On 9/12/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/09/06, Delphine Ménard notafishz@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for the warning. I'll just say again what I've said a thousand times. What is it about the Wikimedia logo that is so grand that people seem to be stuck with it and its colors? Did imagination stop with the puzzleball? Are all those other projects not great enough that they deserve their very own identity?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_logos_%28overview%29
is a good example of why graphic designers are paid money.
To be fair, one should look at the finalists in that contest: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_logo_vote/Finalists
Of course, the logo that actually won was the, um, raw version of the puzzle sphere idea, which has made me somewhat wary of community logo contests. Nohat saved the day by providing us with a beautiful implementation of that concept in the last minute.