Lee 204 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 If you look at almost all the big mainstream apps its a stylized first letter. Facebook, twitter, flipboard, tapatalk, shazam, PayPal.... I think that should have got more thought in the naming process. I'd have gone for something like Playd and stylized the "p" with a play button.... The app is all about playing your media so it's either a play icon somewhere or stylized first letter... Anything else is a fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) For some reason, my brain associates the standalone letter "e" with "error" or "erreur" in French. This is why I went in the direction of working with shapes. Plus the stylized letter is so overdone, it feels more like a "social app". Edited April 11, 2015 by Angelblue05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swhitmore 781 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 @@Abobader Here's my two new entries. Thanks! I will let the design be. Always open to suggestions. Thanks everyone for your feedbacks! Love this, but prefer the other font. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Love this, but prefer the other font. Thanks for the feedback, what other font are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swhitmore 781 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Thanks for the feedback, what other font are you referring to? Hmm, I don't think it was one of your actually. I like this one though: http://emby.media/community/index.php?app=forums&module=forums§ion=findpost&pid=190427 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) Ah ok! Yeah. I'm very picky about my fonts lol. It's not a bad font, except the "y" looks like a "v" which is unfortunate. Anyway, as I mentioned in an earlier post, the font is optional. Edited April 11, 2015 by Angelblue05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedninjaro 39 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Much has been said already about the namechange to Emby. Some love it, some hate it. And let me assure you i'm not here to challenge people's opinions. everyone is entitled to there opinions. and theres no fault in any. But there's much to be said for a name without any preconseptions. As as preconcived name only works for software that does 1 thing only. like imgburn for example. it burns. it would be a strange name if it would also be a texteditor. And i know we all grew to love Media browser as a name, but xbmc is also a mediabrowser. so what do you mean when saying media browser. Emby can be anything we want it to be. It's just a matter of a different mindset. And i can't speak for all because of language barriers, but for my languague, Emby sounds like a happy name, something you enjoy. So Enage your media with Emby, let it Enrich your media Experience, Let it Extend it to other devices. Explore your media with Ease. and Energize your Media. simply Enjoy it. for any negative association to the e, or to Emby let us create a positive one. whichever logo wins, i will love it! because from then on it will be Emby Cause in the end just remember, Emby is still your media browser. The name is Emby Embrace it. i know i do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14939 Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 Angel - I think there are two things that strike me about the cube that I'm not crazy about. One is that it is a 3D design and that is just very old-school looking right now. Everything is flat. So, the 3D makes us look dated right out of the gate. The other is the hard edges of the play triangle and the awkward shape of the icon itself (created by the 3D effect). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3747 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I dunno but I kind like the three dimensional block with the green corner. The best one I though was the mirrored image underneath it, it made it look like it was sitting on its corner. That was really cool. Maybe there could be a way to combine the logo with the small "e" with the blue edge, and the three dimensional block. You would then have a full logo option, or a choice between two specific types by splitting it up. The words "emby" as one choice or just the block. Each could be used independently when applicable. Although, I also know we need to be concrete about advertising so it might be a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) Ok... Well I'll see what I can come up with. Off to sleep. What is irrelevant now will surely be relevant in the future. Trends cycle with a fresh approach everytime and that's exactly what I am doing. Just for fun, check the evolution of the windows logo. I also believe we can push the bounderies as we are in a technological/media field and that 3D is very approriate in this case. In design, you usually want to separate from the pack, put your product out there. Be different means people remember you. Also consider this: 3D printing, 3D movies, oculus. Technology is very 3D now, it's not long before graphics follow suit. We could be pioneers. Nonetheless l will still consider coming up with a second concept that is more "mainstream". Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited April 11, 2015 by Angelblue05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) Agreed - as I said before, flat is not cool now, flat was cool two years ago. Flat is being USED a lot now, because the non-cool people have caught up to it. Edited April 11, 2015 by xnappo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3747 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Agreed - as I said before, flat is not cool now, flat was cool two years ago. Flat is being USED a lot now, because the non-cool people have caught up to it. Lol! I love this statement! It should be on a t-shirt! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Lol! I love this statement! It should be on a t-shirt! Just another way of saying I think we should stand out from the crowd and not conform. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardameus 220 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 If it's simple and a good design, it never goes out of style. If we try and be too "cool", that will go out of style. One of the main reasons I'm drawn to the "cube" design, is that it isn't a text based design, still has flat colors, just has an illusory 3d effect. If we could get more icons/logos, not variations of "emby", that would move this along more I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saitoh183 137 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) Lol! I love this statement! It should be on a t-shirt! Angel - I think there are two things that strike me about the cube that I'm not crazy about. One is that it is a 3D design and that is just very old-school looking right now. Everything is flat. So, the 3D makes us look dated right out of the gate. The other is the hard edges of the play triangle and the awkward shape of the icon itself (created by the 3D effect). Flat is on equal footing as the word Cloud and most new HTML5 websites templates...far from being unique. Angel's Logo is much like The new windows Logo it gives the illusion of being 3d but is still a flat logo. Edited April 11, 2015 by saitoh183 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jluce50 118 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Were we ever given a deadline for this? It's starting to feel like there's no real goalpost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techywarrior 688 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Were we ever given a deadline for this? It's starting to feel like there's no real goalpost... Ebr stated April 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jluce50 118 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Ebr stated April 15 Ah, must have missed that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR00F 2 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Here's my last entry. I wanted this icon to look like a pyramid type of thing where the points of the triangles were opening up but I'm not good enough to do that. Maybe someone could make it look better. Could look good as a flat icon and as an animated image that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott84Z28 39 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Ummm.... a little too close to this, or? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR00F 2 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 It's been said before, but just about any logo is going to remind someone of something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Yeah, but that one popped into my mind instantly... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefirstofthe300 291 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Yeah. I am thinking a little too umbrella-y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 How is the final decision about the winning design going to be reached? Is this put to the vote, decided by an elite group or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr 1337 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 id assume its decided by the core team just like the name was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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