[CREATE] LGM 2010 Website

[peter]

hi there,

was planning to stay out of this thread, but hey;
just a quick note to thank the graphic labourers who dedicated time, 
energy, professional skill to redress the LGM style,(better late then 
never!)
and to express my appreciation for the great visuals,
think it will make a super LGM 2010 site

>> The logo you have developed is actually very strong and I don’t see the 
>> point of going back to the splash now that we have this new logo.
> 
> I have no particular attachment to any of the logos. I do have 
> preferences, which I expressed in the round for *subjective* opinions. 

I agree with Louis and others before:
the proposed style is strong, beuatiful svg treatment, hooked on the 
rocking logo -
looking forward to buying that t-shirt!

>> In this discussion, unless someone comes up with another project, it’s 
>> going to be difficult to discuss every detail and try to make everyone 
>> happy.

> A logo is not a detail. It is meant 
> to represent "us" - whatever "us" means and whoever "us" is. I honestly 
> feel more attachement to the ink splash than to three abstract squares.

"us" is not "I";

My modest opinion is that the ink-splash does not represent creative 
work in the digital age. Just like we find the steam train no longer an 
appropriate icon to represent locomotives, I think the ink spalsh has 
qualified as an anachronism some time ago,
well, no, should be nuanced, not entirely just, I should add: for 
graphic (or other artistic / creative / design digital) work --
of course lots of artists do use ink, paint and other liquids, & fair 
enough to choose an image of a tool you work with as a logo, --
-but in the frame of LGM we are talking about work that is done with 
software tools
& ... square pixels, code blocks, rectangular screens, boxed windows, 
copies + rips  ...

>> it’s a package deal and I hope we can live with it and with enthusiasm !
> 
> is there an alternative? sounds like "take it or leave it" to me. The 
> power of Open Source is that there is no package deal. Mix, Match, 
> Remix. If you do it the right way, people will follow with enthusiasm.

Yuv, curious for your remix !
please post a link to the list,

for the moment: THNX 1000000 x to the design team for proposing this 
fresh splash of digital imagery,
i love it.

ciao,
peter