Re: Final CSS Logo Selection

Sally Khudairi wrote:

> During the process of moving CSS1 to a W3C Recommendation this past
> December, Hakon asked if I, as "Keeper of the Public Image", would
chose
> the final logo for CSS. I'd been tracking the developments at
> http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Style/css/logo and the mailing list for a
> while and knew that although this would be a very difficult decision
to
> make, it would be a critical one which would establish the
"credibility"
> of CSS. After weeks of debate and indecision, I am pleased to
announce
> that my choice is option "b" from David Siegel/Studio Verso's design
set
> [Suite 11]. Although the design is still in comp form, we will be
moving
> quickly to finalize the logo for its use in the very near future.

With all due respect for David Seigel's design expertise and close
association with the ERB, I find the choice of this eleventh-hour
'sketch' submission a bit disturbing. As I recall, the unanimous
consensus among those who commented on this list was that Suite 1 best
represented the concept of style. I fail to perceive the relevance of
the chosen design, reminding me as it does of a recent Nicoderm
commercial wherein smokers are encouraged to "gradually step down".

In any case, I'm unlikely to use this logo on any of my pages.

David Perrell

Received on Thursday, 23 January 1997 15:35:53 UTC