueprint" feel with colour choices would be consistent with the drafting style look it purposefully has.  Blue background, white text and draft marks.

[Chronon]

That's kind of a cool idea.  I wouldn't mind seeing some instances of that.  

[iPodFoo]

Ive often wondered, what does the "drafting" lines signify? That its a work-in-progress? So what happens when Rockbox is properly released? Will it still be represented as a work-in-progress?

[Febs]

I don't see why not.  I will still BE a work in progress.

[Chronon]

Stasis = death.

It's vital [pun intended] that Rockbox continue to be a dynamic project.  As such "work-in-progress" is hardly a mark against it.

[haibane]

Anyone willing to try the inverted logo?

[wafflesomd]

Just for no good reason:

Those are awsome.

[Yotto]

Anyone willing to try the inverted logo?

I didn't like it, too black.

[Cassandra]

Personally I've never been a huge fan of the logo - it's a little to busy in my opinion, plus orange is such an ugly colour.  Having said that, I've yet to see a better one.

Of course, my dislike for the Rockbox logo could explain why my Rockbox poloshirt seems to have vanished on the way back from Devcon.  And I *did* like that.

[Spug]

I also, humbly, dislike the logo a bit. The color is fine (but what do I know, I run once-brown Ubuntu), but the logo itself is pretty busy.

If it were to go in that direction (a symbol representing the project) it could even very well coexist with the existing logo. More of a mascot image. BSD Daemon, Linux's Tux, etc. Any cute little critters seem appropriate?

That's what I'm thinking as well. If there's no consensus (or chief decision) that it should be changed, it'd be nice if there was a smaller logo that was more of an "icon", like  perhaps in addition to the logo, like the McDonalds arches or the Windows windows. There is now, to some extent; the G-clef is used as the website's favicon. I think it's a little too generic, but then again, Rockbox doesn't really need its own "branding". Personally, I think the blue note thing by jeanreno is the best one yet. The color doesn't seem bad to me either; the entire website is already blue, after all. It could be recolored in yellow too, I guess.

Just for no good reason:

They're very professional-looking, that's for sure. I really like the round ones. The boxed one was a nice idea and a good way to incorporate the name, but I'm not sure if the outcome works.

[Cassandra]

We should have a Rockbox Badger.

Because there aren't enough badgers in the world.

[Llorean]

YES! Seconded!

[scorche]

We already have a Bagder...does that count?

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