Re: [forge-dev] Fwd: Seam Forge logos round 1

But one small mistake and it will burn your project to the ground... ;-) On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Koen Aers <koen.aers(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > A bit late but I'll throw in my ideas as well. I also initially liked the > anvil image, but I think we should carefully consider Max's arguments. Also, > though Dan's analogy of 'banging out a sword' is nice, I think it is not > something obvious. > > That's why after thinking about it for a while I would be inclined to be > in favour of r1v6. But I would actually leave out the hands of Prometheus. I > think a flame is a good logo because it is simple, it relates to a forge > well and more in general fire has always been a - dangerous, i admit - tool > for people to create all kinds of things. Moreover fire is very agile, you > can carry and use it everywhere. > > My 2 cents, > Koen > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Max Rydahl Andersen < > max.andersen(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > >> btw. the recognizability factor of the "anvil" is though a big factor. >> >> But wondering how it will look at 64x64/32x32/16x16 icon sizes which is >> what will show up in stuff like eclipse ? >> >> /max >> >> On Jul 12, 2011, at 09:00, Ronald van Kuijk wrote: >> >> > Yes, everything you want with the limitation that >> > - it wil be rigid >> > - not flexible (in many ways) >> > - not easily modifieable >> > - made to last (think horseshoes) >> > - ... >> > >> > ;-) >> > >> > Being close to Amsterdam and Antwerp, something like a diamond cutter >> > comes to mind :-) >> > >> > 2011/7/12, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen(a)gmail.com&gt;: >> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 17:37, Paul Bakker <paul.bakker.nl(a)gmail.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I like the sword analogy, makes sense being a "craftsman" developer. >> Not >> >>> sure if a sword would fit well in the logo (might get too >> complicated), >> >>> but >> >>> the idea behind it is perfect :-) >> >>> >> >>> I agree on the lightweight part too. The only thing that should be >> clear >> >>> is >> >>> that you won't get any lock-in with Forge, but to my opinion a anvil >> >>> doesn't >> >>> say you do have a lock-in. It also implies Forge is a tool that >> supports >> >>> your crafsman work. >> >>> >> >>> >> >> Exactly. Anvils let you create what you want, the way you want to >> create it >> >> :) So indeed. >> >> >> >> -Dan >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Dan Allen >> >> Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action >> >> Registered Linux User #231597 >> >> >> >> http://www.google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen#about >> >> http://mojavelinux.com >> >> http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > forge-dev mailing list >> > forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev >> >> /max >> http://about.me/maxandersen >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> forge-dev mailing list >> forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > forge-dev mailing list > forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev > > _______________________________________________ forge-dev mailing list forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev