I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania logo in any part of this year's event in London, from signs to booklets to social media.
As far as I know, this is the official Wikimedia foundation copyrighted logo for Wikimania: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_logo_with_text.svg
Didn't see any bit of this logo totally anywhere whatsoever!
Any rationale behind?
The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
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The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
And that logo was totally awesome! Props to the London team an Ed for a beautiful and consistent design language (add far as I can tell:-) Daniel
Yeah - the organisers had a designer in to get everything revamped for this year. I think branding-wise he did an astonishingly good job keeping everything consistent - this includes the WikiProject leaflets, the shirts, posters, main stage slide branding, YouTube pre-rolls… just great. Kudos.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 01:10:41 am, Nkansah Rexford (nkansahrexford@gmail.com) wrote:
I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania logo in any part of this year's event in London, from signs to booklets to social media.
As far as I know, this is the official Wikimedia foundation copyrighted logo for Wikimania: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_logo_with_text.svg
Didn't see any bit of this logo totally anywhere whatsoever!
Any rationale behind?
The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
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Personally, I liked the redesigned logo.
Sent from my iPhone
On 17 Aug 2014, at 10:40 am, Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah - the organisers had a designer in to get everything revamped for this year. I think branding-wise he did an astonishingly good job keeping everything consistent - this includes the WikiProject leaflets, the shirts, posters, main stage slide branding, YouTube pre-rolls… just great. Kudos.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 01:10:41 am, Nkansah Rexford (nkansahrexford@gmail.com) wrote:
I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania logo in any part of this year's event in London, from signs to booklets to social media.
As far as I know, this is the official Wikimedia foundation copyrighted logo for Wikimania: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_logo_with_text.svg
Didn't see any bit of this logo totally anywhere whatsoever!
Any rationale behind?
The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
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Personally, I hated it - to the extent that I skipped getting the T-shirt and bag. It just looked completely non-Wikimedian - far too many angles rather than curves, especially with the 'framework' version...
Thanks, Mike
On 17 Aug 2014, at 02:01, Steven Zhang cro0016@gmail.com wrote:
Personally, I liked the redesigned logo.
Sent from my iPhone
On 17 Aug 2014, at 10:40 am, Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah - the organisers had a designer in to get everything revamped for this year. I think branding-wise he did an astonishingly good job keeping everything consistent - this includes the WikiProject leaflets, the shirts, posters, main stage slide branding, YouTube pre-rolls… just great. Kudos.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 01:10:41 am, Nkansah Rexford (nkansahrexford@gmail.com) wrote:
I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania logo in any part of this year's event in London, from signs to booklets to social media.
As far as I know, this is the official Wikimedia foundation copyrighted logo for Wikimania: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_logo_with_text.svg
Didn't see any bit of this logo totally anywhere whatsoever!
Any rationale behind?
The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford| sent from smartphone
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You clearly haven’t seen the Wikivoyage logo… ;)
I think it’s cool that there was an effort to make this conference look a bit different to those before it. It is the tenth one, after all. It’ll be interesting to see if Mexico does similar.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 10:16:04 am, Michael Peel (email@mikepeel.net) wrote:
Personally, I hated it - to the extent that I skipped getting the T-shirt and bag. It just looked completely non-Wikimedian - far too many angles rather than curves, especially with the 'framework' version...
Thanks, Mike
On 17 Aug 2014, at 02:01, Steven Zhang cro0016@gmail.com wrote:
Personally, I liked the redesigned logo.
Sent from my iPhone
On 17 Aug 2014, at 10:40 am, Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah - the organisers had a designer in to get everything revamped for this year. I think branding-wise he did an astonishingly good job keeping everything consistent - this includes the WikiProject leaflets, the shirts, posters, main stage slide branding, YouTube pre-rolls… just great. Kudos.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 01:10:41 am, Nkansah Rexford (nkansahrexford@gmail.com) wrote:
I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania logo in any part of this year's event in London, from signs to booklets to social media.
As far as I know, this is the official Wikimedia foundation copyrighted logo for Wikimania: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_logo_with_text.svg
Didn't see any bit of this logo totally anywhere whatsoever!
Any rationale behind?
