Competitions

I am pleased to announce that WE HAVE A WINNER! – Congratulations go to Logomanic!

I chose this logo because it speaks about the notion of human identity and how we value it, using the mask to depict the need for privacy. We hope that this logo will serve to remind our users of our fundamental belief that nobody but themselves should have the right to own or otherwise exploit their identity.

I am also awarding andre/endhiq a special cash prize of $150.00 as a gesture of good will for introducing the winning concept of the mask into the competition – it was a stroke of genius, thank you.

Finally, I would like to say to all those who entered that I spent a great deal of time and thought going through your entries and I was very pleased with what I saw – thank you to everyone who participated.

- Andy.

andre/endhiq – I apologise for not replying to your query sooner – I have just been so busy recently that I completely forgot to get back to you. I also really appreciate your effort to revise your entry given such short notice before the deadline.

I can assure you that if another persons entry containing the mask concept is selected as the winner then you will be compensated with a special honorary prize. It was not my intention to play off entrants against one another, but I shall nevertheless ensure that fairness prevails in the end.

I have gone through all of the entries now, and there are about half a dozen or so that are in my list of favourites. I am going to sleep on it, go through them again thoroughly in the morning, and then make my final decision by early evening time.

The competition has now ended, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody that entered. I am very impressed with the overall quality of your submissions – the creativity and enthusiasm shown has been wonderful.

I have started to go through the logo submissions, giving consideration to each and every one – I can say that it’s going to be a tough choice deliberating amongst so many great designs.

I hope to announce a winner on Sunday evening – so watch this space :)

This new entry has caught my eye – it’s definitely on the right track, but I think it’s slightly too detailed – I’d like to see it simplified and perhaps made to look slightly less realistic. I’m sorry if this sounds vague, I just can’t quite put my finger on it :-)

My favourite logo so far involves this concept of a mask. However, I think its implementation could be greatly improved – I have previously suggested that it could be reworked into a 3D representation, such that it clearly depicts a face and a mask – is it possible for you to do this?

I also like the idea behind this logo However, it would be better to incorporate a repeating pattern that is slightly more relevant than arrows, or perhaps try out a non-repeating pattern that represents the process of using openid authentication?

Some other mentions go to this logo involving a key – again, perhaps it would work better in a 3D isometric variation? I’m also fond of this symbol, although I wish it were less generic and more relevant to the technological concept underpinning open.web.id.

There are still a few days remaining, so please bear in mind my suggestions and keep your entries coming in :-)

I’ve still not been blown over – less than a week to go – keep your entries coming in!

onesummer – your wish is my command! The prize amount has been increased to $250. You may also notice that we have extended the competition deadline until the 20th of January; to give any newcomers an opportunity to get their entries in. I promise that no further extensions will be given to this deadline now – a winner will definitely be chosen on the 20th January!

Good luck to all!

As you may have noticed, the competition deadline has been extended until 20th December.

I want to offer some feedback on the entries that have been submitted so far.

I’ve had a look at all of the submissions and I wanted to pick out a couple that have caught my eye and make a brief comment about why I like them.

The mask in this logo is a very neat idea and is something that had not occured to me when I was brainstorming my own ideas. Perhaps the implementation could be altered slightly so that the mask is more clearly depicted – I wouldn’t have known it was a mask on first glance without the description. Maybe some perspective of depth is needed for this to work effectively?

The interlocking rings in this logo is a simple concept that to me symbolises the integration of services. If you know anything about OpenID then you’ll know that one of its interesting abilities is attribute exchange :-)

So now there is just over two weeks remaining before I decide upon a winner – the competition is still wide open, so get thinking and designing :-)

andre/endhiq: Yup, it is an Indonesian domain name. “web.id” is a second level domain intended to be used for any purpose – including foreign registration, whereas other .id domains are restricted for use by Indonesian residents and businesses.

Thanks for your submissions!

Only three days to go until the deadline..

I’d like to thank all of the entrants who have submitted designs so far – I am surprised and delighted to see over a dozen quality submissions on the first day alone, and it’s also great to see people voting on their favourite designs and commenting on them – what fun!

I have received a question from one entrant requesting a general opinion on my preferred design style, and so in the interests of fairness to you all I shall post a brief answer here.

I’ll just restate that I would like to see a strong symbolic relationship between the nature of our service and the concept of our logo. My advice is to think about the theme of identity and see where that leads to.

Let me also say that I am not prejudging any of the designs, and at the end of the competition all of the designs will be given equal consideration. I am also wary that I should not spend time looking at the designs until we reach the competition deadline.