On 12/09/06, Erik Moeller eloquence@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/12/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
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.
Oh, that's fine, that's "cleanup." ;-)
The logo contest actually did quite well for us there - the first, second and third place logos now being the logos for Wikipedia, Wikimedia and Mediawiki. But the raw materials submitted ... *shudder*
- d.