Exploring WordCamp Logo Creativity
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted October 12, 2008 at 7:59 am | 8 Comments »
There are a variety of official WordPress logos available on WordPress which can be incorporated into WordCamp event logos. There are even official WordCamp logos, dark navy blue boxes with the WordPress logo in blue with “WordCamp” in white across the circle logo. The name of the WordCamp event is in small capital letters below. A light blue sunburst radiates from behind the circle logo.
Many WordCamp events use the official WordCamp logos, as well as the subdomains from the official WordCamp Central site. Some use only their names, while others include their names and the year of the event.
Some WordCamps create their own unique domain and their own logos, giving themselves free reign to play with the whole WordCamp theme and design.
Incorporating the official WordPress logo is a common practice and it’s interesting to see the fascinating ways it has been included. Some don’t deviate much from the official logo, such as WordCamp UK which adds the “UK” in a banner at the bottom.
Recently, Tony Scott corrected us and said that the original image we’d found on the WordCamp UK blog wasn’t right, and in some ways, we liked it better. The correct one is up above, but below is the interesting version we found at the time of the original writing of this article, with the UK tilted off to the side and the radiant beams coming from behind, showing the variety that is possible even while sticking to the basic official logo of WordCamps.
WordCamp Charlotte uses the same WordCamp font to put the North Carolina city name to the side, making Charlotte WordCamp a statement, rather than the traditional WordCamp Charlotte.
WordCamp Indy (Indianaplois) did away with the location name in small time and made their name bold and large under the official WordCamp logo.
MinneWordCamp in Minneapolis reversed the logo on a dark background to a light background, the reverse of the official WordCamp logo.
A lot of WordCamp logo designs incorporate the images and symbols of the community into their design.
WordCamp Las Vegas turned the “W” logo into a casino chip, with the heart, spades, diamonds, and clubs found on a deck of cards, much more reflective of the city and its most famous industry.
The WordCamp Portland logo uses the “W” logo as a form of setting sun against the mountain and the bridge symbols that define Portland, Oregon.
WordCamp Chicago incorporates the city’s famous skyline into their logo with a header logo and then a smaller badge version. It’s important to have a logo badge for attendees, speakers, and promotion of the event available.
They are also offering a more traditional option of their WordCamp Chicago logo, with a black band featuring “Chicago 2009″ below the logo in the smaller badge.
WordCamp Australia in Sydney has completely done away with the circle “W” official log and set the words against a blue cloudy sky with the “official” radiant light beams coming out from behind the building where the event will be located. They also offer a header logo for their blog and a smaller badge logo for attendees and promotion of the WordPress event.
While WordPress appreciates the use of the official logo, it’s interesting to see how creative the WordPress community members are behind the various WordCamps.
I’m just putting the finishing touches on a logo for WordCamp Ed (the DC version):
http://media.textbased.org/design/wordcamped2.png
It’s mostly finished, but we might add some texture to the ‘W’ logo before we’re done. We’re putting the logo on a T-shirt and possibly a small concert-style poster to give away to participants.
Thanks for the post—interesting to see what other folks are doing!
Charlotte has a new logo, here: http://cltwordcamp.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/new-logo-tshirt/
I haven’t seen the WordCamp UK logo before with the UK at an angle (it’s terrible!) – where did it come from???
I’m the UK co-ord – the official logo can be found here.
I’ve added the “official” logo, but the one I found before came directly from the last year’s WordPress UK site. I liked it.
I’ve included both, just as a showcase for the possible. The point of this was to get people thinking about the design possibilities as well as options with the official WordCamp logo.
Hi Lorelle – Many thanks for adding the ‘official’ UK logo.
Still can’t remember the other one, though!
Cheers
Hi Lorelle,
Here in Brazil we just changed the collors to suit those of our flag. I think it’s cute (wel, I made it
)
Check it out: wordcamp.com.br
Cheers
Cátia
These all look nice and different, but Lorelle I’m still impressed with the Manila logo and Also the 2007 WordCamp China using the Olimpic parts in it.
WordCamp Manila
I love it. That’s a great design!!! What creative folks we have in the WordPress Community. I’m going to have to do another version of this article soon to cover all the great designs people have come up with.