[Swansea Hackspace] Logos

[Paul Harwood]

Hi Tom 

https://sucs.org/~tlloyd87/hackspace/r2/swan-concept.png

I think this one is great! They are all really good. Personally, I think logos that are too literal leave to little to the imagination and can be uninspiring (although there is a reasonable limit to that), so for me the style of the logo above is lovely.

One word of caution though, with all the designs is that they may lose their detail and impact once shrunk down to a letterhead or leaflet size or as a twitter logo.

A good test is always to put it up against other well recognised and/or competing logos on the same page. That way you can see how well it would stand out.

Cheers

Paul

Sent from my iPad

On 7 Apr 2013, at 18:06, Tom Lloyd <napalmllama at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello again,
> 
> I've produced the next batch of logos.  They're all variations on the "Hackspace H" design, as that seems to be the most popular.
> 
> Find them here: https://sucs.org/~tlloyd87/hackspace/r2/
> 
> Of particular interest may be a design loosely based on the Welsh flag, a copper-themed one, and an experimental design incorporating the outline of a swan.  Thanks to Neil for these ideas.  The rest are all the same, just with different colour combinations.
> 
> Again, these are all work-in-progress, so please let me know what you think!  The more opinions I hear, the better the finished logo will represent the group.
> 
> All the best,
> Tom :)
> 
> 
> On 7 April 2013 13:59, Tom Lloyd <napalmllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>> That is helpful, thankyou.  I'll have a play with those ideas and see what happens.  The idea of a red H on a green/white background had occurred to me - although I'd feel a bit funny about designing it, as I'm English :)  I think if we wanted to, we could take a Welsh flag inspired design for our own, as Cardiff haven't and I don't think there any other Welsh cities big enough to support a hackspace.  Carpe draco, if you will.
>> 
>> I've got a big page of corporate logo designs open in a tab somewhere that I was going to look at for inspiration, so I'll add the Copper Quarter stuff to that.
>> 
>> Thanks for your input, you've given me a bit to think about :)
>> 
>> -- Tom
>> 
>> 
>> On 7 April 2013 08:01, Carter N. <N.Carter at swansea.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> Hi Tom,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> >When I was brainstorming ideas I tried to think of
>>> > something that would say "Swansea", but nothing came to mind. 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your enthusiastic and talented efforts in this. Contrary to your comment that nothing came to mind, I notice that you have the outline of a swan on your mood board! My impression was that the curve of the soldering iron cable and/or that of the claw hammer might be adapted into a swan neck (don't ask me how to do that; I'm useless at graphical design ;-). You obvously have an ability for this sort of thing, so I'll leave this thought in your capable mind :-)
>>> 
>>> Not sure if featuring Wales (dragon, green and white horizontal stripes with red foreground) would be specific enough.
>>> 
>>> Hmm, come to think of it, there's a major urban restoration project going on just north of the city, relating to the old copper works that were there. "Cu Swansea" I think it's called. Given copper's fundamental link with hacking, one might find inspiration in the restoration project's artwork and materials.
>>> 
>>> I hope this is helpful.
>>> 
>>> Best wishes,
>>> 
>>> Neil
> 
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