The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
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just for the record: every year, the logo and thematic layout of the conference is changed. I remember Buenos Aires gave a latin sauce on it and hong kong had more an asian thing (albeit less than taiwan).
The concepts are the same, the way it's worked out differs. Nothing special here :) Some will like it, some will not.
Best, Lodewijk
2014-08-17 14:09 GMT+02:00 Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com:
You clearly haven’t seen the Wikivoyage logo… ;)
I think it’s cool that there was an effort to make this conference look a bit different to those before it. It is the tenth one, after all. It’ll be interesting to see if Mexico does similar.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 10:16:04 am, Michael Peel (email@mikepeel.net) wrote:
Personally, I hated it - to the extent that I skipped getting the T-shirt and bag. It just looked completely non-Wikimedian - far too many angles rather than curves, especially with the 'framework' version...
Thanks, Mike
On 17 Aug 2014, at 02:01, Steven Zhang cro0016@gmail.com wrote:
Personally, I liked the redesigned logo.
Sent from my iPhone
On 17 Aug 2014, at 10:40 am, Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah - the organisers had a designer in to get everything revamped for
this year. I think branding-wise he did an astonishingly good job keeping everything consistent - this includes the WikiProject leaflets, the shirts, posters, main stage slide branding, YouTube pre-rolls… just great. Kudos.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 01:10:41 am, Nkansah Rexford (
nkansahrexford@gmail.com) wrote:
I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania logo in any part of
this year's event in London, from signs to booklets to social media.
As far as I know, this is the official Wikimedia foundation
copyrighted logo for Wikimania: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_logo_with_text.svg
Didn't see any bit of this logo totally anywhere whatsoever!
Any rationale behind?
The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford|
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On Aug 17, 2014 2:19 PM, "Lodewijk" lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
just for the record: every year, the logo and thematic layout of the
conference is changed.
Wikimania Hong Kong and DC, I wasn't present in person, but only saw the official Wikimania logo used. The banners have different styles representing the place of event and culture, but the logo remained.
I'm not against the London logo. I personally think it looks much nicer than the official one. Frankly, the official one looks like errrm...
Waiting to see what design Mexico brings on board next year.
I just felt the official logo has been sidetracked in the London event. If the Wikimania global team finds the sidetrack of the official logo fun and acceptable, then I guess I'm also good. Just wondering before when there'll be 50 derivatives and the original gets lost in the dust.
I remember Buenos Aires gave a latin sauce on it and hong kong had more an
asian thing (albeit less than taiwan).
The concepts are the same, the way it's worked out differs. Nothing
special here :) Some will like it, some will not.
Best, Lodewijk
2014-08-17 14:09 GMT+02:00 Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com:
You clearly haven't seen the Wikivoyage logo... ;)
I think it's cool that there was an effort to make this conference look
a bit different to those before it. It is the tenth one, after all. It'll be interesting to see if Mexico does similar.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 10:16:04 am, Michael Peel (email@mikepeel.net)
wrote:
Personally, I hated it - to the extent that I skipped getting the
T-shirt and bag. It just looked completely non-Wikimedian - far too many angles rather than curves, especially with the 'framework' version...
Thanks, Mike
On 17 Aug 2014, at 02:01, Steven Zhang cro0016@gmail.com wrote:
Personally, I liked the redesigned logo.
Sent from my iPhone
On 17 Aug 2014, at 10:40 am, Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com
wrote:
Yeah - the organisers had a designer in to get everything revamped
for this year. I think branding-wise he did an astonishingly good job keeping everything consistent - this includes the WikiProject leaflets, the shirts, posters, main stage slide branding, YouTube pre-rolls... just great. Kudos.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 01:10:41 am, Nkansah Rexford (
nkansahrexford@gmail.com) wrote:
I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania logo in any part
of this year's event in London, from signs to booklets to social media.
As far as I know, this is the official Wikimedia foundation
copyrighted logo for Wikimania: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_logo_with_text.svg
Didn't see any bit of this logo totally anywhere whatsoever!
Any rationale behind?
The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
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I don't see any problems here. If you put the two images next to one another, it is very clear that they are related.
Sven On Aug 17, 2014 8:36 AM, "Nkansah Rexford" nkansahrexford@gmail.com wrote:
On Aug 17, 2014 2:19 PM, "Lodewijk" lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
just for the record: every year, the logo and thematic layout of the
conference is changed.
