[NeXus-committee] New logo draft

[Osborn, Raymond]

Hi everyone,
As I said at the telco, I think the original motivation for seeking a new logo was that some objected to the pinkish colour of the background, so a while ago, I created a bluer version. So here is the original logo with a couple of variants with different fonts. I think the original Oxford font works well with the square icon, because the letters are slightly italicized, but I made the ‘e’ a little less fussy.

Change can be healthy, and I’m usually in favour of good graphics design. However, I think it is important that we only change if it’s an improvement. Personally, I wasn’t all that keen on what Ben sent, partly because of the confused semiotics (why is the X highlighted? do we really want to offend neutron scatterers?) and partly because I find the font a bit brutalist, but obviously tastes will vary. If people are fed up with what we have, please propose something better.

With best regards,
Ray
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Ray Osborn, Senior Scientist
Materials Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
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On Nov 7, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Benjamin Watts <benjamin.watts at psi.ch<mailto:benjamin.watts at psi.ch>> wrote:

Hi Everyone,
   The minutes of the telco have now been published: https://www.nexusformat.org/Telco_20191107.html

There is a new poll for deciding the date of the December telco: https://doodle.com/poll/zw28gkvx72348bs2

I have also attached a draft of the logo variations I made quickly based on the discussion during the telco. I'd be interested to hear feedback on both the long and square formats.

Cheers,
Ben


On 11/07/2019 02:52 PM, Benjamin Watts wrote:
Hi Everyone,
   Please take a look at the attached draft logos that Stuart Campbell helped organise from a graphic designer at BNL. I'd like to discuss them in the telco that starts shortly.

Cheers,
Ben



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