NetBSD Announces Logo Design Competition

Posted by simoniker on Thursday January 15, 2004 @12:11AM from the more-bee-for-your-ess-dee dept.

jschauma writes "The NetBSD Project has announced that it has launched an international competition for the creation of a new logo. There is a cash prize of US $100.00 for the winning entry. The successful logo will also have wide exposure, featuring in all NetBSD material including, but not limited to; the NetBSD.org web site, software media, apparel, and business systems. The competition will close on February 29, 2004. The rules of the competition, submission information and the design brief can be found in the official announcement, which has already spawned some discussion on the netbsd-advocacy and current-users MailingLists." The announcement notes that the current logo is "too complicated... hard to reproduce... [and] has negative cultural, and religious ramifications."

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Having been in the Graphic Design business... by Perl_Monk · 2004-01-15 03:00 · Score: 0, Troll

...I find it interesting that they would offer such a LOW prize for this little contest! Usually, a logo design for a nationally branded product can run anywhere from 10-50K, and sometimes up into the half million dollar range, depending on complexity, desired look and feel, and a ton of 'little' factors that involve psychological impact due to font choices, colors, and design preferences. Usually, when a company wants logos designed, they want to see an entire portfolio of different designs that fall within the stated parameters, and choose the best dozen or so to bring before their Board, or owner. When I see a contest like this with a measly $100 prize, it reminds me of the 'Good Deal' that Nike got in the early '70's, running a design contest similiar to this one, where the winner was a College student, for VERY little money. And the Swoosh(tm) was born.