Hello!
So all the way back at wineconf I volunteered to be swag master for winehq. The idea is to have something that can be given away at trade shows, presentations, LUG visits and the like. Just something to help promote the visibility of the project.
Jana here, CodeWeavers marketing director, has put together a sampling of designs to do as our first sticker and so now we are looking for some feedback on what people prefer.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5X_fXe9KSFAppRHz8kUo3XKeODyH5KeXo...
Rosanne? Could you direct me as to where this should be put up for the users as well? I am unfamiliar with how to communicate to our user base.
The poll will run for as long as it feels like it needs to get some sort of winner. Comments and suggestions are always welcome!
-aric
On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:08:44 -0500 Aric Stewart aric@codeweavers.com wrote:
Rosanne? Could you direct me as to where this should be put up for the users as well? I am unfamiliar with how to communicate to our user base.
Very funny. I've posted an announcement on the forum for you.
Hi,
Kudos to Jana for creating the sample designs! While they're all really good, I'm wondering about the "bottle" theme used in all the samples. Is that the direction we're going for, possibly a new logo?
Cheers, Aaryaman
On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Aric Stewart aric@codeweavers.com wrote:
Hello!
So all the way back at wineconf I volunteered to be swag master for winehq. The idea is to have something that can be given away at trade shows, presentations, LUG visits and the like. Just something to help promote the visibility of the project.
Jana here, CodeWeavers marketing director, has put together a sampling of designs to do as our first sticker and so now we are looking for some feedback on what people prefer.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5X_ fXe9KSFAppRHz8kUo3XKeODyH5KeXofTbR2kYW2vB0EA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Rosanne? Could you direct me as to where this should be put up for the users as well? I am unfamiliar with how to communicate to our user base.
The poll will run for as long as it feels like it needs to get some sort of winner. Comments and suggestions are always welcome!
-aric
On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:23:09 +0900 Aaryaman Vasishta jem456.vasishta@gmail.com wrote:
Kudos to Jana for creating the sample designs! While they're all really good, I'm wondering about the "bottle" theme used in all the samples. Is that the direction we're going for, possibly a new logo?
I was wondering that myself. The designs are okay, but I prefer the logo on the website.
Am 11.04.2017 um 14:08 schrieb Rosanne DiMesio:
On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:23:09 +0900 Aaryaman Vasishta jem456.vasishta@gmail.com wrote:
Kudos to Jana for creating the sample designs! While they're all really good, I'm wondering about the "bottle" theme used in all the samples. Is that the direction we're going for, possibly a new logo?
I was wondering that myself. The designs are okay, but I prefer the logo on the website.
Same here
On 11 April 2017 at 19:33, André Hentschel nerv@dawncrow.de wrote:
Am 11.04.2017 um 14:08 schrieb Rosanne DiMesio:
On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:23:09 +0900 Aaryaman Vasishta jem456.vasishta@gmail.com wrote:
Kudos to Jana for creating the sample designs! While they're all really good, I'm wondering about the "bottle" theme used in all the samples. Is that the direction we're going for, possibly a new logo?
I was wondering that myself. The designs are okay, but I prefer the logo on the website.
Same here
I might as well add a "me too". I'm hardly a marketing expert, but if this is intended for conferences and the like I think there's something to be said for keeping the imaging consistent. Of course I also remember the old logo and website fondly (https://web.archive.org/web/20080621094805/http://www.winehq.org/ for those too young to remember :D), and well, "flat" is modern again.
On 4/11/17 7:08 AM, Rosanne DiMesio wrote:
On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:23:09 +0900 Aaryaman Vasishta jem456.vasishta@gmail.com wrote:
Kudos to Jana for creating the sample designs! While they're all really good, I'm wondering about the "bottle" theme used in all the samples. Is that the direction we're going for, possibly a new logo?
I was wondering that myself. The designs are okay, but I prefer the logo on the website.
Then please leave that as an 'Other' option. I directed Jana to explore things other than the logo and maybe she should have done up one that was just the logo. But I though it would be fun to have a sticker with another graphic.
-aric
On 12 April 2017 at 13:51, Aric Stewart aric@codeweavers.com wrote:
Then please leave that as an 'Other' option. I directed Jana to explore things other than the logo and maybe she should have done up one that was just the logo. But I though it would be fun to have a sticker with another graphic.
