[Design-team] FUDCon EMEA 2010

[Fabian A. Scherschel]

I might have a shot at a proposal if I can get myself into the right
state of mind to find some inspiration... :)

Fab


# Fabian A. Scherschel
# Podcaster, Blogger, Fedora Contributor
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2010/3/30 Máirín Duffy <duffy at fedoraproject.org>:
> On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 16:59 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote:
>> On 03/30/2010 02:34 PM, Marcus Moeller wrote:
>> > Hi all.
>> >
>> > As this years EMEA FUDCon will happen in Zurich we would be very
>> > pleased if you could helps us desinging a Logo/T-Shirt.
>> >
>> > As Zurich is surrounded by mountains and a lake it would be great to
>> > see these elements in the design.
>>
>> Hmmm... this is I think the first FUDCon of the year, so now it the time
>> to set a graphic theme for this year's FUDCons, in 2008 we had the
>> cityscapes
>> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Artwork_T%282d%29Shirt_fudcon-boston-2008-1_design.png)
>> and in 2009 the tag clouds
>> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Artwork_T%282d%29Shirt_fudcon-boston-2009-1_design.png).
>>
>> Let me tr to start the process with a simple question: what people liked
>> better, the white shirts of 2008 or the black ones of 2009? (for the
>> record, my preference is for black)
>
> Everyone I've talked to said they really preferred the black and were
> happy to get black last time around. I think it might be nice to have a
> blue one though... :)
>>
>> Please everyone feel free to submit ideas, I think the constraints we
>> have to work with are:
>> - a small number of colors, the number of color will directly affect the
>> price, 2 colors would be OK, 3 colors would be high and we can use 4
>> only if our sponsor agree;
>> - no small details on the design: small details are hard to print
>> cheaply, the clouds design had *too small* letters and we had problems
>> with printing.
>>
>> Other than that, I think not even the sky is the limit for our
>> imagination, let's play.
>>
>
> Does anyone have a fashion designer t-shirt design that they like? We
> should make something that someone would want to wear even if they
> didn't know what Fedora was - then they will start a conversation with
> the T-shirt wearer - 'where did you get that shirt?' which opens up the
> opportunity to sell Fedora :)
>
> I obviously like Hello Kitty t-shirts like the ones on sanrio.com but I
> don't think that helps :) These are some top-rated ones on threadless
> that might be inspirational!
>
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/1790/Electric_Sky
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/1660/Solitary_Dream_Pt2
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/1719/The_Red
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/1811/Let_Go <= this one is 4
> color...
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/2000/Sky_Thief
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/2111/The_Last_Day_of_Pegasus <= 1
> color
> -
> http://www.threadless.com/product/2017/If_Your_Pants_Are_On_Fire_Being_A_Liar_Becomes_Less_Important <= 1 color, clever slogan :)
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/1891/Dandy_Lions <= 2 color
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/2110/The_Midnight_Forest <= 4 color
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/2253/Which_Side_Is_Better <= 1
> color, interesting design :)
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/178/Pandamonium <= pandas are only 2
> colors!
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/258/Pillow_Fight　<= the feathers
> falling are a neat trick :)
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/63/Damn_Scientists
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/576/Funkalicious
> - http://www.threadless.com/product/281/Loch_Ness_Imposter <= turning
> the shirt into water is a cool visual effect
>  - http://www.threadless.com/product/114/Flowers_in_the_Attic
>
> Every distro and conference has a t-shirt with a logo slapped on it.
> Let's use this as an opportunity to shine :)
>
> ~m
>
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