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==Appropedia Logos==
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==Ideas without Graphics==
==Animated version of the logo==
*Adobe bricks spelling the name
{{Video|iob4x98LCl0}}
*A clothesline with each shirt having a different letter on it
::I like this suggestion of the clothesline and letters. As a guess, I think separate shirts would be challenging to pull off, but a single shirt, potentially embroidered or otherwise bearing the name, hanging on a clothesline would be cool. This scheme also seems like it would work somewhat independently of choice of name.  --[[User:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]] 15:32, 24 September 2006 (PDT)


==Ideas with Graphics==
== See also ==
*http://i13.tinypic.com/2vxj90i.jpg" Appropedia Logo - River Muted.  Here is a another one, this time with a yellow sky, green cattails, and blue rain drop.
*http://i10.tinypic.com/2dbsba8.jpg Appropedia Logo - With shading.  I think the green needs to be greener, and maybe the orange to be browner.


[[Image:Aplogo3.gif|thumb|left|1. just an idea --[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 13:10, 1 July 2006 (PDT)]]
* [[Appropedia:About]]
[[Image:Aplogo5.jpg|thumb|left|2. yet another idea --[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 09:44, 7 August 2006 (PDT)]]
* [[Appropedia:User experience]]
[[Image:Handshake_logo2.jpg|thumb|left|3. I like hands --[[User:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]] 21:54, 29 September 2006 (PDT)]]
[[Image:Handshake_with_omega.jpg|thumb|left|4. Developed by Paul Moers of [http://www.saulmade.nl saulmade] --[[User:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]] 21:54, 29 September 2006 (PDT)]]
[[Image:Istockphoto_2070082_solar_cooker.jpg|thumb|left|5. Is this AT? --[[User:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]] 19:26, 1 October 2006 (PDT)]]
[[Image:Aprologo-tbw.jpg|thumb|left|6. el concepto mio --[[User:Tressie|Tressie]] 22:26, 3 October 2006 (PDT)]]
[[Image:Appropediaroundfeatheredsmudged1.jpg|thumb|left|7. revision 2 shadows --[[User:Tressie|Tressie]] 11:00, 23 October 2006 (PDT)]]
[[Image:Hacked_rev_2_w_shadow.JPG|thumb|left|8. rev 3, moved text --[[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] 10:06, 27 October 2006 (PDT)]]
[[Image:Favicon_from_shadow2.jpg|thumb|left|8a]]
[[Image:aprologo-final.png|thumb|left|9. Appropedia Logo - Vectorized [[User:Tressie|Tressie]] 16:51, 5 November 2006 (PDT)]]
[[Image:Favicon-windmill.jpg|thumb|left|9a]]
[[Image:Final derived favicon.JPG|thumb|left|9b]]
[[Image:Aprologo-ColorConcept Qs.png|thumb|left|10. An idea with a color pallete (I think we need one)]]
[[Image:Greenlivingpedialogo2.gif|thumb|left|11. [[Greenlivingpedia]] logo. See [[#Green ball logo]], below.]]
[[Image:brown_logo.jpg|thumb|left|12. Appropedia Logo - Colores nuevos [[User:Tressie|Tressie]] 10:40, 30 March 2007 (PDT)]]
[[Image:brown_sh_logo.jpg|thumb|left|13. Appropedia Logo - Colores nuevos con sombra [[User:Tressie|Tressie]] 10:42, 30 March 2007 (PDT)]]


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=== Archived logo discussions ===
The hands photo is a "concept". I propose either a handshake, or a "high five" with appropriate stuff in the background.  The photo above is okay, multiethnic, but kids.  The micro photo is a "favicon" made from a section of the same photo.  If you use Firefox, you can associate the favicon (click on it to download to your machine) with Appropedia by downloading the appropriate version of Favicon_Picker extension (see http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=321562). It's an xpi file that I didn't know what to with at first; open the "extensions" window in Firefox and drag the xpi file into it.  Install, restart Firefox, right click bookmark, select properties and it's straight forward.  --[[User:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]] 22:08, 29 September 2006 (PDT)
:I hadn't noticed this - the concept is appealing. I'd probably prefer a line drawing though, as it avoids the issue of what color the hands are - whatever colors we use, we will be perceived as implicitly suggesting that we have a focus on Western needs (white hands), poorer countries' needs (darker skin), or international cooperation (different colors). Actually we're about all those things, and don't want to create a narrower perception.


:So a line drawing could work, though making it clear and noticeable is a challenge. On balance, I still like Peter's green ball idea best, though the handshake is certainly appealing and might be useful somewhere else (a [[collaborations]] portal?) --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] &middot; <small>[[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]</small> 01:24, 26 March 2007 (PDT)
* [[Appropedia:Logo/Alternative logos|Alternative logos]]
* [[Appropedia:Logo/Subtitles|Subtitles]]


The iStock solar cooker photo is easy to buy (about $1). I think the teapot spout detail of the solar cookers could be picked up as favicon.  I'll try that when I'm bored.  --[[User:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]] 19:26, 1 October 2006 (PDT)
[[Category:About Appropedia]]
:Solar cookers are an excellent example of AT, but wrot with controversy over failed aid-based projects.  That said, I do think we should try to incorporate solar elements into the logo if we can.  Just some intial comments.  Let's keep putting out ideas for awhile.  --[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 20:08, 1 October 2006 (PDT)
[[Category:Videos]]
 
[[Category:Videos about Appropedia]]
:I like the concept of '''7. el concepto mi'''.  Sun, wind power, water in different forms, plants including cattail (wastewater treatment plant).  I would like to see this more finished, with the name more apparent and with some people in silhouette (is that possible?).  Thank you [[User:Tressie|Tressie]] for the great draft.--[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 00:42, 4 October 2006 (PDT)
::Added my hacked version (8) as a suggestion that [[User:Tressie|Tressie]] might make gorgeous?  --[[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] 10:06, 27 October 2006 (PDT)
:::I like Tressie's (#7, or #8 is my hacked version) so much, I made a new favicon (8a).  Looks cool as the mini-logo associated with Appropedia in my Firefox browser (see above on how to do that...all that work is not necessary once we choose an official logo, we can also define the favicon).  --[[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] 22:21, 29 October 2006 (PST)
 
Please let me know what you think of the revised color scheme...  --[[User:Tressie|Tressie]] 10:51, 30 March 2007 (PDT)
 
===Green ball logo===
If appealing to a wider audience, the current logo is ''busy and I think too "alternative"'', says [[User_talk:Peter_Campbell#Greenlivingpedia_interwiki|Peter Campbell]] of [[Greenlivingpedia]]. [[User_talk:Peter_Campbell#Thinking_about_how_collaboration_with_Greenlivingpedia_might_work|My response]] is that [http://www.greenlivingpedia.org/ Greenlivingpedia]'s green ball logo has a lot of merit - it definitely has a clean, [[bright green]] feel. While the Appropedia logo is cool, it seems likely to appeal to those with hippie inclinations (and I include myself in the hippies, to an extent). Greenlivingpedia's would probably have a broader appeal, IMO, both among the very poor in Indonesia, Peru etc who aspire to a modern comfortable life in an affordable way, and also among those accustomed to modern Western comforts but wanting to be greener. And I don't think the hippies among us will object at all, as long as the site still caters to them - in fact, the strong green will resonate very well. Thoughts? If we end up merging with Greenlivingpedia should we use the green ball logo? (It has my vote.) --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] &middot; <small>[[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]</small> 01:10, 26 March 2007 (PDT)
 
 
==New Logo==
Hi All, What do you think of the new logo and favicon?  I was thinking maybe a favicon that included the 3 grey radial parts of the logo... but I like this for now.  In addition, we need to keep working on a subtitle.  Awesome work, [[User:Tressie|Tressie]]!  --[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 18:41, 5 November 2006 (PST)
:I like the new logo '''''a lot!'''''  Regarding the favicon, it looks like it was developed from an underlying element of the logo and not the final logo itself.  To me, it looks a bit like a daisy, and not like windmill vanes.  I uploaded the 9b version of a favicon, which is derived directly from the logo, and which I think looks a bit more like vanes of a windmill, and seems to me to have a clearer linkage with the logo.  Not sure how I'd feel about a favicon with the 3 grey radials.
:Having said all that, if the consensus is for "9a" over "9b", I will totally support that.  Probably want to develop a consensus quickly, in a day or two.  --[[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] 20:44, 5 November 2006 (PST)
::I notice that I no longer get a favicon of any kind, even on my office machine (that I didn't muck around with regarding favicons). Did something happen?  I'd be perfectly happy with "9a", since no one else seemed to mind about it. :-)  --[[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] 16:50, 14 November 2006 (PST)
::: I found this on a dreamhost discussion board about favicons not working:
::: http://discussion.dreamhost.com/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=3rdparty&Number=52003&page=&view=&sb=&o=
::: Take a look...  --[[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] 13:51, 15 November 2006 (PST)
 
Hi All, What do you think of the colors in #13?  We could use these as our color palette, and use the three radial color curves in our favicon.  Please let me know what you think.  --[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] 10:55, 30 March 2007 (PDT)
 
:It depends what the logo is for. It's a nice design, but I don't feel it's really suitable for the site as a whole (even with the changed colors). Maybe it would suit an [[alternative technology]] or [[simple living]] portal? --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] &middot; <small>[[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]</small> 17:51, 14 April 2007 (PDT)
 
==Subtitle==
Rather than "The Free Encyclopedia" on the top left of every page, how about something like:
 
    * A living library of appropriate technology
    * A living library of appropriate technology and development issues
    * Appropriate technology, development and sustainability
 
While I always like to be comprehensive, something short and snappy would be best for a subtitle... --Singkong2005 t - c 23:19, 28 June 2006 (PDT) ''(from [[Appropedia_talk:Village_pump#Change_subtitle|Village pump]])''
 
:I propose:
 
    * A collaborative ''how-to'' guide to building a better world for all
    or
    * A collaborative guide on ''How to build a better world''
    or
    * A collaborative guide to building a better world
 
Isn't that what we're trying to do from a "destination" perspective?  That is, aren't appropriate and sustainable technologies and development techniques a means to that end?  Well, really I was just aiming for snappy --[[user:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]]
 
===List of possible subtitles===
* A living library of appropriate technology --[[User:Lonny|Lonny]]
* A living library of appropriate technology and development issues --[[User:Singkong2005|Singkong2005]]
* Appropriate technology, development and sustainability --[[User:Singkong2005|Singkong2005]]
* A collaborative ''how-to'' guide to building a better world for all --[[user:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]]
* A collaborative guide on ''How to build a better world'' --[[user:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]]
* A collaborative guide to building a better world --[[user:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]]
**I like either this one, or just "A guide to building a better world" - simple and clear. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] &middot; <small>[[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]</small> 21:22, 26 March 2007 (PDT)
* A living library of sustainability and enhancement (I do not like this one, but I want to address people in poor conditions feeling like sustainability is about sustaining their poor conditions).  --[[User:Lonny|Lonny]]
* A living library / collaborative guide for sustainable enhancement [[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]]
* Come and share practical ideas for sustainable progress (I like this because it appeals more to the community instead of describing the site as an object.  More ideas like this?) [[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]]
* The site for sharing practical ideas on sustainable progress [[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]]
* The site for enabling sustainable development through ideas [[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]]
* Enabling sustainable development by sharing practical ideas [[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]]
* Sharing practical wisdom to enable sustainable development [[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] (my fave so far)
* Co-creating sustainable solutions. [[User:Lonny|Lonny]]

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