On 10/29/2015 02:43 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 10/28/2015 4:09 PM, ponce wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 23:02:59 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> On 10/28/2015 11:57 AM, ponce wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 18:10:04 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> What needs to be written next to it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks interesting but I fail to see "DConf". The text should read
>>>>> "DConf
>>>>> 2016/May 4-6/Berlin, Germany" -- Andrei
>>>>
>>>> That would give something like:
>>>> https://github.com/p0nce/dconf.org/blob/master/2016/images/logo-sample.png
>>>>
>>>
>>> The logo looks nice, but it doesn't seem to be evocative of D. I
>>> think there
>>> needs to be a theme to it, like "D saves the world", "D is cool
>>> tech", "D
>>> makes money for business", "D is the choice of cutting edge
>>> programmers", "D
>>> is the latest technology", etc. Something like that.
>>
>> There is a D right there in the logo.
>> It think I'll let others step up with other designs.
>
> Please don't be discouraged over what I wrote. You've got talent for this.

Yes please. -- Andrei

On Thursday, 29 October 2015 at 11:19:16 UTC, Rory McGuire wrote:
>
> Most, if not all the logos that have stood the test of time are simple,
> clean and are easily recognizable in almost any size.
> The base of the current D logo fits these specs I think.

Unless I'm misunderstanding, DConf logo aren't intended to be reused over years.

They don't need to stand the test of time like the D logo (which is a topic already discussed at length, let's not derail), so it was my understanding it could be a bit more "unsafe".

On Thursday, 29 October 2015 at 10:41:42 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> Not saying you should re-use this design, but notice how the 'DConf' logo is the most unremarkable part of it. :-)

I'm aware my proposal is too over-the-top, detracts from the point being made (what? where? when?).
It will get patched.

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 1:55 PM, ponce via Digitalmars-d-announce < digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote:

> On Thursday, 29 October 2015 at 11:19:16 UTC, Rory McGuire wrote:
>
>>
>> Most, if not all the logos that have stood the test of time are simple,
>> clean and are easily recognizable in almost any size.
>> The base of the current D logo fits these specs I think.
>>
>
> Unless I'm misunderstanding, DConf logo aren't intended to be reused over years.
>
> They don't need to stand the test of time like the D logo (which is a topic already discussed at length, let's not derail), so it was my understanding it could be a bit more "unsafe".
>


Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines that; at a glance it should be apparent that this is the same D as dlang.org, not that it should be the exact same. There must be some awesome things that are specific to Berlin, and possibly D in Berlin which could be used for the creative process.

There are a couple of buildings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_in_Berlin

The primary sponsor is Sociomantic could there be some creative inspiration
there?
https://www.sociomantic.com/blog/2014/06/top-10-ways-to-make-the-most-of-summer-sociomantic-style/#.VjIVyHwrLn0

These things can be used as inspiration I don't mean to distract or detract from your work, more like a friend of the community giving input that no-one has given as yet.

Cheers,
-Rory

On 26.10.2015 00:59, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/25/15 8:04 AM, ponce wrote:
[...]
>> Do you need a new logo this year? I would be happy to make another,
>> better one.
>
> Yes please! Forgot to mention that. Many thanks!! -- Andrei

I'm no designer, but I've had an idea for a logo. Here goes nothing:

PNG: http://imgur.com/GX0HUFI
SVG: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/4ef7282dfec9ab327084

That thing on the left is of course Berlin's Fernsehturm (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin>), sending out some D vibes.

On 10/29/15 3:05 PM, anonymous wrote:
> On 26.10.2015 00:59, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 10/25/15 8:04 AM, ponce wrote:
> [...]
>>> Do you need a new logo this year? I would be happy to make another,
>>> better one.
>>
>> Yes please! Forgot to mention that. Many thanks!! -- Andrei
>
> I'm no designer, but I've had an idea for a logo. Here goes nothing:
>
> PNG: http://imgur.com/GX0HUFI
> SVG: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/4ef7282dfec9ab327084
>
> That thing on the left is of course Berlin's Fernsehturm
> (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin>), sending out some D
> vibes.

Nice!

On 2015-10-28 19:27:03 +0000, ponce said:

> It is supposed to refer to the Bundestag like in http://www.catherinefeff-studio.com/references/39636641Berlin_logo.gif

The dome might work as a "lying D" methaphor.

-- 
Robert M. Münch
http://www.saphirion.com
smarter | better | faster

On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 23:02:59 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 10/28/2015 11:57 AM, ponce wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 18:10:04 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> What needs to be written next to it?
>>>
>>> Looks interesting but I fail to see "DConf". The text should read "DConf
>>> 2016/May 4-6/Berlin, Germany" -- Andrei
>>
>> That would give something like:
>> https://github.com/p0nce/dconf.org/blob/master/2016/images/logo-sample.png
>
> The logo looks nice, but it doesn't seem to be evocative of D. I think there needs to be a theme to it, like "D saves the world", "D is cool tech", "D makes money for business", "D is the choice of cutting edge programmers", "D is the latest technology", etc. Something like that.

Made a 2nd attempt here:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/p0nce/dconf.org/4f0f2b5be8ec2b06e3feb01d6472ec13a7be4e7c/2016/images/logo2-sample.png

On Sunday, 25 October 2015 at 23:59:16 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/25/15 8:04 AM, ponce wrote:
>> On Friday, 23 October 2015 at 16:37:20 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>> http://dconf.org/2016/index.html
>>
>> Do you need a new logo this year? I would be happy to make another,
>> better one.
>
> Yes please! Forgot to mention that. Many thanks!! -- Andrei

I gave it a shot:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188292/g4421.png

/Jonas

On 10/31/15 5:24 PM, Jonas Drewsen wrote:
> On Sunday, 25 October 2015 at 23:59:16 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 10/25/15 8:04 AM, ponce wrote:
>>> On Friday, 23 October 2015 at 16:37:20 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://dconf.org/2016/index.html
>>>
>>> Do you need a new logo this year? I would be happy to make another,
>>> better one.
>>
>> Yes please! Forgot to mention that. Many thanks!! -- Andrei
>
> I gave it a shot:
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188292/g4421.png
>
> /Jonas

Many thanks to both you and ponce! This is great work.

I have good news and bad news. The bad news is we won't likely be able to accept either of these proposals.

The good news is Sociomantic wants to get behind the DConf logo design, more generally behind the dconf.org site design, and even more generally get more involved in helping the Foundation and the language. It will take their design team a bit longer to get things done, but they want to do it right.

There's been considerable back and forth between Sociomantic and ourselves before choosing this path. One concern was that corporate intervention risks to stifle individual contributions such as Jonas' and ponce's. We concluded that we've been roughing it long enough so a bit of structured help is welcome.

I am very sorry your work will not be used for the conference site. My hope is this decision will help the greater good.


Thanks,

Andrei