So my first thoughts are that this logo looks like it was knocked up in about fifteen minutes. I think it's terrible.
I am not a graphic designer, but to my eye there is far too much white space around the bird. Take most other successful logos: Ubuntu (circle), OpenSolaris (circle), Red Hat logo (circle/square), Apple (circle), etc.
Then there's the fact that it is a phoenix. It's very cute and I get the symbolism but I strongly feel that moving past OpenSolaris is critical - the ties back to the founding of illumos are distracting from the project, at least for me.
I want illumos to stand on its own, I appreciate the heritage but I don't want it forced down my throat at every opportunity.
Why not take this back to the drawing board, maybe get a designer enthusiastic to the cause involved and take things from there?
[Image] Today at the OpenStorage Summit 2010, I unveiled the new illumos logo. We will be updating our branding, which also includes a new font, and other elements, over the next few weeks.
There were other updates on illumos that I covered in this talk. I think this was recorded, but I'm not sure right now where it was recorded and how to acces it. I'll be sure to share that when I find out.
posted by Garrett D'Amore at 11:56 PM on Oct 27, 2010
"New illumos logo"
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Very stylish. Miles better than the original logo.
October 28, 2010 at 1:25 AM
Great logo. Can you put the vector graphic version of it out for download?
October 28, 2010 at 1:51 AM
So my first thoughts are that this logo looks like it was knocked up in about fifteen minutes. I think it's terrible.
I am not a graphic designer, but to my eye there is far too much white space around the bird. Take most other successful logos: Ubuntu (circle), OpenSolaris (circle), Red Hat logo (circle/square), Apple (circle), etc.
Then there's the fact that it is a phoenix. It's very cute and I get the symbolism but I strongly feel that moving past OpenSolaris is critical - the ties back to the founding of illumos are distracting from the project, at least for me.
I want illumos to stand on its own, I appreciate the heritage but I don't want it forced down my throat at every opportunity.
Why not take this back to the drawing board, maybe get a designer enthusiastic to the cause involved and take things from there?
October 28, 2010 at 2:22 AM
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10460996
;-)
October 28, 2010 at 3:29 AM
i'm impressed. it's a really nice logo. what fonts will you be using?
October 28, 2010 at 6:47 AM
Is it a phoenix?
October 28, 2010 at 7:16 AM
Andrew: That video is made private by the owner. Can you please open it up?
October 28, 2010 at 2:40 PM
Check out the logo for SkySQL:
http://www.skysql.com/
October 29, 2010 at 12:38 AM
Well lookin logo.
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