Wikimania Hong Kong and DC, I wasn't present in person, but only saw the official Wikimania logo used. The banners have different styles representing the place of event and culture, but the logo remained.
I'm not against the London logo. I personally think it looks much nicer than the official one. Frankly, the official one looks like errrm...
Waiting to see what design Mexico brings on board next year.
I just felt the official logo has been sidetracked in the London event. If the Wikimania global team finds the sidetrack of the official logo fun and acceptable, then I guess I'm also good. Just wondering before when there'll be 50 derivatives and the original gets lost in the dust.
I remember Buenos Aires gave a latin sauce on it and hong kong had more
an asian thing (albeit less than taiwan).
The concepts are the same, the way it's worked out differs. Nothing
special here :) Some will like it, some will not.
Best, Lodewijk
2014-08-17 14:09 GMT+02:00 Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com:
You clearly haven’t seen the Wikivoyage logo… ;)
I think it’s cool that there was an effort to make this conference look
a bit different to those before it. It is the tenth one, after all. It’ll be interesting to see if Mexico does similar.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 10:16:04 am, Michael Peel (email@mikepeel.net)
wrote:
Personally, I hated it - to the extent that I skipped getting the
T-shirt and bag. It just looked completely non-Wikimedian - far too many angles rather than curves, especially with the 'framework' version...
Thanks, Mike
On 17 Aug 2014, at 02:01, Steven Zhang cro0016@gmail.com wrote:
Personally, I liked the redesigned logo.
Sent from my iPhone
On 17 Aug 2014, at 10:40 am, Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com
wrote:
Yeah - the organisers had a designer in to get everything revamped
for this year. I think branding-wise he did an astonishingly good job keeping everything consistent - this includes the WikiProject leaflets, the shirts, posters, main stage slide branding, YouTube pre-rolls… just great. Kudos.
Joe
On 17 August 2014 at 01:10:41 am, Nkansah Rexford (
nkansahrexford@gmail.com) wrote:
> I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania logo in any part
of this year's event in London, from signs to booklets to social media.
> > As far as I know, this is the official Wikimedia foundation
copyrighted logo for Wikimania: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_logo_with_text.svg
> > Didn't see any bit of this logo totally anywhere whatsoever! > > Any rationale behind? > > The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
> > rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford|
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It's quite clear to me that the London 2014 logo is a derivative work of the original Wikimania logo, just very rectilinear! But I guess I'm very familiar with the Wikimania logo so I shouldn't be surprised that people don't naturally realise they're the same thing. On 17 Aug 2014 01:10, "Nkansah Rexford" nkansahrexford@gmail.com wrote:
I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania logo in any part of this year's event in London, from signs to booklets to social media.
As far as I know, this is the official Wikimedia foundation copyrighted logo for Wikimania: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_logo_with_text.svg
Didn't see any bit of this logo totally anywhere whatsoever!
Any rationale behind?
The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
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One of the lovely things about the Wikimania logo -- which was designed by Ben Yates for Wikimania 2006 -- is that it is so adaptable. It's easy to draw with a couple of markers when you need to make a quick sign pointing attendees in the right direction, it's easy to print on a t-shirt, and it's easy to make derivatives of. I am so pleased to see the concept continuing to be used after all of these years, and I'm pleased to see each event make it their own :)
best, Phoebe
On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Deryck Chan deryckchan@gmail.com wrote:
It's quite clear to me that the London 2014 logo is a derivative work of the original Wikimania logo, just very rectilinear! But I guess I'm very familiar with the Wikimania logo so I shouldn't be surprised that people don't naturally realise they're the same thing. On 17 Aug 2014 01:10, "Nkansah Rexford" nkansahrexford@gmail.com wrote:
I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania logo in any part of this year's event in London, from signs to booklets to social media.
As far as I know, this is the official Wikimedia foundation copyrighted logo for Wikimania: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_logo_with_text.svg
Didn't see any bit of this logo totally anywhere whatsoever!
Any rationale behind?
The logo used (or I saw) throughout this year's event is this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Shard_logo_v3_with_lo... authored by Edward.
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