Maemo.org logo contest submissions

Maemo Butterfly (shadows)

Maemo Butterfly (no shadows)

Maemo Butterfly Inverse (shadows)

Maemo Butterfly Inverse (no shadows)

The main idea is that Open Source software is like honey and all other products that are produced inside bee hive from the united efforts of the bees. So the bees are developers and the Maemo is a result of their work. I am not so good in design, but I think that the idea have a potential.

This is an idea for the icon.

Signifying community and wireless technology.

Maemo People Ico

Maemo People

Re-using Karoliina's original color scheme

More logo-like

Maemo.org isn't a company but a group of people who all contribute toward the same goal. So you don't get "machined" results. But a lot of the vibrancy comes from the non-automaton approach that is the essence of Linux and the FOSS movement.

Version with splashier colors (but any could be used). The handlettering is available as a font so that it can be used for tabs, titles and such in the wiki redesign.

When a horizontal layout is inappropriate, a square form can be used instead.

The square form with splashier colors. Favicon could use "m.o" or just "m" to remain readable, in the color scheme chosen, of course.

Modern branding. This logo is easily readable at the size of a quarter. However, this pure vector logo is easily scaled to an unlimited size.

Custom typography. The lettering on this logo was created carefully on a grid. The color and outline are examples.

I like having the ".org" as a superscript—that way it's a non-integral part of the logo that could be replaced to create a logo for something besides the website.

Bitmap with negative space, wide. Big, bold, technical, with a soft edge.

Bitmap with negative space, narrow. Minimalist pixel theater.

Bitmap with negative space, narrow and inverse. Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance.

Font A

Font B

Font C

Font D

Font E

Size Comparisons. The 16x16 favicon doesn't have the wifi lines. The flat globe is used in all the above logos; a more spherical shading is also available (but is probably too busy for small areas). With the flat shading the logo only requires four colors: blue, green, orange, and black. Perfect for silk-screening onto a t-shirt!

The idea: The a and e ligature formed of dots signifies that the maemo is built on the collaborate effort of the community, and the mœbius loop / strip embedded in the ligature shows that there are infinite possibilities when you work together.

Symbol only, to use for instance as favicon or on t-shirt print.

T-shirt examples

I know this is a little above and beyond. I got a little carried away. These are ideas for implementation on the core maemo brand level, where colour can be used to signify the difference between the maemo os (green) and the maemo community (orange red). I suppose this is more up to Nokia. ;)