Timeline for Design for Bicycles Stack Exchange.
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| Aug 21, 2011 at 17:26 | answer | added | Nick Dawson | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 14, 2011 at 2:23 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/102565929539469312 | ||
| Aug 5, 2011 at 12:36 | answer | added | ChrisW | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 3, 2011 at 14:25 | comment | added | Jin | @zenbike it's all good. Thanks for your contribution to this community. It's people like you that make this site great, not my design :) | |
| Aug 3, 2011 at 6:09 | comment | added | zenbike | Thanks again, and i'm sorry if I came off too demanding or confrontational. Others thought I did, and that wasn't my intent. | |
| Aug 3, 2011 at 3:38 | comment | added | Jin | @zenbike I think it works better too. Also our Gaming site has a heart logo already, so less conflict there. | |
| Aug 3, 2011 at 3:07 | comment | added | zenbike | @Jin: I appreciate the logo design change. It is much more subtle, and still includes the heart, so sends the sam I love bikes message. | |
| Aug 2, 2011 at 21:46 | history | edited | freiheitMod |
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| Aug 2, 2011 at 20:52 | comment | added | Kyle Cronin | I know I'm not a member of this community, but I liked the heart much better than the block or whatever is up there now. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 16:16 | comment | added | Jin | @ambo100 ah I see. yes, I can do that. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 16:15 | comment | added | Ambo100 | @Jin: I meant for each set of badges [Gold, Silver, Bronze] | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 15:17 | comment | added | Jin | @Ambo100 that's a neat idea, however we don't have a way to track different badges so they can have different visuals(as far as front-end html goes, all badges use the same html and css call). | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 10:57 | comment | added | Ambo100 | I had a small idea for the badges. Badges that are more difficult to earn will have more teeth in the gear. It's only a small thing but I think it would be a neat thing that other cyclists will appreciate. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 6:38 | comment | added | Goodbye Stack Exchange Mod | The mods found out about the design when it was announced in chat publicly, shortly before this page was posted. There is no "secret" process. Your tone right now is confrontational, and this is also contributing nothing to the discussion here; please take this to chat if you want to discuss this further. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 6:25 | comment | added | zenbike | @Neil Fein: I consider every comment I've made here to be constructive. Just because you disagree, doesn't mean my comments become non-constructive. I'm still waiting for an answer about the primary process for the design. It appears that there either wasn't one, or that all decisions were made before any but a few people. of which I assume as a moderator you would be one, even saw them. Very "democratic". | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 6:12 | comment | added | Goodbye Stack Exchange Mod | @zenbike - Yes, that you've made your point and don't need to keep calling attention to it. Your concerns have been heard. Please keep this to constructive comments. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 5:48 | comment | added | zenbike | @Neil Fein: And? Did you have a point? | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 5:31 | comment | added | Goodbye Stack Exchange Mod | @zenbike - We get it, you don't like the heart. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 7:28 | comment | added | zenbike | @Jin: I'd still like an answer about what the primary process was for this design. Were there other options? If so, can we see them, also? | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 5:46 | comment | added | zenbike | I will tell you flat out. That logo will not appear on any of my correspondence, online or otherwise. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 5:45 | comment | added | zenbike | If I'm the only one, then it should stay. But what ave you given them to choose from? I'm more than a little disappointed that something like that is the only option even shown. You should offer other options, and let people choose the best. Not set up one option, and say do you like this or not. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 5:24 | comment | added | Jin | @zenbike I was referring to the logo. Don't get me wrong, I'm not taking this personally, at all. In fact, I appreciate your input because you care. But I just want to explain to you that when it comes to design, everyone has an opinion, because it's visual. I have to make a decision on what changes should be made and what stay. Looking at all the feedback, far more people like the logo than not. Again, tell me what I should do if I change it to something you like and others complain? | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 5:12 | comment | added | zenbike | So your opinion as a designer is don't get hung up on the design? Really? | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 5:07 | comment | added | zenbike | No, I did't say that. I said the heart logo pushes everything over the top, and I think that there are things that could go in a different direction. But the logo, I have a problem with. It just has nothing to do with the site. As I've said, multiple times, take any object, and put it in a heart. Does that make it an identity for that object? I'm sorry you seem to be taking my comments personally, but that is just lazy design. There is nothing inherent to the site or its purpose in the one main brand identity item of the design. It's our logo. It should be us. And that isn't. