four f's poster designs

[Máirín Duffy]

Hey folks,

I put together some designs for the four f's posters. They are *very* 
different than our infinity freedom community ones. Because they are 
such a departure (a lot less shiny) and a little weird, I won't be 
broken-hearted if you hate them, just let me know. I designed them so 
you could use any of them alone, or you can use them together and 
connect them to make an even bigger poster. They are also designed so 
they are more of a backdrop than a main event. Influences include sari 
fabric (do you see it?), Red Hat's website background, and quilts! 
You'll see what I mean when you look at them, I think/hope.

Anyhow, here's the individual posters. There's one for each f, then 
there are two that have all four f's on them:

http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/individual%20posters/

Here's what they look like connected to make a bigger poster and what 
they look like lined up horizontally:

http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/four-fs-four-posters.png

Let me know what you think. If we want to go for another look let's talk 
about the kind of look/feel we should try. Any Fedora Ambassadors 
reading this, I'd especially like to hear what direction you think we 
should go in as you're the folks with these posters at events competing 
with other booths/tables.

~m

[Leigh Cantrell Day]

Mairin -- these are just fabulous (IMHO, ie, not an artist or designer)! 
  Could see these icons tell the story in so many use cases, alone and 
combined.

Really great work...

leigh


Mairin Duffy wrote:
>  Hey folks,
>  
>  I put together some designs for the four f's posters. They are *very* 
>  different than our infinity freedom community ones. Because they are 
>  such a departure (a lot less shiny) and a little weird, I won't be 
>  broken-hearted if you hate them, just let me know. I designed them so 
>  you could use any of them alone, or you can use them together and 
>  connect them to make an even bigger poster. They are also designed so 
>  they are more of a backdrop than a main event. Influences include sari 
>  fabric (do you see it?), Red Hat's website background, and quilts! 
>  You'll see what I mean when you look at them, I think/hope.
>  
>  Anyhow, here's the individual posters. There's one for each f, then 
>  there are two that have all four f's on them:
>  
>  http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/individual%20posters/
>  
>  Here's what they look like connected to make a bigger poster and what 
>  they look like lined up horizontally:
>  
>  http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/four-fs-four-posters.png
>  
>  Let me know what you think. If we want to go for another look let's talk 
>  about the kind of look/feel we should try. Any Fedora Ambassadors 
>  reading this, I'd especially like to hear what direction you think we 
>  should go in as you're the folks with these posters at events competing 
>  with other booths/tables.
>  
>  ~m

[William Cattey]

+1

You have a great eye and a great style, Mairin.

-Bill

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On Oct 23, 2008, at 10:09 PM, Leigh Cantrell Day wrote:

>  Mairin -- these are just fabulous (IMHO, ie, not an artist or  
>  designer)!  Could see these icons tell the story in so many use  
>  cases, alone and combined.
>
>  Really great work...
>
>  leigh
>
>
>  Mairin Duffy wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> > I put together some designs for the four f's posters. They are  
> > *very* different than our infinity freedom community ones. Because  
> > they are such a departure (a lot less shiny) and a little weird, I  
> > won't be broken-hearted if you hate them, just let me know. I  
> > designed them so you could use any of them alone, or you can use  
> > them together and connect them to make an even bigger poster. They  
> > are also designed so they are more of a backdrop than a main  
> > event. Influences include sari fabric (do you see it?), Red Hat's  
> > website background, and quilts! You'll see what I mean when you  
> > look at them, I think/hope.
> > Anyhow, here's the individual posters. There's one for each f,  
> > then there are two that have all four f's on them:
> > http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/individual%20posters/
> > Here's what they look like connected to make a bigger poster and  
> > what they look like lined up horizontally:
> > http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/four-fs-four- 
> > posters.png
> > Let me know what you think. If we want to go for another look  
> > let's talk about the kind of look/feel we should try. Any Fedora  
> > Ambassadors reading this, I'd especially like to hear what  
> > direction you think we should go in as you're the folks with these  
> > posters at events competing with other booths/tables.
> > ~m
>
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[Aks]

