Open Hardware Icon :)

jazzed · 2011-04-18 08:44

Anyone see this? Looks kind of Propellery to me

Ahle2 · 2011-04-18 09:48

I feel sorry for the poor little fella, a cog is missing.

I bet the other propellers are bullying him.

Leon · 2011-04-18 09:52

Its a cog short of a Propeller.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) · 2011-04-18 10:27

That is one very well-designed logo! It's simple, yet still manages to embody a double-entendre with that keyhole-shaped opening. Brilliant!

-Phil

Rayman · 2011-04-18 11:06

Looks good to me. There are more options here:
http://www.openhardwaresummit.org/oshw-logo-v1-0/

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) · 2011-04-18 11:36

I like #17 as well. But, OMG, there are some really bad ones there! Note to self: never volunteer to judge a design contest.

-Phil

Beau Schwabe · 2011-04-18 12:04

Phil,

You sure this isn't part of a missing tooth detector? :-)

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?130799-Refrigerator-Magnet-Encoder

Tubular · 2011-04-18 14:47

I voted for that logo because of its cog like properties. Glad it got up. For a while it only had half the votes of the leader.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) · 2011-04-18 15:39

Beau Schwabe wrote:

You sure this isn't part of a missing tooth detector?

Some missing teeth are easier to detect than others. Take my third cousin Festus for example:

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-Phil

Publison · 2011-04-18 15:49

Nice one Phil!

Octopart had it right all along

All 8 Cogs in place

Tubular · 2011-04-18 17:07

Is it just me, or does that OSHW cog look like it would have major backlash issues?

kwinn · 2011-04-18 19:23

I agree with Phil, an elegantly simple and expressive logo.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) · 2011-04-19 08:50

Unfortunately, they may have trouble adopting it, since it appears to be a derivative of the Open Source Initiative's own registered trademark:

-Phil

ctwardell · 2011-04-19 09:30

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »

Unfortunately, they may have trouble adopting it, since it appears to be a derivative of the Open Source Initiative's own registered trademark:

-Phil

That would seem mighty "closed" of them. Funny how they depend on the concepts that they want to break in order to protect their intellectual property.

I guess what's good for the goose is just good for the goose, or maybe I should say comrade...

I think this one (#8) is more intellectually honest:

C.W.

Open Hardware Icon :)

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