sliptonic wrote: ↑Wed Oct 12, 2022 3:38 pm
Bottom line, let's figure this out with something that doesn't matter as much so that we can repeat it later with something that does.
Process is fine, and of course critically important, in which case I'll agree with the suggestion that general concept proposals be submitted in a public contest format.
1. General guidelines for what the FPA wants out of their logo should be presented for designers to operate within.
2. A set number of concept entries, (ie top 3) be selected for further development by their designers.
3. Actual FPA members then deliberate which refined design will be fully adopted by the organization.
What I would further propose is:
This same general process above be followed for a comprehensive logo/identity approach between both software and organization in a singular process as follows:
Guidelines for logo design language:
1. Each logo (FC/FCA) must share the same color palette and present a shade of Red and blue as the dominant colors in the logo (maintaining current branding identity)
2. Logos must be clear in a fully desaturated color-state allowing for printing in black and white and support color-vision impaired individuals.
3. Concepts for FC need to include the use of the capital letter "F" and a gear in either a clear or abstract form. Logos for FPA should be visually similar, but do not require the use of a 'gear'.
4. Logos should be proportioned to fit into a perfect square (FreeCAD) or a horizontal rectangle (some kind of fixed ratio, 1:2 maybe?) for FPA with minimal negative space around the edges.
5. Logos should visually scale well from 24px to 256+px in height.
6. Submissions will be made under the assumption that they are being released under either Creative Commons license or LGPL (whichever is more appropriate)
For the submissions/selection process:
1. Eligible submissions should come from users with forum accounts a minimum of 3 months old (or pick a date like 1Aug2022) and at least 5 or 10 posts.
2. A 30 day window be provided for concept submissions (perhaps place a cap on the number of submissions that will be accepted. ie. submission window will close early if submission count reaches 24). This allows for less active forum members to have a chance to see the contest and design a submission.
3. A community poll will then be created and globally pinned with a duration of 2 weeks.
4. The top 3-5 submissions be accepted as 'finalists' and designers provided an additional 2 weeks to refine/complete their concepts as final entries within set guidelines ie optimize for clarity against light/dark backgrounds, refine contrast, resolution scaling, color palette and vector source files.
5. A panel of FreeCAD founders/FPA founding members deliberate/vote internally which of the top submissions will be chosen.
6. New logos get rolled out across the board in a coordinated manner, website, software, documentation, github etc.