[Noisebridge-discuss] [drama] New logo source?

[Christoph Maier]

On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 18:30 +0100, Jacob Appelbaum wrote:
> > Underground logo.
> >=20
> > And frankly, while CCC are cool ppl and all, I don't see how that is a =
> =20
> > selling point. Especially not when the logo produced doesn't even look =
> =20
> > all that clean and nice.
> >=20
> > Was there something wrong with the old logo? Or did ppl just get =20
> > carried away after 26c3?
> 
> The new logo doesn't _replace_ the old logo; it's a complementary logo.
> People should make new logos all the time! We don't need to idolize the
> old symbols forever. :-)

... even though the "old" logo showed up in a few places in Berlin and
elsewhere, so its recognition value is kind of useful. 

But _complementary_ logos that don't replace the old one ... the more
the merrier!

> The style of the logo is actually part of the statement. Clean and nice
> were not the design goal. The CCC star logo is clean and nice because
> that's both part of their aesthetic and the logo they played off of. The
> WU logo is totally a different aesthetic but just as our vision of
> society isn't theirs, this new logo isn't entirely related either.
> 
> Best,
> Jake