Tvheadend Logo/Website Design

Adam Sutton

We're looking to replace the https://tvheadend.org frontend site with a new "sexy" design fit for the modern age.

We've had several people comment that redmine makes the site look a bit tired and some have even thought, at first glance, the project was dead.

If you're an experience web designer and fancy having a go at a new site design, put together a basic mockup and post a link in #hts (or on this thread).

The site will need to be a basic frontend explaining what TVH is, pointing to key resources, including github, user docs, wiki, forum and issue tracking (for now the last three will be kept under redmine, but it's not impossible we could change this).

It might also be worth considering a new logo design, so if anyone has any ideas for that, feel free to post here or #hts.

Adam

Paweł Iwaniuk

Hi,

This is my proposal. It's a work in progress and if you want a different leading color, I will modify it:)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3582563/tvheadend001.png

mpmc

Thanks for your input Paweł, it isn't a bad design but it feels a bit obvious. :)
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Paweł Iwaniuk

Ok. I understand:) So what would be more appropriate?

mpmc

Sorry I haven't replied until now, in fact I'm surprised no one else has (I'm not even a developer just an enthusiastic user)!

I suppose something a bit less obvious & maybe a logo that can be used without the Text?

Hanspeter Müller

What about somethingalike https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/archive/f/f2/20100214105716!Kabel_%26_Medien_Service_logo.svg, but with multiple in (that forms a T, and multiple out that forms a V?

Or, if you want it a bit nerdy, a TV with a Head inside, or a Head with a TV inside :) ?

Anyone has an idea what a professionally developed logo would cost? Is this something we could Crowdfund...?

From the logos above, personally i would prefer right/lower (simplest, uses less space, no shading, so it could also be used in Black-and-White).

And i would also like to add, the current logo ist very nice optically, it's just too elaborate/complex IMHO...

Maybe post this Logo-Contest on the Kodi Forum, there are some awesome guys who did new logos/animations for Kodi, maybe some of them also use tvheadend and woud be willing to do one for tvheadend?

Paweł Iwaniuk

This time only the logo without typography. However, I think that we need also a version with text.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3582563/tvheadend002_1.jpg

Poul Kalff

http://pasteboard.co/TYBPff6.jpg

Mihail sovaby

http://i.imgur.com/q9hW4tE.jpg

Mihail sovaby

This is how the idea of the logo

Jaroslav Kysela

I like the picture, but the text is not very nice. Perhaps, move TVH to left and create a table (multicolumn) with features on right ? I miss also SAT>IP .

Jaroslav Kysela

Also - maybe the colors might be kept to the previous logo (brown/orange - but probably lighter / more saturated?) - see top/left corner on this page. I think that these colors are also unique, green/blue colors are used everywhere ;-) But it's just my opinion.

Poul Kalff

It is way to colourful for my taste, but the design is great. What about just adding the text to the right of it, like the first poster did?

Mihail sovaby

Unfortunately on my hands, in the artistic and technical terms. The bear came.
If my idea that that is acceptable, though who knows how to revise.
Sorry for my English =)

Anonymous

Little test, 'compatible' with the Kodi logo. Inspirations are play / stop buttons, movie reels, eventually even possible to decent some letter 'V' (even 'T'?)..
Needs some tweaking and fine tuning, but the general principle is readable I guess.. :)

http://i.imgur.com/9fpFob6.png

Anonymous

PS1. The font used above is the open source Roboto Condensed Bold.
PS2. just like the XBMC > KODI rebranding, if we're talking TVheadend rebranding (logo & site), maybe an easier, less ambiguous name (capitalization) could be considered..?

mpmc

That's not too bad actually although IMHO the lines are just a little too thick, would love to see some variations!

Poul Kalff

Perhaps we should remind ourselves that there is a difference between graffiti, which is colourful and bombastic, and logos, which are simple in form and colour?
I can name no logos with more than 2-3-4 colours.... like Macdonalds, Facebook, Intel, Ubuntu, Shell....any car manufacture's logo.....Mercedes, Opel, VW, etc.

Kodi's logo is a logo, while this page looks like a wall in an urban area..... There is one logo on this page, though, it is in the top right, with the word "exsilia" next to it.

Yeah, just my humble opinion, but something to think about, at least...

Anonymous

Poul, I agree with your comments, went a little overboard (especially heavy in big sizes).
Mark, the lines are rather supposed to be contours (negative space) on same colour background.
Second and simpler test here, in smaller size to compare icon use:

http://i.imgur.com/Sri4I2V.png

mpmc

I quite like those especially the white version, nice and simple. That would look nice animated (for use in videos etc).

Although the font I'm not sure of.