+1
You have a really amazing design perspective Mairin.
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On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:16 AM, William Cattey <wdc(a)mit.edu&gt; wrote:

>  +1
>
>  You have a great eye and a great style, Mairin.
>
>  -Bill
>
>  ----
>
>  William Cattey
>  Linux Platform Coordinator
>  MIT Information Services & Technology
>
>  N42-040M, 617-253-0140, wdc(a)mit.edu
>  http://web.mit.edu/wdc/www/
>
>
>
>
>  On Oct 23, 2008, at 10:09 PM, Leigh Cantrell Day wrote:
>
>   Mairin -- these are just fabulous (IMHO, ie, not an artist or designer)!
> >  Could see these icons tell the story in so many use cases, alone and
> > combined.
> >
> > Really great work...
> >
> > leigh
> >
> >
> > Mairin Duffy wrote:
> >
> >> Hey folks,
> >> I put together some designs for the four f's posters. They are *very*
> >> different than our infinity freedom community ones. Because they are such a
> >> departure (a lot less shiny) and a little weird, I won't be broken-hearted
> >> if you hate them, just let me know. I designed them so you could use any of
> >> them alone, or you can use them together and connect them to make an even
> >> bigger poster. They are also designed so they are more of a backdrop than a
> >> main event. Influences include sari fabric (do you see it?), Red Hat's
> >> website background, and quilts! You'll see what I mean when you look at
> >> them, I think/hope.
> >> Anyhow, here's the individual posters. There's one for each f, then
> there
> >> are two that have all four f's on them:
> >> http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/individual%20posters/
> >> Here's what they look like connected to make a bigger poster and what
> >> they look like lined up horizontally:
> >> http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/four-fs-four-posters.png
> >> Let me know what you think. If we want to go for another look let's talk
> >> about the kind of look/feel we should try. Any Fedora Ambassadors reading
> >> this, I'd especially like to hear what direction you think we should go in
> >> as you're the folks with these posters at events competing with other
> >> booths/tables.
> >> ~m
> >>
> >
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[Ian Weller]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:02:57PM -0400, Mairin Duffy wrote:
>  I put together some designs for the four f's posters. They are
> *very*  
>  different than our infinity freedom community ones. Because they are  
>  such a departure (a lot less shiny) and a little weird, I won't be  
>  broken-hearted if you hate them, just let me know. I designed them so  
>  you could use any of them alone, or you can use them together and  
>  connect them to make an even bigger poster. They are also designed so  
>  they are more of a backdrop than a main event. Influences include sari  
>  fabric (do you see it?), Red Hat's website background, and quilts!  
>  You'll see what I mean when you look at them, I think/hope.
>  
I saw these and my mouth was gaping open.

These are very, very, very, very, very, very cool!

Now I want to frame them and put them in my room.

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[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 22:02 -0400, Mairin Duffy wrote:
>  Hey folks,
>
>  I put together some designs for the four f's posters. They are *very*
>  different than our infinity freedom community ones. Because they are
>  such a departure (a lot less shiny) and a little weird, I won't be
>  broken-hearted if you hate them, just let me know. I designed them so
>  you could use any of them alone, or you can use them together and
>  connect them to make an even bigger poster. They are also designed so
>  they are more of a backdrop than a main event. Influences include sari
>  fabric (do you see it?), Red Hat's website background, and quilts!
>  You'll see what I mean when you look at them, I think/hope.
>
>  Anyhow, here's the individual posters. There's one for each f, then
>  there are two that have all four f's on them:
>
>  http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/individual%20posters/
>
>  Here's what they look like connected to make a bigger poster and what
>  they look like lined up horizontally:
>
>  http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/four-fs-four-posters.png
>
>  Let me know what you think. If we want to go for another look let's talk
>  about the kind of look/feel we should try. Any Fedora Ambassadors
>  reading this, I'd especially like to hear what direction you think we
>  should go in as you're the folks with these posters at events competing
>  with other booths/tables. 
Mairin,

I don't know what to say other than I am completely IN AWE.  These are
beautiful!

