DChris Turchin
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12 September 2005
It is most unfortunate that the winner of this version's splash screen can most easily be interpreted as a disintegrating version of the Gnome logo.
Does the selection committee there consider potential repercussions of this misinterpretation for the Gnome community, the reputation of the Gnome Foundation, etc. when a selection is made?
I am not here to criticize the artistic merit of the submission (it is clear that the artist is talented at using the tools in question), but I do wish more effort were put into the selection making process as seems to be the case:
The splash screen is the 1st thing a user sees when they log into Gnome and its selection should be based on more factors than just whether or not "it looks cool". With this design, the first thing a user sees is the mascot representing their desktop environment sublimating before their eyes! Ouch.
Also, that fact that the 2.10 splash screen contest was hosted at gimp.org (http://www.gimp.org/contest/) and the winner for 2.12 was - according to the artist himself, see the comment above - created using two non-FOSS tools (Photoshop and Cinema 4D) sure seems like a slap in the face to the GNOME Art community to me.
I am not a designer nor a CI/CD expert, but it seems the people making the selection are not adequately concerned with the image of the Gnome "brand" in general (or did not consider this when making the selection, at least). Because it does not take an expert to figure out that a disintegrating version of your logo is a potential risk for the brand you are "selling" here.
There. My 2 cents.
--chris
