[Lnc-business] UPDATED - logo picker

[Brett Bittner]

Why are we adding designs outside the work of the committee and the designs
included straw poll in Phoenix? Why does this designer get special
treatment?



Brett C. Bittner

brett at brettbittner.com
404.492.6524

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty
than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Daniel Wiener <wiener at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Aaron Starr spoke with the designer today, who seems very interested in
> coming up with a logo for the LP based on his Lady Liberty/Rosie the
> Riveter theme.  He will probably have a concept available prior to the May
> 3rd meeting.
>
> Dan Wiener
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 12:12 AM, Daniel Wiener <wiener at alum.mit.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Arvin.  Now that I can see the logo candidates side-by-side,
>> here are my impressions:
>>
>> 1. "Torch Eagle" -- Not bad, and I could live with it.  But I'm not as
>> enthusiastic as I was at the LNC meeting.
>>
>> 2. "Torch Flower" -- Meh.  I could tolerated it, just barely.  There are
>> several better options.
>>
>> 3. "Liberty Bell L" -- No.  I'm not a fan of negative space, and if
>> someone doesn't immediately recognize the bell portion it looks pretty
>> stupid.
>>
>> 4. "1996 (prior) Logo" -- This would be my default choice if we can't
>> agree on anything else.
>>
>> 5. "L-Looping-P" -- I can't make up my mind about this.  On the one hand
>> I appreciate its clean form and simplicity, and the way it could lend
>> itself to good branding.  On the other hand, it seems like it would only be
>> effective if we spent $100 million on a marketing campaign to establish it
>> as the LP symbol, similar to what giant corporations would have to do to
>> re-brand themselves.  Plus it lacks any inherent meaning, which may not
>> bother the general public but would matter to a lot of libertarians.
>>
>> 6. "Crown-in-Torch" -- I like it.  It has a touch of elegance and
>> maintains the LP's torch of liberty theme.  I wouldn't necessarily put it
>> in first place, but I'd classify it as one of the leading contenders.
>>
>> 7. "Stylized Lady Liberty" -- It's okay, but I think it's a bit inferior
>> to #4.
>>
>> 8. "Old Logo" -- Too dark.  Not as good as #4.
>>
>> 9. "Rosie the Riveter" -- This has possibilities.  But this was a
>> conceptual suggestion, and needs to be simplified and stylized a bit to
>> make it more practical.  Aaron Starr had proposed this, and said he was
>> going to follow up with the Texas LP and contact the designer to see if an
>> improved version could be made.  I'm copying Aaron on this email, to see if
>> he's made any progress along those lines.
>>
>> Dan Wiener
>>
>> --------------------
>> From: Arvin Vohra <arvin at arvinvohra.com>
>> Date: Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 11:33 PM
>> Subject: [Lnc-business] UPDATED - logo picker
>> To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>
>>
>> Hi guys - here is an updated image showing the logo options.
>>
>> -Arvin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> guess it (audience laughter), no, don’t laugh, that’s the truth. Then we
>> compute the consequences of the guess, to see what, if this is right, if
>> this law we guess is right, to see what it would imply and then we compare
>> the computation results to nature or we say compare to experiment or
>> experience, compare it directly with observations to see if it works. If it
>> disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG. In that simple statement is the key
>> to science. It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it
>> doesn’t matter how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is.
>> If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.”*
>> -- Richard Feynman (https://tinyurl.com/lozjjps)
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *"In general, we look for a new law by the following process. First, we
> guess it (audience laughter), no, don’t laugh, that’s the truth. Then we
> compute the consequences of the guess, to see what, if this is right, if
> this law we guess is right, to see what it would imply and then we compare
> the computation results to nature or we say compare to experiment or
> experience, compare it directly with observations to see if it works. If it
> disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG. In that simple statement is the key
> to science. It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it
> doesn’t matter how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is.
> If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.”*
> -- Richard Feynman (https://tinyurl.com/lozjjps)
>
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