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erinja (Переглянути профіль) 6 лютого 2011 р. 22:34:34
If our logo were a triangle with a dot in the middle, I wouldn't care too much. I think you can run into problems when you try to make a logo too meaningful, because the logo will tend to age with time.
Maybe it looks cool today but 20 years in the future it looks dated, and everyone wants to know, "What were they *thinking* when they came up with that?" The nice thing about our simple green star is that it doesn't really age. It isn't fashionable or trendy. It is a simple design that lasts. And I think that makes Esperanto look like a dignified idea that lasts, rather than the latest trend that will fall out of fashion and die out tomorrow.
erinja (Переглянути профіль) 6 лютого 2011 р. 22:35:18
Genjix:Another idea, http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4954/rect3840...Esperanto: Fast track... to the past!
Genjix (Переглянути профіль) 7 лютого 2011 р. 00:32:06
erinja:Maybe it looks cool today but 20 years in the future it looks dated, and everyone wants to know, "What were they *thinking* when they came up with that?" The nice thing about our simple green star is that it doesn't really age. It isn't fashionable or trendy. It is a simple design that lasts. And I think that makes Esperanto look like a dignified idea that lasts, rather than the latest trend that will fall out of fashion and die out tomorrow.My original thoughts exactly. Stars work. That's why they're overused.
LyzTyphone (Переглянути профіль) 7 лютого 2011 р. 02:55:58
erinja:In the spirit of combining east and west, but in a more international manner than the original melon, I combined the E from Esperanto and the Chinese word 世, meaning "world" (and it's also the first character in 世界語, the Chinese word for Esperanto)
I spent hours and hours on this logo and I hope you like it.
[ok, I lied, actually I threw it together in five minutes. Other options I considered were incorporating an E with the Japanese kana エ (e), or with the Korean jamo ㅔ, also representing the e sound.
Ok, have at it!/quote]I realy like your symbol! Let me have my try:
I, too, aim at incorporating 世 with EЭ. As after all this is the only common historic legacy of East Asia. Below is my attempt.
First, I found out that "丗" is a alternative way of writing 世. By merging and stylizing, I come up with this:
(I guess I can pride myself for spending even less time on this.)
This is completely different from the melon! Innovation! Yay!
ceigered (Переглянути профіль) 7 лютого 2011 р. 07:32:38
That E with the arrow looked cool (although I imagine there's the possibility some might either go "It's conservative" (because the arrow's pointing backwards) or "It's liberal!" (because the arrow's pointing to the left/forwards as far as Arabic and Hebrew and Aramaic are concerned
).@ Lyz: Haha! The melon returns!
BTW, does it have to be a watermelon? Maybe it can be a rockmelon and thus avoid that nasty business about watermelon politics!
Also, people seem to be forgetting one of the other most powerful symbols other than a star:
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensō]A Circle[/url].
Of course, combining the two to have a star in a circle may end up with something like this, which I know will thrill the Middle East, Russia and China.
And a circle in a star might end up with something like this which I know will thrill christians and occultists
(As for the circle, these guys pulled it off seemingly. Make that green and you've got a pretty cool idea for a stylised logo (not an official one mind you, unless an EO organisation decided to use it). And if it's green, it won't be called the "coffee cup ring", unless it's
's coffee.) Genjix (Переглянути профіль) 7 лютого 2011 р. 12:10:21
ceigered:Decent idea. check it
Of course, combining the two to have a star in a circle may end up with something like this, which I know will thrill the Middle East, Russia and China.
Miland (Переглянути профіль) 7 лютого 2011 р. 12:25:55
Miland (Переглянути профіль) 7 лютого 2011 р. 13:13:15
Therefore, green will always be associated with Esperanto. To learn to like it, I suggest keeping a potted plant, looking at a lawn, or becoming convinced about the environmental benefits of planting lots of trees in cities (they increase beauty and reduce noise and pollution).
Miland (Переглянути профіль) 7 лютого 2011 р. 15:37:20
Radio~!:I have nothing against natural greensThat's good!
Radio~!:I'm thinking of the colour the EAB website used to be around 2002...I didn't contact EAB till 2004, so I wouldn't know about this.
Radio~!:In general I would say that some of the most effective and highest quality varbiloj that I have seen over the past few years have *not* been greenPrinted books often use the same variety of desings that we would find in literature normally. The mini-course booklet uses part of a green star.
I would certainly use green (and green stars in particular) in physical objects like mugs or mats, in order to represent the tradition accurately.
I would change the colour of the Look at Esperanto leaflet from yellow to white, and use the authentic green instead of black for the symbols!
ceigered (Переглянути профіль) 7 лютого 2011 р. 16:12:25
Genjix:It's on Wikimedia, so it's official now!ceigered:Decent idea. check it
Of course, combining the two to have a star in a circle may end up with something like this, which I know will thrill the Middle East, Russia and China.
I can imagine that looking pretty cool if stylised with the green circle looking as if done with paint (liberally), and the white also having the same paint effect with the star sort of quickly drawn on pentagram style (e.g. the way kids draw stars in their exercise books), but the lines thick enough that they look almost like a complete star, and not thin enough to make out as a neat pentegram (which has occultic connotations - well normally at least. I'd imagine it's hard to draw a successful magic circle if you've done a 3 year old's attempt at a straight line). Or just a painted white star if that's too hard
.