So I tried making a Fediverse logo! :gutkato_kontenta:
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So I tried making a Fediverse logo! :gutkato_kontenta:
Most people seem to be using the rainbow-coloured pentagram (by Eukombos & al.), which I like well enough myself, but since I read somewhere that it looked a bit busy, I tried making something simpler yet familiar. Instead of different nodes, I put the colours in different spaces/communities formed between the interacting nodes; sorta inspired by the origami boat logo (by DSFGS).
I don’t think the result is particularly striking or much improved, but since I already made it, here it is anyway! Hereby dedicated to the public domain using CC0. I’ve put together a comparison with some pre-existing logos, too; which ones do you like the best? :gutkato_flucerba:
#lang_en #art #CC0 #decentralisation #design #FediArt #FediDesign #FediLogo #Fediverse #FreeCulture #FreeSoftware #LibreCulture #LibreSoftware #logo
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Eudaimon ꙮreplied to Tirifto :korektu_min: on last edited by@tirifto Very nice idea, this flower-like version, I like it!
I'm the Eukombos user at Wikipedia, and one of the people who produced it (it was a collective work, @drq also participated, and some others too). I was using another account back then, @nestort. Tomorrow I'll repost another idea that me and some others worked on. Now I'm -
Tirifto :korektu_min:replied to Eudaimon ꙮ on last edited by
@eudaimon @drq @nestort Thank you! I’ll look forward to seeing what it is; I might have missed it, or might just have liked it less than the two I’ve included. I think I’ve managed to find the original thread before posting this, so I might have seen it. :gutkato_hihias: Have a good night at any rate! :gutkato_dormas:
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Dr. Quadragon ❌replied to Tirifto :korektu_min: on last edited by
@tirifto Check out also this thread
Dr. Quadragon ❌ (@[email protected])
@[email protected] Funny enough, it was a multiple invention. We, I and @[email protected], independently, without knowing about each other at all, made the same logo. Mine had different chirality though, and had couple of other details like UN-esque laurel wreath (because we're federation :). After we showed each other our results, we agreed that his version is simpler and more concise, and it will kinda be attributed to both of us. @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
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Tirifto :korektu_min:replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌ on last edited by
@drq @eudaimon @nestort Ah, I had never seen your original version! From the info I could find I sort of presumed that you have collaborated in some more direct way, with other people making supplementary contributions or giving advice. Very interesting to read; thank you for the link. I should probably have made space for a more verbose attribution after all. ^ ^’
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Tirifto :korektu_min:replied to Tirifto :korektu_min: on last edited by
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Eudaimon ꙮreplied to Tirifto :korektu_min: on last edited by@tirifto @drq @nestort
Good morning (or TZAG) everyone!
As I said earlier, here's some more info (some of it may have been already posted in current or nearby threads):
Here's a bit of history on the unofficial-and-quite-adopted logo for the #Fediverse, plus some other ideas: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fediverse-logo-or-icon-proposal/1057, also contributed by @dsfgs.
To add a bit of more data to the history: the rotation of the pentacle has three objectives: firstly, so that it does not look neither like an upright pentacle, nor an inverted one, both of which are symbols of actual use. The other main objective was to make it square in proportions, so that if it is used in a place where it is displayed as a circle (such as many apps do in avatars: the original image is square, but it's displayed as a circle), it still appears centered and fully visible. Finally, being a bit rotated adds dynamism.
Here's a discussion (in Catalan, hopefully you can machine-translate it) where @titi, @marcelcosta and I discussed a new idea for a logo: the U+2042 ASTERISM character: ⁂ https://agora.fedi.cat/t/targeta-fediversal-amb-nou-logo/738 (plus a conversation in https://bcn.fedi.cat/notice/AbIbB3mNisOH7f3cIq with @paukokura too).
For the record, I also attach the Asterism idea. For my taste, it works better than the original pentacle, especially in small sizes (although it's still a bit cluttered, but I'd say it's clearly recognizable), and it adds the advantage of being an actual character (depending on the font, it may be implemented with 5 or 6 pointed asterisks, but I don't think that's a problem). The problem is that it is not a clear evolution of the first one, so an hypothetical process of adoption would probably generate confusion for some time. But the #Fediverse is confusing, also! Because... what is the Fediverse? In https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/c/fediversity/10 there are some discussions, and I also remember there being one somewhere (not sure if in this forum) about how to best communicate the idea of the Fediverse (including maybe a motto), to help improve the adoption.
Anyway, for me it is funny (and a bit flattering too) to see the original logo appearing here and there. It is also interesting to observe how this all happens without any verticality or hierarchy being applied (formally, at least). The logo, by the way, disappeared at some point in Wikipedia's English version of the Fediverse article, but it stays in some others (such as the Spanish version).
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Fediverse Symbol ⁂replied to Eudaimon ꙮ last edited by
@eudaimon @marcelcosta @tirifto @drq @nestort @paukokura Hi! Just stumbled upon your post while looking at the #FediverseIcon tag! We actually just published a page about using ⁂ as a symbol for the fediverse, we got the same idea! Great to see your take on it, nice with the colours and the rotation!
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Eudaimon ꙮreplied to Fediverse Symbol ⁂ last edited bymira, @titi ! Sembla un exemple d'evolució paral·lela Igual al final agafarà tracció!
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@titi @eudaimon I think you were all in the discussion that's lead to this project existing in the first place I am also involved in @FediverseSymbol and you are all very much part of this initiative too.