Hey,
if this has been discussed and decided on at another place forget about it.
But the longer that I use http://www.osgeo.org the more I dislike the blue
in the head. Why is it not green as it should be?
It is just very nice to be able to say if you see green its OSGeo (nature,
evolution, hope) and blue is OGC (etheral, encompassing) OSGeo theory,
OSGeo down to earth...
Just thinking.
Regards,
--
Arnulf Christl
http://www.wheregroup.com
I agree with you 100% Arnulf. I believe that it's not green because of expediency; I don't think that a decision was made by webcom about this anyway...
We're still waiting on a final copy of the logo / branding guidelines, but I believe the greens are fairly well defined in the draft.
It will be a bit of a problem to make the main logo work on a green background, but maybe some creative ghosting or something would work. If all else fails, we can place the logo in a rounded rectangle of one of the complimentary colours (uh, greys) inside the green header...
Jason
________________________________
From: viscom-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Arnulf Christl
Sent: Sat 2007-01-27 1:11 PM
To: viscom-dev@lists.osgeo.org; webcom@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [Viscom-dev] Corporate Identity
Hey,
if this has been discussed and decided on at another place forget about it.
But the longer that I use http://www.osgeo.org the more I dislike the blue
in the head. Why is it not green as it should be?
It is just very nice to be able to say if you see green its OSGeo (nature,
evolution, hope) and blue is OGC (etheral, encompassing) OSGeo theory,
OSGeo down to earth...
Just thinking.
Regards,
--
Arnulf Christl
http://www.wheregroup.com
_______________________________________________
Viscom-dev mailing list
Viscom-dev@lists.osgeo.org
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/viscom-dev
Yes, ditto, I agree too... The usage guidelines, while not finalized, aren't going to change any more in terms of color content or anything like that -- and I certainly don't want to open up a discussion about exactly which shade of blue to use 
-mpg
-----Original Message-----
From: viscom-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Jason Birch
Sent: Sat 1/27/2007 3:01 PM
To: Visibility Committee Discussion List; webcom@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [Viscom-dev] Corporate Identity
I agree with you 100% Arnulf. I believe that it's not green because of expediency; I don't think that a decision was made by webcom about this anyway...
We're still waiting on a final copy of the logo / branding guidelines, but I believe the greens are fairly well defined in the draft.
It will be a bit of a problem to make the main logo work on a green background, but maybe some creative ghosting or something would work. If all else fails, we can place the logo in a rounded rectangle of one of the complimentary colours (uh, greys) inside the green header...
Jason
_____
From: viscom-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Arnulf Christl
Sent: Sat 2007-01-27 1:11 PM
To: viscom-dev@lists.osgeo.org; webcom@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [Viscom-dev] Corporate Identity
Hey,
if this has been discussed and decided on at another place forget about it.
But the longer that I use http://www.osgeo.org the more I dislike the blue
in the head. Why is it not green as it should be?
It is just very nice to be able to say if you see green its OSGeo (nature,
evolution, hope) and blue is OGC (etheral, encompassing) OSGeo theory,
OSGeo down to earth...
Just thinking.
Regards,
--
Arnulf Christl
http://www.wheregroup.com
_______________________________________________
Viscom-dev mailing list
Viscom-dev@lists.osgeo.org
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/viscom-dev
Hi WebCom,
could you please make sure that the header of the OSGeo website is flat
green. There is a pantone number that has be tranlsated to RGB values, its
noted in the Wiki http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Logo. Michael, maybe you
want to check back that this really is the final color.
In order to build strong corporate identity etc. we want to make sure that
OSGeo is green, the current blending with blue looks sort of unmotivated.
Blue is *the* standard corporate color and used by many businesses
including IBM (Big Blue). OGC's corporate color is also blue and to make
it nice an deasy for people to see the difference green is perfect. (((I
personally do not even like green that much but it is important that we
stick to what we have decided))).
I guess the logo would then best be cut out in white as had been done in
the community.osgeo.org prototype (that one could be still around
somewhere?). Trying to include the green logo with a white or grey box
background probably looks awkward too.
At a later stage we might want to exchange the header area with nice
images, maps, little green people and so on but in the meantime that we
have more pressing things on our hands please make it simple flat green.
Bets regards,
Arnulf.
