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Posted to dev@cassandra.apache.org by Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com> on 2009/09/23 18:39:19 UTC
Logo Design Contest
A logo design contest is now underway at 99designs.com.
http://99designs.com/contests/28940
The contest brief can be found here:
http://99designs.com/contests/28940/brief. If you're worried that it's
missing something critical (or includes something it shouldn't), leave a
comment on the contest page and/or let me know right away.
I encourage everyone to bookmark the page, to check it frequently, and
be sure to leave plenty of feedback as designs are submitted!
Thanks,
--
Eric Evans
eevans@rackspace.com
Re: Logo Design Contest
Posted by Sal Fuentes <fu...@gmail.com>.
When I was originally envisioning a logo for Cassandra I was thinking of
somehow subtly blending the idea of a Big table on top of a ring of
connected nodes. I think
http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12420126/unstacked-pair.png was
an example of this. Of course I don't know if that was intentional but it
was there (I guess that's art for you). Now it may be that this Cassandra
community would like to differentiate itself as a completely independent
system by not having these associations in its logo, but at least I wanted
to put it out there and see what you ladies and gentlemen think. So my
question is: Are these ideas worth a mention in the contest brief?
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com> wrote:
>
> A logo design contest is now underway at 99designs.com.
>
> http://99designs.com/contests/28940
>
> The contest brief can be found here:
> http://99designs.com/contests/28940/brief. If you're worried that it's
> missing something critical (or includes something it shouldn't), leave a
> comment on the contest page and/or let me know right away.
>
> I encourage everyone to bookmark the page, to check it frequently, and
> be sure to leave plenty of feedback as designs are submitted!
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Eric Evans
> eevans@rackspace.com
>
>
--
Salvador Fuentes Jr.
323-540-4SAL
Re: Your Feedback Needed (was: Logo Design Contest)
Posted by Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com>.
You just need to sign up for an account and then you can comment on
the main contest page. (Only the proposal submitter can comment on
the individual entry pages.)
-Jonathan
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Jayaraman Sampathkumar
<ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Eric,
>
> 99designs does not permit me to comment on its website. But entry #4
> (http://99designs.com/contests/28940/designers/307642#entry-4) has a lot of
> potential with hexagon-star type logo motif.
>
> I would prefer white background to go with the websites. The font typeface
> has to be bolder(?) while comparing to logo motif. Hexagon could probably be
> in darker shades of gray. Its just faded in white background
>
> Thanks
> Jay
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com> wrote:
>>
>> We're one day into the 99designs.com logo contest and there are already
>> some interesting proposals (8 as of this moment).
>>
>> Feedback on the designs is an important part of this process though so
>> please don't wait until the last minute, head over to
>> http://99designs.com/contests/28940, have a look at the submissions, and
>> leave some comments.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Eric Evans
>> eevans@rackspace.com
>>
>
>
Re: Your Feedback Needed (was: Logo Design Contest)
Posted by Jayaraman Sampathkumar <ja...@gmail.com>.
Eric,
99designs does not permit me to comment on its website. But entry #4 (
http://99designs.com/contests/28940/designers/307642#entry-4) has a lot of
potential with hexagon-star type logo motif.
I would prefer white background to go with the websites. The font typeface
has to be bolder(?) while comparing to logo motif. Hexagon could probably be
in darker shades of gray. Its just faded in white background
Thanks
Jay
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com> wrote:
>
> We're one day into the 99designs.com logo contest and there are already
> some interesting proposals (8 as of this moment).
>
> Feedback on the designs is an important part of this process though so
> please don't wait until the last minute, head over to
> http://99designs.com/contests/28940, have a look at the submissions, and
> leave some comments.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Eric Evans
> eevans@rackspace.com
>
>
Re: Your Feedback Needed (was: Logo Design Contest)
Posted by Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com>.
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:29 -0700, Sal Fuentes wrote:
> Would it not be fair to somehow include the existing logo designs
> in http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-231 ?
