YAPC logo

[Nick Johnston]

Simon Cozens wrote:

>Nick Johnston:
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>>our country. I really wish people wouldn't even jokingly suggest 
>>balaclavas, petrol bombs or anything like that for the t-shirt: it's not 
>>funny, and why on earth would you want to put that on a t-shirt?
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>Brand recognition. When people Out There think "Belfast", do they think about
>the beauty of the Lagan, the David and Goliath cranes, or perhaps, people
>bombing the shit out of each other?
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>If I offend enough people with this, will they take the initiative and come up
>with a better logo themselves?
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>Oh, look, OK then... http://alibi.simon-cozens.org/~simon/yapc-2.png
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I much prefer your second effort.

As for "brand recognition", yes, they probably do think of people 
"blowing the shit out of each other", but shouldn't we be hoping to 
*change that perception*?! <sarcasm> Perhaps I should have suggested to 
the organisers of YAPC::Europe 2002 in Munich that the t-shirt featured 
Hitler, followed by a group of Islamic extremists killing several 
Israeli athletes when the olympics were held in Munich. </sarcasm>

As for a logo, well, I'm no graphic designer, but I have proposed a 
design for the t-shirt: the two cranes of Harland and Wolff with cave 
hill in the background, maybe with a camel and some flax plants. Or a 
picture of the Giant's Causeway, or the Titanic... there are so many 
possibilities.

- Nick