I got a shot at this and this gives the following. What we should do:
- ensure the [|] shape has the gold ratio (so it is naturally attractive). - make sure the square is positioned so that the golden ratio is also all over the place. Color wise, I went for blue because Smalltalk has a natural elegance and goes for no crap. Phil On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 12:49 PM, horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Esteban A. Maringolo wrote >> A decade+ ago I created the one attached, and I've seen used in some >> Smalltalk related sites. I still like it but it can be done better. > > *[|]* seems to be a popular choice. I got two votes for this at LinkedIn. > > It looks rather plain to me, though. It lacks sizzle. > > Maybe the best way to settle this is to have a Smalltalk logo competition. > People can submit their logo designs and a panel of judges can decide on the > best one. The winning entry would be the "official" Smalltalk logo. > > For the panel of judges, I would like representatives from each of the > following: > > o ESUG > o the Pharo project > o the Squeak project (Alan Kay?) > o Cincom > o Instantiations > o GemTalk > > Of course, my stylized hot air balloon would be Logo Candidate Entry #1. > > If you think this is a good idea, I'll start organizing it. The submission > deadline for the competition would be July 18, 2017 (the first anniversary > of my TechBeacon article, " How learning Smalltalk can make you a better > developer > <https://techbeacon.com/how-learning-smalltalk-can-make-you-better-developer> > "). > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/A-Logo-Proposal-for-Smalltalk-tp4945122p4945390.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
