[corkbiomakerspace] Re: Logo thoughts?
- From: jean o neill <jean.oneill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "corkbiomakerspace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <corkbiomakerspace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 01:35:15 +0100
What think ye of this? I've had options of text changing and a bit of
tweaking, (see how the white's not so good on it :/ ) but it's vectorable,
and orientable so can be rendered less rectangular more circular for
stickers etc if needs be? I was thinking , based on Áine's marvelous idea,
maybe the 'f' could start the double strand?
On 30 June 2014 11:10, jean o neill <jean.oneill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> no, the primary colours will be grand. AFAIK (and I'll check tomorrow to
> be 100%) it comes down to blocks essentially, so if say, we're doing headed
> paper, the logo in primary colors is less of a block of colour area wise
> than the same colours on a dark background on a white page. White paper is
> cheaper than dark papers for leaflets etc too it seems (constant thing of
> complaint in the gallery I'm in, we print everything on black...), but if
> you are going dark background, then it's easier to have it all dark and
> text/logos all the one other colour. But with all that said, I'm by no
> means an expert, I'll talk to them that knows tomorrow and tell ye all for
> definite :)
>
>
> On 30 June 2014 10:29, Áine Cahill <aine.cahill@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Good point Jean, that's why I was a little concerned about the "vibe" of
>> the logo.... It could be a little too aggressive for what we are going for!
>> Maybe if we kept the untwisting into an "F" shape but softened the colour
>> scheme and ditched the stitches?? I'm not sure I understand how the colour
>> affects price though, is it how strong the colour is or the actual shade?
>> As in if we went with bold primary colours would that be the same issue as
>> a black background?
>>
>> Cathal I do think it would look better if it was actually a double helix
>> untwisting but my Paint was stuck on ladder mode! :)
>>
>>
>> On 30 June 2014 10:21, jean o neill <jean.oneill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I think they're fabulous :) The two thinkgs I'd comment on, and really
>>> it's just me being nit picky, is cost if we have a dark background, while
>>> it will only amount to a few cent extra per piece, that may addd up over
>>> larger amounts, and with regard to referring back to the frankenscience,
>>> would it be the type of thing that Joe Public could see/take as a joke?
>>> I'm all for reclaiming it and making it our own, I think that it's hugely
>>> important that it is, but I'm not sure that the brand logo is the first
>>> place to do that, just cause someone somewhere would take it up wrong and
>>> that might cost funding. But with all that said, I'm incredibley hyper
>>> aware and sometimes overly paranod about these things, and my sense of
>>> humour just covers dry and droll, so I most likely am over thinking it all
>>>
>>>
>>> On 30 June 2014 10:09, Áine Cahill <aine.cahill@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi guys, this is something I was thinking of last night...
>>>> Unfortunately my Paint skills couldn't really capture what I was imagining
>>>> but I think ye can get the gist of what I mean!
>>>> So my idea for the logo would include:
>>>> - cork colours (although as a Kerry girl I have no great attachment to
>>>> them!)
>>>> - A double helix unwinding and replicating in a fork to form a rough
>>>> "F" shape
>>>> - A dark green segment of inserted ssDNA attached with staples/old
>>>> school stitches as a play on the Frankenscience aspect of things. It could
>>>> be a way of taking something that is used as a fearmongering tactic and
>>>> making it our own...
>>>> - It could be kept mostly simple and so would translate well to
>>>> different sizes.
>>>>
>>>> What do ye think?
>>>>
>>>> Áine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 30 June 2014 09:40, Cathal Garvey <cathalgarvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Very true re:white. Red is the more important colour, so it'll be
>>>>> grand. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Other options for corkiness include having a ship passing between two
>>>>> "towers" of DNA rising up from primordial soup (totally approachable to
>>>>> average bion00b, totally) or an image of tripe with "FORMA" emblazoned
>>>>> on it.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 30/06/14 08:50, jean o neill wrote:
>>>>> > In seriousness though, red is fine, but white will be difficult from
>>>>> the
>>>>> > pov of printing etc, unless we're going for a dark background, which
>>>>> could
>>>>> > be costlier again. I'll ask for definite, but otherwise, what about
>>>>> an
>>>>> > alternative contrasting colour?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On 29 June 2014 23:06, Jean O Neill <jean.oneill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Nah, blue and blue, cause we can only spell one colour good :D
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Sent from my iPod
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On 29 Jun 2014, at 22:33, Stephen Geary <sgeary@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On 29 June 2014 22:15, Cathal (phone) <cathalgarvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> Yellow for sulphur, brown for muck? I forget! :P
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> On 29 June 2014 22:11:42 GMT+01:00, Jean O Neill <
>>>>> jean.oneill@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Ah! *plots for good daycent aul Dublin colours * :D
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> On 29 Jun 2014, at 20:00, "Cathal (phone)" <
>>>>> cathalgarvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Cork colours! Not essential, of course..
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> On 29 June 2014 19:27:42 GMT+01:00, Jean O Neill <
>>>>> jean.oneill@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Shall be on Tuesday, so keep em coming. Why a red n white scheme
>>>>> in particular? Or am I picking up something wrong?
>>>>> >>>>> Jean
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> On 29 Jun 2014, at 19:16, Cathal Garvey <
>>>>> cathalgarvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> So, Jen; you get in touch with your designer peeps? :)
>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>> On 28/06/14 20:03, Cathal Garvey wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>> Oh I like the DNA-tree idea!
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>> Made me think of fusing it with the "tree of life", as
>>>>> enclosed.
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>> Naturally the final version would have to have red and white,
>>>>> rather
>>>>> >>>>>>> than red and yellow, if a white strand could be done with
>>>>> sufficient
>>>>> >>>>>>> contrast.
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>> Circles are nice, they
>>>>> >>>>>>> make
>>>>> >>>>>>> good badges and stickers. Also, we want the<
>>>>> >>>>>>> br />
>>>>> >>>>>>> name in the icon as Steve did, I'm just playing with imagery
>>>>> here..
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>> On 28/06/14 14:29, jean o neill wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>> So, just while everyone's fermenting with ideas and bubbling
>>>>> with
>>>>> >>>>>>>> creativity, I'm meeting with some friends during the week
>>>>> who have dabbled
>>>>> >>>>>>>> in design and I was going to approach them for logo ideas.
>>>>> Any thoughts on
>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>> what would be good? Something graphic? Minimalist? A dna
>>>>> strand unwinding
>>>>> >>>>>>>> into a tree and a seahorse? (That may be just me...) Any and
>>>>> all thoughts
>>>>> >>>>>>>> please.
>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>> --
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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