[Freedombox-discuss] "Promotion and Visual Identity"

[Robert Martinez]

Hi there,

looks like Debora, Matt and I are the only (vocal) "Promotion and Visual 
Identity" people on this list right now. Or am I missing somebody?
It seems obvious that we don't need our own list.

My primary interest here is to push for the development of a visual 
identity.
An identity is badly needed to successfully gather and keep attention, 
as well as to foster the public perception of the project! So I looked 
around what the situation is right now. These are the ideas for an 
identity/logo that I found:
https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/  :P
http://joshuaspodek.com/freedombox-logo-designs
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/el_bazza/5636100752/
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/el_bazza/5637038700/in/photostream
https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/images/freedombox_large.png

In my eyes the suggestions so far cannot provide the required quality 
for a strong and successful identity.
I see many shortcomings in terms of scalability, distinctiveness or 
uniqueness.
Of course this is only my opinion and I see that maybe there are other 
perspectives and I'm willing to discuss this!

But first I would like to show the result of my efforts that lasted for 
months.
In order to draw a more concrete image I didn't only create a logo but a 
whole identity manual.
It is not just a "nice to have" that comes in handy when you need to 
create flyers, posters, web-pages,...  It also addresses other aspects 
that need to be decided for a complete identity. Have a look:

http://mray.de/identity-video.webm (2.5MB, documentation/presentation video)
http://mray.de/identity-manual.pdf (1.1MB, identity manual)


opinions?