Hi,

Well, after looking at it again, I agree with Jeff, I like the whole circle
better too. I don't know about superstition, I do think the broken circle
looks kind of busy, I think maybe the whole circle has more of a
streamlined modern businesslike logo look.

Thanks
David Jencks

On 2001.04.24 12:03:31 -0400 Jeff Dodds wrote:
> > On 2001.04.24 04:29:51 -0400 markus.soell@... wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I made a new version of the logo, inspired by a suggestion of Pavel.
> > > The wing at the left side is detached, well see for yourself, I think
> > > it's better, looks more like a bird ;)
> > >
> > > http://www.soell.ch/firebird
>
> I prefer the original joined circle. Perhaps it is just suerstition,
> but
> a complete circle makes me feel a lot more comfortable about the
> database.
> Broken circle = broken database. I know it is unreasonable, but that's
> how
> my mind works.
>
> Plus, my eye is drawn to the bottom of the logo where the wing breaks
> off.
> With the unbroken circle my eye is drawn to the head of the phoenix,
> specifically the phoenix's eye. The eye is central and draws my focus.
> When I look at the broken-winged logo my eye follows the path, head,
> break-in-wing, follow-up-wing, firebird text. When I look at the
> circlular
> logo my eye follows the path, head, eye, firebird text.
>
> My 2 cents,
>
> Jeff Dodds
>
>
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