Where do logos come from?

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

At left, the Linux Bangalore event logo. At right, the United Nations Global Compact program logo. Did one derive from the other? Were they both inspired by another source?

tsk1979 — Apr 18, 2006 2:26:04 PM — # ↩

Its called inspiration
kingsly — Apr 18, 2006 2:31:07 PM — # ↩

Good writers borrow from other writers, great writers steal from them outright.
-- Sam Seaborn (West Wing)
- mat_attack — Apr 18, 2006 2:37:52 PM — # ↩
  
  That reminds me of the whole Dan Brown saga.
  - chandrahasa — Apr 18, 2006 2:40:32 PM — # ↩
    
    Like you hv even read one of his books :P
    - mat_attack — Apr 18, 2006 2:48:19 PM — # ↩
      
      About 40 pages of The DaVinci Code" actually.
      
      But thats beside the point. He was sued for plagarism. And yeah, I know he got away.
      - Anonymous — Apr 18, 2006 2:50:04 PM — # ↩
        
        I know he got away
        
        Your point being?
      - tsk1979 — Apr 18, 2006 2:51:35 PM — # ↩
        
        The book from which he stole from claimed "Its a fact, non fiction". I guess tomorrow I write New delhi is the capitol of India, somebody can sue me for already writing it before?
        
        thats why the judge threw out the case. You cant sue from non-fiction.
        
        mat_attack — Apr 18, 2006 3:10:02 PM — # ↩
        
        Never could get to read it, but the premise of "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" sounds like fiction to me. :-P
        
        Anyways these books are too uncatholic for my taste.
      - chandrahasa — Apr 18, 2006 2:58:49 PM — # ↩
        
        Lets just say fame attracts a lot of ppl and I think the ppl who sued him partially thought they deserved a little attention.
        
        Anyway if you thought "he got away"... all I got to say is "If it makes you sleep at night"
ravi — Apr 18, 2006 2:34:39 PM — # ↩

Who designed the LB/2001 logo?
- freegeek — Apr 18, 2006 3:00:05 PM — # ↩
  
  The same guy who put the firefox logo on the bus :-D
  - ravi — Apr 18, 2006 10:28:07 PM — # ↩
    
    OH, you mean kalyan used photoshop to do this one too? ;)
    - tariquesani — Apr 19, 2006 10:02:49 AM — # ↩
      
      Diggers r teh nxt /.ers
- swatisani — Apr 18, 2006 3:17:15 PM — # ↩
  
  FWIW I did that long long ago and the globe graphic was a clipart in greyscale from one of the graphic suites
  - Kiran Jonnalagadda — Apr 18, 2006 8:52:50 PM — # ↩
    
    It's remarkable how similar the colour schemes in both are.
    - swatisani — Apr 18, 2006 8:59:40 PM — # ↩
      
      The colours were chosen from the colours of the indian flag - saffron, blue and green against the white background and the colours were further adjusted such that they look well on a grey scale. Wonder what is the significance of colours in compact global symbol.
  - lawgon — Apr 20, 2006 1:32:08 PM — # ↩
    
    doh - clipart, i remember struggling with gimp to reproduce that and giving up frustrated ;-) Probably both you and the UN artist took it from the same clipart
irq2 — Apr 18, 2006 3:17:30 PM — # ↩

Heh, I had seen it quite some time back, actually.
cyberscorpion — Apr 18, 2006 5:29:18 PM — # ↩

Jace is very active for the past few days...
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Apr 18, 2006 8:53:03 PM — # ↩
  
  I get free internet access at work. :-p
  - themadman — Apr 19, 2006 1:11:22 AM — # ↩
    
    And you blog instead of working? Tch, tch.
    - kingsly — Apr 19, 2006 10:18:32 AM — # ↩
      
      Maybe his work is blogging? ;-)
    - udhay — Apr 19, 2006 10:27:50 AM — # ↩
      
      That *is* working. :-)
      - Anonymous — Apr 19, 2006 3:06:18 PM — # ↩
        
        Did the past happen before the future or did the future happen before the past. Does time exist? Or is it an invention of our limited minds trying to make sense of this incomprehensible reality?
        
        I think I need to get more sex.
chandrachoodan — May 7, 2006 1:45:27 PM — # ↩

Logos are tricky. Especially in the terrain of Technology, computers, IT and stuff.
Most designers get their inspiration from pretty much the same sources - Art (paintings/movies/music), nature. And then they play with it, tweak it a bit here and there, add a little extra element.
Am I even making sense here?
I just meant to say that even though the two logos you show seem similar, I wouldn't think this is a case of plagiarism or "homage"
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — May 7, 2006 1:47:36 PM — # ↩
  
  Swati and Atul have clarified that the globe came off a clipart library. Back in 2001, there was no reasonable way to check for other usage. It's also the reason Foss.in doesn't use the globe.
  - chandrachoodan — May 7, 2006 1:51:01 PM — # ↩
    
    Ah yes, Cliparts. I personally have a thing against Clip-arts and stock-photos. But that is the one thing that keeps my art partner sane and alive. guess we can't run away from what we hate