4 Mar
2016
4 Mar
'16
1:17 a.m.
On Monday 29 February 2016, 17:32 wrote E. Liddell:
For your amusement, then, here are some very early
stage concept sketches.
Some very nice ideas and designs -- especially the "tree-nity" in (row 2,
column 3) and the trinity knot around the gear (row 3, column 1).
4 years ago, I'd definitely would have said: go with the geared trinity knot.
It is triangular, a classical and clever trinity symbol, yet defused of
religious meaning by the use of the gear. Further it is the simplest torus
knot around the gear -- very nice, because its conveys an infinity symbolism, a
kind of iconographic "KDE3 forever".
Meanwhile I fear the gear is doing damage to the public perception of the
trinity project -- see my answer to Felix Miata.
I share Lisi's sentiments about the angular designs (for these reasons I
didn't propose the Valknut, which I'd find geometrically quite charming, and
which would have some "gear resemblance")
The "tree-nity" is cute and clever, as among the shamanic cultures along the
artic circle the idea of a "world-tree" is common, which is a kind of trinity.
The Nordic Yggdrasil is a prominent example -- crown, trunk, and roots of the
tree representing heavens/yonderworld, world of the humans, earth/underworld.
But to avoid nasty puns about "looks like a dead tree/branch" it might should
be less "T-ish" and more "Tree-ish" ...
A vibrant "Tree-nity" seems worth considering to me.
...
Basic design criteria included incorporating some idea of "three-ness" (or
"T-ness" in a couple of cases), and not looking too much like anyone
else's
logo that I know of. Which is why the one that looks most like Trisquel
Linux's has that triangle added. Logos too similar = potential trademark
infringement.
I totally agree.
ciao,
ThoMaus