One more +1 for the eye/sun O. I don't think I thought "eye" when i saw it, but I think having an eye there is actually a cool little detail.
I think Shalin should revive his poll with your logo versions once they are ready. Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: Nick Jenkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:24:57 AM > Subject: Re: Solr Logo thought > > I like the O, it is both the sun and it looks like an eye which suits > in with the search. > Good stuff. > -Nick > On 8/21/08, Lukáš Vlček wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Well, the eye looking O is not intentional. It is more a result of the > > techique I used when doing the initial skatch. Believe it or not this > > design > > started at magnetic drawing board (http://www.reggies.co.za/nov/nov274.jpg) > > which I use now when playing with my 2 year old daughter. It is an > > excellent > > piece of hardware and though it lacks in terms of output resolution and is > > not presure sensitive and its undo capatilities are very limitted it > > outperforms my A4+ Wacom tablet in terms of bootup time and is absolutely > > *green energy* equipment. But as I mentioned, its resolution is quite low > > and thus the vectorized version is not perfect yet. > > > > Anyway, I think that eye looking O is an interesting observation I will > > work > > on this because I see that it can be confuzing. > > > > Regards, > > Lukas > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Mike Klaas wrote: > > > > > Nice job Lukas; the professionalism and quality of work is evident. I > > like > > > aspects of the logo, but too am having trouble getting past the > > eye-looking > > > O. Is it intentional (eye:look:search, etc)? > > > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > > > On 20-Aug-08, at 5:25 AM, Mark Miller wrote: > > > > > > I went through the same thought process - it took a couple minutes for > > the > > >> whole thing to grow on me. Perhaps a tweak to the O if your looking for > some > > >> constructive criticism? > > >> > > >> Again though, I really think its an awesome multipurpose logo. Works > > well > > >> in color, b/w, large, small, and just the sun part as a facicon/other. > > >> > > >> Grant Ingersoll wrote: > > >> > > >>> It's pretty good, for me. My first thought is it is an eye (the orange > > >>> reminds me of eyelashes), and then the second thought is it is the > > Sun. > Take > > >>> that w/ a grain of salt, though, there's a reason why I do server-side > code > > >>> and not user interfaces and graphic design. :-) > > >>> > > >>> -Grant > > >>> > > >>> On Aug 20, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Lukáš Vlček wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Hi, > > >>>> > > >>>> Only few responded so far. How we can get more feedback? Do you think > > I > > >>>> should work on the proposal a little bit more and then attach it to > > >>>> SOLR-84? > > >>>> > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> Lukas > > >>>> > > >>>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Otis Gospodnetic < > > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> I like it, even its asymmetry. :) > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Otis > > >>>>> -- > > >>>>> Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> ----- Original Message ---- > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> From: Lukáš Vlček > > >>>>>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > > >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:02:25 PM > > >>>>>> Subject: Re: Solr Logo thought > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Hi, > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> My initial draft of Solr logo can be found here: > > >>>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/lukas.vlcek/Solr > > >>>>>> The reason why I haven't attached it to SOLR-84 for now is that this > > >>>>>> is > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> just > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> draft and not final design (there are a lot of unfinished details). > > I > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> would > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> like to get some feedback before I spend more time on it. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I had several ideas but in the end I found that the simplicity works > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> best. > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Simple font, sun motive, just two colors. Should look fine in both > > the > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> large > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> and small formats. As for the favicon I would use the sun motive > > only > > >>>>>> - > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> it > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> means the O letter with the beams. The logo font still needs a lot > > of > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> small > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> (but important) touches. For now I would like to get feedback mostly > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> about > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> the basic idea. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Regards, > > >>>>>> Lukas > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Mark Miller wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Plenty left, but here is a template to get things started: > > >>>>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/solr/LogoContest > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Speaking of which, if we want to maintain the momentum of interest > > in > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>> this > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> topic, someone (ie: not me) should setup a "LogoContest" wiki page > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> with some > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> of the "goals" discussed in the various threads on solr-user and > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> solr-dev > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> recently, as well as draft up some good guidelines for how we should > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> run the > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> contest > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://blog.lukas-vlcek.com/ > >
