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[Chris Oliver <excid3@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with that. I'm no designer so that's the best I could do. :P

On 6/26/09, crashsystems@xxxxxxxxx <crashsystems@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just got done having a chat with my sister, who has a masters in fine arts
> / graphics design, about the logo. She thinks that the idea of using a flash
> drive in the logo is a good idea, but that it can be improved a lot. With
> her permission, I've pasted the log of that chat below.
>
> 						(08:22:04PM) crashsystems:I'm part of an open source
> project(http://keryxproject.org) thatis working on the 1.0 release. I was
> wondering if you would bewilling to give some suggestions on a logo.
> (08:23:12PM) Redacted:supposed to be a flashdrive?
> (08:23:30PM) crashsystems:yeah, thats the current logo
> (08:23:42PM) crashsystems:1.0 might not go with the samething
> (08:23:48PM) crashsystems:in fact it probably won't
> (08:24:05PM) Redacted:it's kinda lo tech looking
> (08:25:50PM) crashsystems:the idea is to use Keryx to put updatefor linux
> systems onto a flash drive, then install them on the targetmachine
> (08:26:50PM) Redacted:flash drive's a good logo type...theway it looks now's
> well it's just ok
> (08:27:11PM) crashsystems:any ideas for improving it?
> (08:27:58PM) Redacted:the main body shape should be maybesleeker
> (08:28:23PM) Redacted:those blue lines need to go
> (08:28:40PM) Redacted:and the font choice could beimproved
> (08:29:58PM) crashsystems:what about making it look more 3D, andless flat?
> (08:31:06PM) Redacted:3D's good....it's the cool thing to donow
> (08:35:12PM) Redacted:the trick with logos is making themlook good in a 1 by
> 1 inch space and in black and white
> (08:35:33PM) crashsystems:why black and white?
> (08:36:08PM) Redacted:it's harder to make something lookgood in black and
> white
> (08:36:26PM) Redacted:and sometimes a letterhead gets faxedor copied in
> black and white
> (08:36:49PM) crashsystems:chances are this logo will only everbe on a
> computer screen, and maybe on a few T-shirts
> (08:37:25PM) Redacted:shrugs it'sa graphic design rule
> (08:37:30PM) crashsystems:ok
> (08:37:48PM) crashsystems:I'm not saying you are wrong, I'm justtrying to
> understand the reasoning.
> (08:37:51PM) Redacted:if it looks good in b/w it'll lookgood in almost any
> color
> (08:38:32PM) Redacted:I think with b/w the design standsout
> (08:38:53PM) Redacted:color doesn't get in the way ofjudging whether it
> works or not
> (08:40:33PM) crashsystems:anything else? also, do you mind if acopy/paste
> your suggestions to a few people in an email?
> (08:41:28PM) Redacted:don't mind
> (08:41:46PM) Redacted:do a bunch of thumbnailsketches
> (08:41:59PM) Redacted:use real flash drives asreference
> (08:42:23PM) Redacted:and the text has to be a part of theimage
> (08:42:33PM) Redacted:not just random font ontop of the logo
> --
> Douglass Clem
> Chief Technology Officer,
> Crashsystems LLC (crashsystems.net)
> Public Key: 37F9 E685 576A CFD3 B08C
>


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Chris Oliver
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