1 = Ideas for logos or logo themes =
3 * A computer of some kind with people living in/on it and performing various activities in/on it. Perhaps a mounted "HCoop" sign on top of it. --AdamChlipala
5 * A stylized drawing of a rackmount server inside a circle, with hands/arms coming symmetrically from different directions to touch it. Probably monochrome or close ot it. --AdamChlipala
10 http://hcoop.net/~aku/hcoop_logo/hcoop_sense.png
13 http://hcoop.net/~aku/hcoop_logo/hcoop_clear.png
16 http://hcoop.net/~aku/hcoop_logo/hcoop_fade.png
18 From the Attic: http://hcoop.net/~aku/hcoop_logo_attic.html
21 http://hcoop.net/~aku/hcoop_logo/hcoop_geek.png
24 attachment:hcoop-script.png
27 http://detriment.org/planet-round.png
29 http://detriment.org/planet-round.svg
31 Best logo yet! I very much like the circled-planet center. Not so sure I like the cropped "h" on top, perhaps it could be modified. But this one is showing promise.
32 How about changing it to a fat, capital H instead? Something like a less ugly/more stylized version of this:
33 http://hcoop.net/~ntk/planet-round-mod.png
34 (Obviously that H is too wimpy-looking, but that seems to be a more balanced-looking/symmetrical logo.) --NathanKennedy
35 I like this a lot. Even though Adam says that text may work against us, I think using the planet in the center and then a simple "HCOOP" in the black ring would look great. Perhaps the HCOOP being at the same arc as the ring. --JohnSettino
37 Quick symetrical job before work:
39 http://detriment.org/planet-sym.png
41 http://detriment.org/planet-sym.svg
45 This is actually Chris "det" Clearwater's design which I only slightly modified and I offer it here because I liked something about it. --DavorOcelic
47 http://hcoop.net/~docelic/planet-alt-docelic.png.png
49 I like the text/logo juxtaposition here. Perhaps this simple route is better than trying to do clever things with the letters. However this planet looks a bit too egg-shaped, maybe a little more round would be better. I'm not sure if I prefer the original planet color-scheme or not, I suppose that's just a matter of taste. --NathanKennedy
51 I'm also not too gung-ho about incorporating text into the logo. A simpler yet more distinctive logo that uses a graphic that symbolizes us in some way could be much more effective. --AdamChlipala
55 Try at mixing the Ubuntu style of portraying cooperation with more 'square' theme.
57 || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/fhhcooprh.png || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/fhhcooprh45.png ||
58 || || Tilted 45 degrees. ||
60 Left hand versions and svg files are here: http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/ -- AnilNarayanan
62 These are interesting looking logos. However I didn't know they were hands until I read your email. They look more like whales, or mittens, which is kind of strange. --NathanKennedy
66 http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hcoop_rh3.png
69 Better! --NathanKennedy
71 Nice. It would be better if there was some aspect of the logo that indicated some semi-unique characteristic of HCoop, though. There are lots of co-ops out there to which these logos would apply equally well. --AdamChlipala
74 http://www.detriment.org/knuckles.jpg
76 Cute. But no. (This one comes from ChrisClearwater by the way). --NathanKennedy
78 Yeah, it was a joke. I had fun doing it. --ChrisClearwater
80 === Four Hands Inlay ===
82 || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hcoop_rh_screen.png || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hcoop_rh_globe.png ||
83 || Web pages being served || Networking and Internet theme ||
86 I really like the general idea behind these two! I'm not too thrilled about the 4 arms though. For some reason I get this odd vibe from it. Instead of 4 arms perhaps it would look better if it were just two hands grasping each other. Or, a bunch of hands underneath the world/webpages. Actually if its not too hard could you just bring out the world/webpages that are in center so its in the foreground and is ontop of the arms. I'd like to see what that looks like. --RobGubler
90 http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hcoop_rh_globe_z.png
92 I'd rather not do the same to the web pages one as the inlaid picture does not have (black) borders (like the globe) and it blends with the color of the hands, making a mess. I thought some regular shape binding a theme is good for logos to be used in a different places (ranging from the main pages to the tiny icon beside the URL). When shrunk, the inlay graphics are losing significance. Its just the shades of the hands and the overall shape that is felt. We should try another web-pages graphic to be placed over the hands. -- AnilNarayanan
94 That was quick. I like this; it's clean, simple, and elegant. --RobGubler
96 === Some more combinations ===
98 || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hc_rh_glb_pc.png || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hc_ar_glb.png ||
99 || Primary colors used || Dropped the hands ||
101 ==== Other inset pics ====
103 || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hc_rh_h.png || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hc_rh_pcb.png ||
104 || 'h' for hcoop || PCB indicating computers. ||
106 I'm really really liking your last few batches of logos. They look very professional. Probably the PCB one is not the most appropriate however, since "hardware" is sort of incidental to our purpose. I love the globe graphic you did as well with the swoopy orbit, that was very clever. However I had to stare at it for a long time to figure out that the thingy on the end is an RJ-45 plug (the networking hint clued me in)--the first thing that came to mind was that it looked like a tank. Perhaps if the tab and the pins were a little more visible? --NathanKennedy
108 For what it's worth, the correct identity was immediately apparent to me. --AdamChlipala
110 '''Tried improving the RJ45 connector'''
112 || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hc_rh_glb_rj45_2.png || Bigger copy of this with transparent background is [http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hc_rh_glb_rj45_big.png here] ||
114 Its a bit cartoonish; I wanted to avoid too many fine lines. There is a small problem I ran into while making the new logo and did some dirty fixing. Let me know if you could figure out the issue from the pic. --AnilNarayanan
116 === business style ===
118 http://www.geocities.com/kuribas/hcoop.png
120 This logo has a businesslike style. Actually it is not really a logo, but more a top-banner for the website. The connected o's stand for cooperation, while the mouse stands for, well, the internet :)
125 || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hcbadge.png || A sample attribution pic. The 'proud member' phrase is from MichaelOlson's [http://www.mwolson.org site]. (Gif format is [http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hcbadge.gif here]) --AnilNarayanan ||
127 I don't think we've ever used "H-Coop" to name ourselves before. I've taken to using "HCoop" without any official discussion. There's room to settle on a capitalization/etc. convention that everyone likes, but we should definitely be consistent. --AdamChlipala [Someone overwrote this post in an edit, perhaps not paying attention to the warning that someone else is editing.]
129 || http://enthalpy.net/images/hcbadge.png || Slightly modified text. [http://enthalpy.net/images/hcbadge.gif Gif version]. --DavidBettis ||
131 Thanks Anil and David! It looks great. --MichaelOlson
133 || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hcbadge2.gif ||<rowspan=2> Removed hyphen from name -- AnilNarayanan||
134 || http://anil.net.in/images/drwg/hcoop/hcbadge3.gif ||