On a slightly more serious note though, I think an argument could certainly be made that it's about time for a refresh of the logo and the website design. I.e., I think the stickers should be consistent with the project logo (although not necessarily exactly the same), but that could also mean updating the project logo to be consistent with the sticker design.
Hello Everyone!
Long time not update. Been a busy, busy time but Jana and I have had a chance to circle back to the swag with the goal of having a stack ready for WineConf.
The poll concluded with the sideways bottle, Though some of the suggestions where good so we made a few tweaks and attached is the sticker we have come up with.
We are looking into the best way to produce the sticker and it is all very excited.
The idea is that we want people who go to events, talks, trade shows or anywhere promoting WINE to be able to have a stack of these to give away to help promote the project.
We don't have a good distribution plan yet other than a box of stickers in my office and people e-mailing me when they need a supply. That does involve ongoing shipping costs that will have to be covered. If we have a volunteer in Europe to also have a stash then that would likely be a better plan for European people.
There where a few questions around re-design of the Logo and such. I personally think a graphics/logo update of our web site would be awesome but I am not volunteering as I am not a graphic designer. All of Jana's designs that used the existing wine glass just did not work as well as the bottle ones we had up on the poll so we decided to be a big adventurous and go with this.
Finally, the idea is for this to be sort of step 1 in swag/promotion process. We want to get people reaching out, tabling, doing talks and all that sort of thing and having swag helps raise the project's status. This is of course a discussion for WineConf, but want to keep the thoughts bubbling.
-aric
That's great looking!
I made myself a sweatshirt a while back with the existing logo on the back and the address of the winehq git repository on the front, and I thought it came out well. The thing attached to your email looks great also. Maybe I should make another sweatshirt with that :)
I think it looks good.
On 7/26/17 10:40 AM, Aric Stewart wrote:
Hello Everyone!
Long time not update. Been a busy, busy time but Jana and I have had a chance to circle back to the swag with the goal of having a stack ready for WineConf.
The poll concluded with the sideways bottle, Though some of the suggestions where good so we made a few tweaks and attached is the sticker we have come up with.
We are looking into the best way to produce the sticker and it is all very excited.
The idea is that we want people who go to events, talks, trade shows or anywhere promoting WINE to be able to have a stack of these to give away to help promote the project.
We don't have a good distribution plan yet other than a box of stickers in my office and people e-mailing me when they need a supply. That does involve ongoing shipping costs that will have to be covered. If we have a volunteer in Europe to also have a stash then that would likely be a better plan for European people.
There where a few questions around re-design of the Logo and such. I personally think a graphics/logo update of our web site would be awesome but I am not volunteering as I am not a graphic designer. All of Jana's designs that used the existing wine glass just did not work as well as the bottle ones we had up on the poll so we decided to be a big adventurous and go with this.
Finally, the idea is for this to be sort of step 1 in swag/promotion process. We want to get people reaching out, tabling, doing talks and all that sort of thing and having swag helps raise the project's status. This is of course a discussion for WineConf, but want to keep the thoughts bubbling.
-aric
Hi Aric,
Thanks for your work! And do you have a svg file of this design?
2017-07-26 23:40 GMT+08:00 Aric Stewart aric@codeweavers.com:
Hello Everyone!
Long time not update. Been a busy, busy time but Jana and I have had a chance to circle back to the swag with the goal of having a stack ready for WineConf.
The poll concluded with the sideways bottle, Though some of the suggestions where good so we made a few tweaks and attached is the sticker we have come up with.
We are looking into the best way to produce the sticker and it is all very excited.
The idea is that we want people who go to events, talks, trade shows or anywhere promoting WINE to be able to have a stack of these to give away to help promote the project.
We don't have a good distribution plan yet other than a box of stickers in my office and people e-mailing me when they need a supply. That does involve ongoing shipping costs that will have to be covered. If we have a volunteer in Europe to also have a stash then that would likely be a better plan for European people.
There where a few questions around re-design of the Logo and such. I personally think a graphics/logo update of our web site would be awesome but I am not volunteering as I am not a graphic designer. All of Jana's designs that used the existing wine glass just did not work as well as the bottle ones we had up on the poll so we decided to be a big adventurous and go with this.
Finally, the idea is for this to be sort of step 1 in swag/promotion process. We want to get people reaching out, tabling, doing talks and all that sort of thing and having swag helps raise the project's status. This is of course a discussion for WineConf, but want to keep the thoughts bubbling.
-aric
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