I love everything about them --

* the bubbles in the background
* the callouts that still let you see the whole message on each of the
four posters
* the wonderful iconography
* the way you can turn the quartet into one big mega-poster (collectible
stickers, anyone?)

Can I make one *teeny tiny* suggestion which you can take or leave?  It
might be worthwhile to put in the corner of each poster an actual
complete Fedora infinity bubble, maybe the size of 2x2 of the background
bubbles.  You could put it in a different place for each poster, but
maybe the corner opposite the quarter-infinity logo would make sense.

I am dazzled beyond belief!

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[Ian Weller]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:02:57PM -0400, Mairin Duffy wrote:
>  Let me know what you think. If we want to go for another look
> let's talk  
>  about the kind of look/feel we should try. Any Fedora Ambassadors  
>  reading this, I'd especially like to hear what direction you think we  
>  should go in as you're the folks with these posters at events competing  
>  with other booths/tables.
>  
Quick thought -- how large will the two-line text be for each poster? I
didn't notice it until I looked at the individual posters. If they can't
be read from about 6 feet away, I think they need to be enlarged or
removed...

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[Ian Weller]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:02:57PM -0400, Mairin Duffy wrote:
>  Let me know what you think. If we want to go for another look
> let's talk  
>  about the kind of look/feel we should try. Any Fedora Ambassadors  
>  reading this, I'd especially like to hear what direction you think we  
>  should go in as you're the folks with these posters at events competing  
>  with other booths/tables.
>  
Sorry for sending so many emails, but the perfectionist in me is
screaming...

First, shouldn't the large Fedora infinity symbol be split across the
four posters so that the centers of the strokes of the 'f' are halfway
split over the borders? Right now it's out of balance.

Second, the smaller quad-bubble sets don't line up; the one with the
text inside it sticks out farther than the other three. (Perhaps this
should also be applied to the larger one too, so that the margins
between each bubble is even.)

If I'm not making myself clear, I can mock up some illustrations.

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[Steven Moix]

On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 22:02 -0400, Mairin Duffy wrote:
>  Hey folks,
>   
...
>  
>  http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/four-fs-four-posters.png 
Don't ask me why, but they made me think at the Intel Centrino logo
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/d/d1/Intel_Centrino_Logo.svg)

Nice and clean design otherwise.

Steven

[Nicu Buculei]

Steven Moix wrote:
>  On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 22:02 -0400, Mairin Duffy wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
>  ...
> > http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/four-fs-four-posters.png
>  
>  Don't ask me why, but they made me think at the Intel Centrino logo
>  (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/d/d1/Intel_Centrino_Logo.svg) 
I think it is pretty much like 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Artwork_T(2d)Shirt_fudcon-boston-2008... 
which is a good thing.

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[dpiazza]

I love them! I think that they look great!

Great job! :)

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:51:11 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote
>  Steven Moix wrote:
>  > On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 22:02 -0400, Mairin Duffy wrote:
>  >> Hey folks,
>  >>
>  > ...
>  >> http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/fourfs/four-fs-four-posters.png
>  > 
>  > Don't ask me why, but they made me think at the Intel Centrino logo
>  > (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/d/d1/Intel_Centrino_Logo.svg)
>  
>  I think it is pretty much like 
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Artwork_T(2d)Shirt_fudcon-boston-
>  2008-logo.png which is a good thing.
>  
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[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 22:02 -0400, Mairin Duffy wrote:
>  I put together some designs for the four f's posters. 
Excellent work as always. I share Ian's concerns about the exact slicing
of the logo (midway? Edge? Overlap?), but that's a minor issue.

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