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The new log was submitted by Ruth who tweets at UtopianLibrary. She had this to say about the designs she submitted.
i worked with “transliteracy” as defined here on L&T, the macbook dictionary definition of “logo,” and the following guidelines to come up with this logo. the guidelines are from my own experience. a few are lessons i learned from my father when i entered a safety poster contest in 5th grade. those lessons stuck.
– a logo should speak its message without a whole lot of detail or explanation
– a logo should withstand time, at least until someone decides the image needs an overhaul
– logo art should be camera ready and easily/cleanly reproducible in various formats and sizes (print, digital, t-shirt, button, sidewalk chalk, skywriting)
– a logo’s color should be user’s choice and flexibleand for this specific logo…
-libraries have the tools and potential to reach globally and touch locally
-there are no symbols for the usable platforms, tools, or media that haven’t been discovered yetand that’s pretty much it.
I would like to thank everyone who put time and effort and thought into submitting a logo, I wish we could have used all of them.
February 26, 2011 at 10:55 am
[…] to for a logo and had to make a hard choice between all the awesome entries to come up with the official logo and made some great swag […]
September 11, 2010 at 12:35 am
Hmmm. I thought I had a shot. Nice one, Ruth!
August 7, 2010 at 10:35 am
thanks for the kind words, Stephen.
and yes, a logo should be easily reproducible in tattoo format, too. I’ll take the first (temporary) stamp!
August 7, 2010 at 9:20 am
Love it. Nice symbol and explanation.
Who gets to do the first tattoo!?
Suggestion: Make some temp ones.
Stephen
August 7, 2010 at 10:35 am
Thanks Stephen! I think Tom said he was going to get it tattooed on his arm before IL so we could all see it 🙂
Great suggestion for temporary ones, I’ll look into it! and of course I expect you to wear one !