# Visual Identity

**URL:** https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/c/lounge/logo-design-branding/12.md

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## [About 'Logo design and branding'](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/about-logo-design-and-branding/91)

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**Author:** [@jan](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/about-logo-design-and-branding/91 "2019-11-07T20:53:13Z")

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Logo design and branding for open source projects – tools for those activities, and more. If you would like a reviewer, or help with anything else in this area, please come in!

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## [Two frequent problems in logo design](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/two-frequent-problems-in-logo-design/3562)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/two-frequent-problems-in-logo-design/3562 "2023-08-11T13:12:06Z")

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For context: This is based on some mastodon posts and I might turn this in a blogpost (or a community resource?) at some point, but I think it fits here. Logos are requested often and also likely to get responses. Howe…

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## [Submit your document template designs for Nextcloud](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/submit-your-document-template-designs-for-nextcloud/3419)

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**Author:** [@jan](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/submit-your-document-template-designs-for-nextcloud/3419 "2023-04-21T11:19:47Z")

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This is not really a job offer so I’m posting it here. :slight\_smile: We are currently running a community contribution action where people can submit their document template designs which will be packaged with the upco…

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## [Introducing Logobridge](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/introducing-logobridge/1050)

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**Author:** [@AnXh3L0](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/AnXh3L0)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/introducing-logobridge/1050 "2022-06-23T01:07:08Z")

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Hello everyone, We at Ura Design launched Logobridge yesterday, an open source collection of public domain logos anyone can use for their projects for free: https://logobridge.co All logos are available in their glyph …

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## [Below is my proposed session outline I would love to share at OPEN SOURCE DESIGN COMMUNITY](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/below-is-my-proposed-session-outline-i-would-love-to-share-at-open-source-design-community/1729)

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**Author:** [@isaaczara](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/isaaczara)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/below-is-my-proposed-session-outline-i-would-love-to-share-at-open-source-design-community/1729 "2020-05-04T09:56:40Z")

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Title; “Designing Brand Identities for Open Source” 1.Develop a Story 2.Brainstorm Words That Best Defines The Brand 3.Sketch Ideas Based on Brand Values, Vision and Mission 4.Provide Logo Options 5.Test Your Top S…

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## [Gender balance when creating icons](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/gender-balance-when-creating-icons/169)

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**Author:** [@pdurbin](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/pdurbin)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/gender-balance-when-creating-icons/169 "2019-12-11T08:03:48Z")

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When creating icons we should attempt to maintain gender balance. I was reminded of this recently when seeing a tweet by Harvard Women In Technology: @NounProjectDev @nounproject when you search for icons like “promoti…

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## [OPENLOGOS for OSS](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/openlogos-for-oss/679)

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**Author:** [@arasatasaygin](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/arasatasaygin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/openlogos-for-oss/679 "2019-08-27T11:30:59Z")

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Hello everyone, Last week I release a small project: http://openlogos.org/ I want to give free logos to open source projects. If you want to contribute for the second batch, I would love to work together. Cheers and …

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## [Socialissues.tech looking for logo design](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/socialissues-tech-looking-for-logo-design/1142)

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**Author:** [@sseerrggii](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/sseerrggii)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/socialissues-tech-looking-for-logo-design/1142 "2019-07-04T08:29:02Z")

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Hi! I’m Sergi from Coopdevs.org (not for profit association) We are promoting socialissues.tech (WIP project), issues aggregator of social economy projects to encourage contributions in Open Source communities with an i…

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## [PublicCode.Directory UI / UX design help needed](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/publiccode-directory-ui-ux-design-help-needed/1064)

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**Author:** [@JohnMica](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/JohnMica)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/publiccode-directory-ui-ux-design-help-needed/1064 "2019-05-23T09:28:34Z")

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Hi, I’m not sure this is the right place for my idea / proposal but here it goes: I’m working with the PublicCode.Directory project and I need your opinion / help with the graphical design / UI / UX of the project. So…

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## [Adapting the Enough logo for NextCloud / favicon.ico / stickers](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/adapting-the-enough-logo-for-nextcloud-favicon-ico-stickers/711)

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**Author:** [@dachary](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/dachary)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/adapting-the-enough-logo-for-nextcloud-favicon-ico-stickers/711 "2018-09-01T21:55:57Z")

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Bonjour, Disclaimer: I have zero skills regarding design, feel free to contradict whatever I write :wink: We have a nice Enough logo and trying to adapt it for NextCloud and favicon.ico. I naively resized it but … the …

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## [Icon for blog?](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/icon-for-blog/629)

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**Author:** [@sarahsharp](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/sarahsharp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/icon-for-blog/629 "2018-04-22T17:51:09Z")

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(First, please don’t @ me, since I can’t change my username to my new name) What icons do people use for a generic blog? The only thing I could think of was an RSS icon, but that’s not really the right thing. This isn’t…

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## [FreeColour-HLC color palette becomes a DIN standard](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/freecolour-hlc-color-palette-becomes-a-din-standard/500)

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**Author:** [@htietze](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/htietze)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 7:55am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/freecolour-hlc-color-palette-becomes-a-din-standard/500 "2017-12-02T07:55:16Z")

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Sharing exciting news from Christoph Schaefer (freie Farben / free colours) with you. To learn more about this initiative go to https://www.freiefarbe.de/en/ Yesterday freieFarbe/freeColour received a message from the G…

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## [Prototype: Community Design Template](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/prototype-community-design-template/313)

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**Author:** [@cameralibre](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/cameralibre)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/prototype-community-design-template/313 "2017-11-13T19:27:52Z")

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Following the online discussion and @htietze’s presentation about the LibreOffice mascot design process at the OSD summit, we talked about how iteration might take place in community design projects. This is a quick att…

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## [(flawed?) Design Process for LibreOffice Mascot](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flawed-design-process-for-libreoffice-mascot/300)

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**Author:** [@cameralibre](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/cameralibre)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2017, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flawed-design-process-for-libreoffice-mascot/300 "2017-10-05T10:01:06Z")

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Note: I have not been involved in the LO design project, and I’m not part of the LO community other than as a user. These are just the initial thoughts of an outside observer. I just read the blog posts about picking a…

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## [Branding LibreOffice 6.0](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/branding-libreoffice-6-0/175)

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**Author:** [@htietze](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/htietze)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/branding-libreoffice-6-0/175 "2017-07-04T07:28:37Z")

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So far no proposal was submitted for the branding of the next LibreOffice version as requested in http://opensourcedesign.net/jobs/jobs/2017-04-20-branding-for-libreoffice-60 and https://design.blog.documentfoundation.or…