Address project - Update Logo

New design works well at low resolutions.
Clear what it is and can see the stamp.

I think we need to do somesthing about the rounded corners. I wonder if expanding the lighter gray in the middle, removing the black border, and making the border a thicker candy-stripe as a square would work?

I understand the guidelines say to avoid rounded corners, but I believe that relates to the outer edge of the logo box. In this case, the rounded corners are part of the design, and there is a border around the design, so the rounded envelope does not extend to the corners of the containing box. This image shows the logo on a green background to illustrate the space around the edges:

I've done a mockup of the logo as it will appear on the project browser, but I've superimposed on a blue background showing the full size of the logo with the PB rounded corners applied to show that the envelope does not extend to the corners of the box.

Looks awesome @lostcarpark!

Received the following feedback from @dww in the Address project:

Nice, thanks! Mostly looks great. But I don't love the red, white and blue stripes. A bit too nationalistic for my tastes, especially as someone living in the belly of the empire. Is it easy to tweak this logo? Here are some proposals, I'd be happy with any of them:

Can the stripes be a rainbow instead of only 3?
If we want/need to stick with 3, how about purple, green and gold? I associate those with Mardi Gras (I grew up in New Orleans), and I'm not aware of a specific country that uses those.
If it's really 2 alternating colors on the "white" background, how about using purple instead of the current red?

Thanks!
-Derek

I like Derek's idea of rainbow stripes, so I've had a go at that. I like it!

Fantastic, thanks!

Doesn't this resemble pride flags a bit too much? As that has not really anything to do with the address project 🙂

@BramDriesen, That's a valid point. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with that.

My original reasoning behind the blue and red stripes was it's something commonly seen on airmail letters, but it probably has its origins in flags of colonial nations. An alternative would be to have no colours in the border at all.

Yeah, I have no problem with it resembling pride flags. The intention was to somehow convey "international" without invoking any specific country. If an inclusive rainbow also invokes LGBTQ+ rights, all the better (IMHO). FWIW, there are rainbows all over the license plates and drivers licenses where I live, so it's also appropriate from that dimension. 😂

I have no problem with that either 😉 it was just a remark!

Anyway, if the maintainers are OK with this I see no reason not to go for this version.

While I love the rainbow version, just for my own curiosity I did a couple of alternative versions.

First one in my own national colours:

And the obligatory Mardi Gras version:

Slight preference to the orange and green one. Mardi grass is also cool :) up to the maintainer I would say.

I vote rainbows or Mardi Gras. I left a comment for the other address maintainer to weigh in if they have any preferences.

Thanks again, everyone!
-Derek

Honestly I preferred the original logo by a mile. Didn't even cross my mind to associate the red & blue with any flag colors.

Purple&green feels garish.

The rainbow is now universally associated with LGBT movements, so I feel like the rainbow makes the logo look seasonal (one color scheme for pride week, one for halloween, etc).

This leaves orange and green. So I vote for that one.

I didn't intend to cause any controversy!

As an alternative option, here's one with no border, and hopefully no danger over causing upset over flags...

As maintainers of the module, it's up to you to to decide what you prefer. I'm happy to do other variants if helpful.

The one without border also looks good imo

Setting back to Needs Review until decision is made on the logo to use. I think the borderless one is probably the least controversial, so would suggest we go with that.

Let's go borderless.

RTBC in that case. Updated the logo in the issue fork of the child issue as well.

I committed this to the address repo. Thanks, everyone!

Adding credits to Project Browser isssue

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