[Swansea Hackspace] Re: Hackspace Digest, Vol 4, Issue 5

[Tim Moore]

I liked all of them but the location is Swansea  or Abertawe, or even both
should be boldly stated as part of the Logo !

:  )))

Tim_1

On 7 April 2013 12:00, <hackspace-request at swansea.hackspace.org.uk> wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:01:40 +0100
> From: Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Logos
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> On Fri, 2013-04-05 at 20:06 +0100, Tom Lloyd wrote:
> > Evening all,
> >
> >
> > As promised, I've come up with a few candidate logos for our fledgling
> > group.  You can find them here, along with my initial ideas page which
> > I used as a sort of mood board:
> >
> > https://sucs.org/~tlloyd87/hackspace/
> >
> >
> > All 3 designs feature a hammer and soldering iron.  No particular
> > reason for this, but they represent what we're about fairly well, and
> > have distinctive silhouettes for that blocky "no frills" look.
> >
> > I've tried not to be constrained by the "Big H" hackspace design -
> > while there's nothing inherently wrong with it there are only so many
> > variations you can make, and I see no reason why we shouldn't deviate
> > if we want to.  In any case, logo3 should look somewhat familiar :)
>
> I am rather fond of the "Big H", it is already well establish as meaning
> hackspace, what i was really hoping for was something that would
> hint/suggest Swansea about it.
>
> Taking just the city logo shade of red isnt enough on its own as its too
> similar a shade to the original logo, hence wanting an additional tweak.
>
> i have mashed together logo 3, the big H and the city colour, but i fear
> its still not quite right somehow.
>
> http://sucs.org/~arthur/hackspace/
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> Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 13:35:03 +0100
> From: Tom Lloyd <napalmllama at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Logos
> To: Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk>
> Cc: "hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk"
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> When I was brainstorming ideas I tried to think of something that would say
> "Swansea", but nothing came to mind.  None of the other hackspaces seem to
> have their location embedded in their logo, so I figured that while it
> would be nice, it's not a big deal if we don't either.  If anyone can think
> of anything, let's hear it.
>
> Colour-wise I went for greens and browns to evoke a community, grass-roots
> feel.  Red does that quite nicely too, in its own way.
>
> I think logo 3 seems to be the favourite so far.  I'm in the middle of
> tweaking it to fit the established "Hackspace H" better in any case, so
> I'll post a few variations on that when it's ready.
>
> -- Tom
>
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> On 6 April 2013 13:01, Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2013-04-05 at 20:06 +0100, Tom Lloyd wrote:
> > > Evening all,
> > >
> > >
> > > As promised, I've come up with a few candidate logos for our fledgling
> > > group.  You can find them here, along with my initial ideas page which
> > > I used as a sort of mood board:
> > >
> > > https://sucs.org/~tlloyd87/hackspace/
> > >
> > >
> > > All 3 designs feature a hammer and soldering iron.  No particular
> > > reason for this, but they represent what we're about fairly well, and
> > > have distinctive silhouettes for that blocky "no frills" look.
> > >
> > > I've tried not to be constrained by the "Big H" hackspace design -
> > > while there's nothing inherently wrong with it there are only so many
> > > variations you can make, and I see no reason why we shouldn't deviate
> > > if we want to.  In any case, logo3 should look somewhat familiar :)
> >
> > I am rather fond of the "Big H", it is already well establish as meaning
> > hackspace, what i was really hoping for was something that would
> > hint/suggest Swansea about it.
> >
> > Taking just the city logo shade of red isnt enough on its own as its too
> > similar a shade to the original logo, hence wanting an additional tweak.
> >
> > i have mashed together logo 3, the big H and the city colour, but i fear
> > its still not quite right somehow.
> >
> > http://sucs.org/~arthur/hackspace/
> >
> >
> >
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