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[Richard Lyons <richard AT the-place.net>]

I had been fiddling with it again, of course, when Falk's mail came in.
I have simplified the shapes of the 'e' and 'n'.  I have also moved the
"node" to the junction of "open" with "NIC"  -- the point at which
"open" plugs in.  

I would keep the option to use either the two-line or the one-line
version, depending on context.  The isolated small logotype with the
node attached to the N can be read as oN, which sounds positive, and is
the initials for Open Nic.  

The position of the node in the small logotype can be top left, even if
the node slides to the two other locations when the whole logo is drawn.
They are clearly all the same family.  Alternatively the node can be
left centre in both the single-line version and the small logotype, and
slide to the top only when the two-line version is used.  It should not
be at the top for the small logotype, since then it reads "No", which is
negative, and not the right order for Open Nic

On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 17:21:53 +0200, Falk Husemann wrote:

[...]
> your try to express openness and networking looks good.
> 
> I especially like the tries in thoughts3.pdf in the bottom on the left.
> The open o really works out. Also the try with shadow/extrusion (on the
> big N) works and gives the logo a little more plasticity.

I think the small check in the joint of the letters NIC is an artefact
from the conversion to pdf or the rendering by google or by the browser.
It was not intended.  I could look at a 3d effect, though I dont feel it
is lacking.

> 
> What looks a little too fancy is the color. What is the expected
> perceiption of it? I mean, colors are great. But they age and come out
> of style. Could your concept work with more conservative choice of
> color or even without colors?

My view is that the colour is optional, and need not be immutable.  I
would use it when colour was available and choose a colour to match
whatever else was in the context.  We could change it with the seasons,
or the average temperature of the surface of the earth, or whatever. It
has the advantage of adding focus, and emphasising the connection point
between open and NIC.

I have added some colourless samples on the sketch thoughts4.pdf at the
same URL
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B0D2_zh4skGSd0xwRTI0RXJLNEU/edit

I have also shown a very rough idea to further open the 'o' -- a bit
more like the old logo.  I do not much like this at the moment.

richard