Yes, it would, and I left a comment to that effect[1] earlier today.
[1]
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-231?focusedCommentId=12759241&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#action_12759241
--
Eric Evans
eevans@rackspace.com
Re: Your Feedback Needed (was: Logo Design Contest)
Posted by Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com>.
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:29 -0700, Sal Fuentes wrote:
> Would it not be fair to somehow include the existing logo designs
> in http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-231 ?
Yes, it would, and I left a comment to that effect[1] earlier today.
[1]
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-231?focusedCommentId=12759241&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#action_12759241
--
Eric Evans
eevans@rackspace.com
Re: Your Feedback Needed (was: Logo Design Contest)
Posted by Sal Fuentes <fu...@gmail.com>.
Would it not be fair to somehow include the existing logo designs in
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-231 ?
--
Salvador Fuentes Jr.
Your Feedback Needed (was: Logo Design Contest)
Posted by Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com>.
We're one day into the 99designs.com logo contest and there are already
some interesting proposals (8 as of this moment).
Feedback on the designs is an important part of this process though so
please don't wait until the last minute, head over to
http://99designs.com/contests/28940, have a look at the submissions, and
leave some comments.
Thanks!
--
Eric Evans
eevans@rackspace.com
Re: Logo Design Contest
Posted by Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com>.
On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 11:39 -0500, Eric Evans wrote:
> A logo design contest is now underway at 99designs.com.
>
> http://99designs.com/contests/28940
>
> The contest brief can be found here:
> http://99designs.com/contests/28940/brief. If you're worried that it's
> missing something critical (or includes something it shouldn't), leave a
> comment on the contest page and/or let me know right away.
The submission part of the 99designs.com contest is now over; we ended
up with a whopping 618 submissions (yikes). Now comes the hard part,
picking a winner. :)
Fortunately, a number of people have been following the contest and
providing feedback in the comments area or in #cassandra, and as a
result we've got the list weeded down to the best 48 designs[0].
However, since it's probably not practical to run a vote with more than
say 10 or 15 options, the final ballot will likely be limited to those
entries rated 4 or 5 stars[1].
I'll wait a few days before starting up a vote to give everyone a chance
to weigh-in on what should make the final ballot. Your opinion matters,
so take a look at the contest page and either send me your suggestions,
or bring them up here on the list.
Thanks,
[0]
http://99designs.com/contests/28940?orderby=timesubmitted&filterby=noteliminated
[1]
http://99designs.com/contests/28940?orderby=timesubmitted&filterby=highrating
--
Eric Evans
eevans@rackspace.com
Re: Logo Design Contest
Posted by Curt Micol <as...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com> wrote:
> Does this mean that everyone is happy with the 11 candidate logos?
> http://99designs.com/contests/28940?orderby=timesubmitted&filterby=highrating
>
> We'll need to start a vote soon (there are time limits imposed by
> 99designs for awarding the payout).
The only 3 star that I would perhaps like to see promoted in the final
vote is #576. It's really grown on me, I think it has elements of both
the mythology and the columns up top are kind of significant in a
number of ways. They kind of look like server racks, column oriented
database and greek in their design.
Anyways, other than that I think there's a good selection to fit a
diverse community. Now lets just hope there is a clear winner. :)
Thanks for your work on this Eric.
--
# Curt Micol
Re: Logo Design Contest
Posted by Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com>.
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 16:13 -0500, Eric Evans wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 11:39 -0500, Eric Evans wrote:
> > A logo design contest is now underway at 99designs.com.
> >
> > http://99designs.com/contests/28940
> >
> > The contest brief can be found here:
> > http://99designs.com/contests/28940/brief. If you're worried that it's
> > missing something critical (or includes something it shouldn't), leave a
> > comment on the contest page and/or let me know right away.
>
> The submission part of the 99designs.com contest is now over; we ended
> up with a whopping 618 submissions (yikes). Now comes the hard part,
> picking a winner. :)
>
> Fortunately, a number of people have been following the contest and
> providing feedback in the comments area or in #cassandra, and as a
> result we've got the list weeded down to the best 48 designs[0].
> However, since it's probably not practical to run a vote with more than
> say 10 or 15 options, the final ballot will likely be limited to those
> entries rated 4 or 5 stars[1].
>
> I'll wait a few days before starting up a vote to give everyone a chance
> to weigh-in on what should make the final ballot. Your opinion matters,
> so take a look at the contest page and either send me your suggestions,
> or bring them up here on the list.
Does this mean that everyone is happy with the 11 candidate logos?
http://99designs.com/contests/28940?orderby=timesubmitted&filterby=highrating
We'll need to start a vote soon (there are time limits imposed by
99designs for awarding the payout).
--
Eric Evans
eevans@rackspace.com
Re: Logo Design Contest
Posted by Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com>.
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 16:13 -0500, Eric Evans wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 11:39 -0500, Eric Evans wrote:
> > A logo design contest is now underway at 99designs.com.
> >
> > http://99designs.com/contests/28940
> >
> > The contest brief can be found here:
> > http://99designs.com/contests/28940/brief. If you're worried that it's
> > missing something critical (or includes something it shouldn't), leave a
> > comment on the contest page and/or let me know right away.
>
> The submission part of the 99designs.com contest is now over; we ended
> up with a whopping 618 submissions (yikes). Now comes the hard part,
> picking a winner. :)
>
> Fortunately, a number of people have been following the contest and
> providing feedback in the comments area or in #cassandra, and as a
> result we've got the list weeded down to the best 48 designs[0].
> However, since it's probably not practical to run a vote with more than
> say 10 or 15 options, the final ballot will likely be limited to those
> entries rated 4 or 5 stars[1].
>
> I'll wait a few days before starting up a vote to give everyone a chance
> to weigh-in on what should make the final ballot. Your opinion matters,
> so take a look at the contest page and either send me your suggestions,
> or bring them up here on the list.
Does this mean that everyone is happy with the 11 candidate logos?
http://99designs.com/contests/28940?orderby=timesubmitted&filterby=highrating
We'll need to start a vote soon (there are time limits imposed by
99designs for awarding the payout).
--
Eric Evans
eevans@rackspace.com
Re: Logo Design Contest
Posted by Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com>.
On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 11:39 -0500, Eric Evans wrote:
> A logo design contest is now underway at 99designs.com.
>
> http://99designs.com/contests/28940
>
> The contest brief can be found here:
> http://99designs.com/contests/28940/brief. If you're worried that it's
> missing something critical (or includes something it shouldn't), leave a
> comment on the contest page and/or let me know right away.
The submission part of the 99designs.com contest is now over; we ended
up with a whopping 618 submissions (yikes). Now comes the hard part,
picking a winner. :)
Fortunately, a number of people have been following the contest and
providing feedback in the comments area or in #cassandra, and as a
result we've got the list weeded down to the best 48 designs[0].
However, since it's probably not practical to run a vote with more than
say 10 or 15 options, the final ballot will likely be limited to those
entries rated 4 or 5 stars[1].
I'll wait a few days before starting up a vote to give everyone a chance
to weigh-in on what should make the final ballot. Your opinion matters,
so take a look at the contest page and either send me your suggestions,
or bring them up here on the list.
Thanks,
[0]
http://99designs.com/contests/28940?orderby=timesubmitted&filterby=noteliminated
[1]
http://99designs.com/contests/28940?orderby=timesubmitted&filterby=highrating
--
Eric Evans
eevans@rackspace.com
Your Feedback Needed (was: Logo Design Contest)
Posted by Eric Evans <ee...@rackspace.com>.
We're one day into the 99designs.com logo contest and there are already
some interesting proposals (8 as of this moment).
Feedback on the designs is an important part of this process though so
please don't wait until the last minute, head over to
http://99designs.com/contests/28940, have a look at the submissions, and
leave some comments.
Thanks!
--
Eric Evans
eevans@rackspace.com