Yes, dangerous indeed... You always need to know what you're doing when creating software ;-)

And it's still maybe a better analogy than having to lift a heavy hammer, work hard and pour a lot of sweat to make your sword sharp ;-)

But I really think a logo should be very simple which would be the case for a simple flame...

Cheers,
Koen

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Paul Bakker <paul.bakker.nl@gmail.com> wrote:
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@gmail.com> 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@redhat.com> 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@gmail.com>:
>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 17:37, Paul Bakker <paul.bakker.nl@gmail.com> 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
>>
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