On Sun, January 28, 2007 00:27, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Yes, ditto, I agree too... The usage guidelines, while not finalized,
aren't going to change any more in terms of color content or anything like
that -- and I certainly don't want to open up a discussion about exactly
which shade of blue to use-mpg
-----Original Message-----
From: viscom-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Jason Birch
Sent: Sat 1/27/2007 3:01 PM
To: Visibility Committee Discussion List; webcom@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [Viscom-dev] Corporate IdentityI agree with you 100% Arnulf. I believe that it's not green because of
expediency; I don't think that a decision was made by webcom about this
anyway...We're still waiting on a final copy of the logo / branding guidelines, but
I believe the greens are fairly well defined in the draft.It will be a bit of a problem to make the main logo work on a green
background, but maybe some creative ghosting or something would work. If
all else fails, we can place the logo in a rounded rectangle of one of the
complimentary colours (uh, greys) inside the green header...Jason
_____
From: viscom-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Arnulf Christl
Sent: Sat 2007-01-27 1:11 PM
To: viscom-dev@lists.osgeo.org; webcom@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [Viscom-dev] Corporate IdentityHey,
if this has been discussed and decided on at another place forget about
it.But the longer that I use http://www.osgeo.org the more I dislike the blue
in the head. Why is it not green as it should be?It is just very nice to be able to say if you see green its OSGeo (nature,
evolution, hope) and blue is OGC (etheral, encompassing) OSGeo theory,
OSGeo down to earth...Just thinking.
Regards,
--
Arnulf Christl
http://www.wheregroup.com_______________________________________________
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http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/viscom-dev_______________________________________________
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I understand the desire to use green, but I don't see the logic in changing the header to green only to drop the colour logo and use a white one? Hence the current contrasting colour. Our logo is more connected to us that is the green colour, is it not?
I'd rather make the header white and use our fullest colour logo to keep it clean. A few companies do it well:
http://www.novell.com/
http://www.redhat.com/
http://www.productdesignforums.com/
http://www.designforum.com/
etc..
I can change the header colour but we must be firm on the decision because getting into changing it takes a bit of time - it's not just changing a single colour number. Gradient or no gradient? I have to 're-round' the image corners, and do some other things to allow IE to view it properly, etc.
Other GIMP gurus are welcome to mock it up and I'll help post it.
Tyler
On 28-Jan-07, at 3:11 AM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
Hi WebCom,
could you please make sure that the header of the OSGeo website is flat
green. There is a pantone number that has be tranlsated to RGB values, its
noted in the Wiki http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Logo. Michael, maybe you
want to check back that this really is the final color.In order to build strong corporate identity etc. we want to make sure that
OSGeo is green, the current blending with blue looks sort of unmotivated.
Blue is *the* standard corporate color and used by many businesses
including IBM (Big Blue). OGC's corporate color is also blue and to make
it nice an deasy for people to see the difference green is perfect. (((I
personally do not even like green that much but it is important that we
stick to what we have decided))).I guess the logo would then best be cut out in white as had been done in
the community.osgeo.org prototype (that one could be still around
somewhere?). Trying to include the green logo with a white or grey box
background probably looks awkward too.At a later stage we might want to exchange the header area with nice
images, maps, little green people and so on but in the meantime that we
have more pressing things on our hands please make it simple flat green.Bets regards,
Arnulf.On Sun, January 28, 2007 00:27, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Yes, ditto, I agree too... The usage guidelines, while not finalized,
aren't going to change any more in terms of color content or anything like
that -- and I certainly don't want to open up a discussion about exactly
which shade of blue to use-mpg
-----Original Message-----
From: viscom-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Jason Birch
Sent: Sat 1/27/2007 3:01 PM
To: Visibility Committee Discussion List; webcom@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [Viscom-dev] Corporate IdentityI agree with you 100% Arnulf. I believe that it's not green because of
expediency; I don't think that a decision was made by webcom about this
anyway...We're still waiting on a final copy of the logo / branding guidelines, but
I believe the greens are fairly well defined in the draft.It will be a bit of a problem to make the main logo work on a green
background, but maybe some creative ghosting or something would work. If
all else fails, we can place the logo in a rounded rectangle of one of the
complimentary colours (uh, greys) inside the green header...Jason
_____
From: viscom-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Arnulf Christl
Sent: Sat 2007-01-27 1:11 PM
To: viscom-dev@lists.osgeo.org; webcom@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [Viscom-dev] Corporate IdentityHey,
if this has been discussed and decided on at another place forget about
it.But the longer that I use http://www.osgeo.org the more I dislike the blue
in the head. Why is it not green as it should be?It is just very nice to be able to say if you see green its OSGeo (nature,
evolution, hope) and blue is OGC (etheral, encompassing) OSGeo theory,
OSGeo down to earth...Just thinking.
Regards,
--
Arnulf Christl
http://www.wheregroup.com_______________________________________________
Viscom-dev mailing list
Viscom-dev@lists.osgeo.org
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/viscom-dev_______________________________________________
Webcom mailing list
Webcom@lists.osgeo.org
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/webcom--
Arnulf Christl
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