CacheAholic

quote:(Cacheaholic are you out there? Where's my bug?) Perhaps you didn't get my e-mail, I made a special trip out to the cache and looked all around. Not to be found. CacheAholic

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quote:Originally posted by MrMom:I like the designs based on the globe and the compass rose. They show a meaning and are related to the sport. To an outsider they describe something about the sport/game. I showed my eight year old geocaching daughter all of the ideas offered thus far. "GX ... yuck. What's supposed to mean?" The globe, Lat + Long, cardinal points, satelites, hiking, compass, etc. all represent our hobby. Our icon should be representational of it. When cachers and NONCACHERS see the logo it should easily and clearly represent geocaching and what we do. GX doesn't. Take some time to study marketing text. You may want to rethink. The litmus test is if an outsider understands the icon, then we've picked the right one. If it needs explaning TO AN OUTSIDER it's wrong. Please don't slam me for this post. The forums are here for all opinions and facts. Geonavigating since 1991 GREAT INSIGHT -- The only thing I would add is that "Our" logo should represent the individual GeoCacher. After all the idea is to put it onto an exchange item of some sort. GeoToken would be my take on it and my perspective is that we need a place to find manfacturing resources, exchange place, info for the novice, etc. GeoToken will be my attempt to contribute to the sport . CacheAholic (still trying to find an Avatar)

quote:Originally posted by TeamJiffy:The "GX" logo looks great - congratulations to its creator. However, wasn't the whole point to make an 'unofficial' logo for 'the rest of us' - so declaring an _official_ unofficial logo seems to be missing the whole point to me... ..sort of like those soda adds that say "You are an individual! You are different! So drink XYZ, which is the choice of _all_ individualists! Don't be left out!" What about creating a unifying symbol. After all it's now about us, individuals and groups, not sites and advertisments. Isn't what we are trying to come up with a representation that identifies us to both the informed world as well as the uninformed. CacheAholic (Trying to find my Avatar)

WOW!!! I read through every one of the posts regarding the creation of a logo. There were many themes running through the volume of comments. The two that struck me as most important can be summarized as follows. FIRST: It is clearly in the interest of Jeremy to maintain, proprogate, promote and protect his logo that represents HIS view of GeoCaching, and is certainly synomous with HIS site. SECOND: It is in OUR interest to develop a logo that can be in the public domain AND that will be embraced such that the majority of individuals will use it to represent the HUMAN side of the equation within the community. In light of that I firmly believe that the family represented both in text and in one of the logos should be an integral part. Thus representing the family or group element of the sport. With that in mine I have created two variations but don't know how to embed them into this message. In essence, I took Gustaf #7 and overlayed the family from brdad #2 -- for the second one, I did the same family overlayed onto the Sissy-n-CR Perhaps some helpful person could either tell me how to post an image, or do it for me. SORRY I'VE JOINED YA'LL LATE. BTW how do WE bring this to closure and then ALL embrace it and support it, so that it becomes OUR INDIVIDUAL LOGO with variations allowed. --------------THREAD COMMENTS EXTRACTED THAT LED ME TO THE ABOVE CONCLUSIONS -------- TeamJiffy Excellent thread! I am not an artist, but some thoughts to consider... The general idea of 'easily recognizable but leaving room for customization' is a very powerful one. Pubo How about a geocaching mascot? Acceptable Risk …there's really only two basic elements to geocaching... A person and a goal, and the official logo portrays that exactly SR & dboggny … could also become as recognized as much as the Groundspeak geocaching symbol. there is no reason why we cant and shouldnt create it and use it Jeremy Irish … people hiking brdad …. And I like the ideo of the family as opposed to one hunter, how about you?