[corkbiomakerspace] Re: Logo thoughts?
- From: "Cathal (phone)" <cathalgarvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: corkbiomakerspace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,jean o neill <jean.oneill@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:44:16 +0100
Wow, I love it! Sorry I'm slow responding I'm dealing with sick kids..
Starting with an effy tree might be worth a try, but even as-is I think it's
great!
On 1 July 2014 01:35:15 GMT+01:00, jean o neill <jean.oneill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>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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