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 4:53 | comment | added | Jin | @zenbike I read the comments that are related to the disapproval of heart logo, I only found yours. As for the overall design direction, far more people like it than not. I don't ignore people's feedback, but I also don't make every changes requested, especially if they're based off personal preferences. As I said, even if I did you suggested and someone else doesn't like it, then what do I do? "I like everything but the heart logo" That was your first comment. Now you don't like everything? | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 4:37 | comment | added | zenbike | @Jin: reread the comments. I'm not the only one. Just the most vocal. As for approving the overall design direction, we've only been shown one option. I see 4 answers, 2 of which are requesting a different direction. As for design by committee producing poor results, of course it does. And so does a designer who ignores feedback from the intended audience. That's not design by committee. That's just poor design. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 4:33 | comment | added | Jin | @zenbike also, I wouldn't get too hang up on the logo. After all, it's an identity that ties with a brand. It's people's perception with the brand that matters the most. What does a swoosh have to do with running shoes? What does Stackoerflow's logo have to do with coding? | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 4:30 | comment | added | Jin | @zenbike judging from the number of up/downvotes, I say the community approves the overall design direction. As for the strong dislike of the heart logo, you're the only one. "but this doesn't represent what our site is" that's your personal opinion. If I change it to something that pleases you, then someone else may complain. Then what do I do? When I design these sites, my design isn't based on my personal taste but rather a design that has universal appeal. I also don't do design by committees because that approach only produces mediocre work so no one's feeling is hurt. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 3:34 | comment | added | ChrisW | Can you post a public URL for a beta version of the site / design. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 3:14 | comment | added | zenbike | I want to link, badge and tag this site all over my online world, but I will not do it with that heart logo. Sorry, but it's lame, and has nothing to do with the site. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 3:12 | comment | added | zenbike | @Jin: Were there any other options presented or considered? How did we get from "We need to come up with a design." to "This is it, and it's launching in 2 days."? Did we have private showings to mods or something? I'm sorry, but this doesn't represent what our site is, and you seem pretty locked on it already. I do understand the difficulty of designing from scratch, but that makes feedback and flexibility important. | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 22:30 | answer | added | Tony_Henrich | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 19:48 | answer | added | ʍǝɥʇɐɯ | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 17:52 | comment | added | zenbike | For what it's worth, i like the look, but not as our SE site. I would hang this poster on my wall (except the heart logo, that would get stickered over), but I don't want it as my brand identity when trying to "sell" the site to new users (or my friends). | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 17:44 | answer | added | zenbike | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 17:14 | answer | added | freiheitMod | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 13:41 | comment | added | zenbike | @Jin: I know how hard it is too come up with a design, from scratch without feedback. Please accept this as intended: constructive feedback. I'm not down on your work. I just don't think it fits the site that well. | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 13:41 | comment | added | zenbike | @jackJoe: I agree with that as well. I really would prefer something more "bicycle and user as gestalt machine", and less feel good related. And I hate the heart. The predominant feeling of the design to me is too "rainbows and teddy bears". That's kind of what i meant by cartoonish. | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 11:10 | comment | added | jackJoe | I like it overall but IMO it has too much of an "outdoor"/holidays feeling. I think of this SE site as something more related to the bicycle than stricktly with its evironment. In other words, I think the theme should focus more on the bicycle than with the scenery, the first feeling I had after seeing the layout was that it may give the impression of an SE site for travelers that use bikes. Tough one, and I understand Jin's choice, hope our contribution will help. I love the heart (a bit feminine, but lovely nonetheless) and hate the wheel shaped sun, it is distracting and looks out of place. | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 10:24 | comment | added | zenbike | I like everything but the heart logo. I very much dislike that element. It gives the whole look a cartoonish feel which is not something I enjoy. Without that element it is ethereal, and perhaps a bit fantastic, in the original sense. But very enjoyable. Find something else for the logo, and I'll be very pleased. | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 3:09 | comment | added | Jay Bazuzi | The poor cyclist is hunched over in a "C" shape. He's going to hurt his back. Poor guy. | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 1:49 | comment | added | Goodbye Stack Exchange Mod | I prefer the heart; it's a simpler graphic, and the spokes make for a more complicated icon. The heart will also reproduce better when tiny. | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 23:40 | comment | added | Jin | @Dori I had a hard time deciding myself. I eventually decided to go with the heart, simply because contextually, it can stand on its own. The wheel is nice as a decoration when it's in the poster or the site but doesn't translate well to other mediums. | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 23:10 | comment | added | Nathan G. | Beautiful; this is one of my favorites! Have you considered wheels/spokes or gears for the circle that highlights the number of answers on a question with an accepted answer? | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 23:08 | comment | added | Kyle Cronin | And you say you're not a graphic designer... :) | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 22:05 | comment | added | freiheit Mod | @MatthewRead: dust off that old bike from the garage and start asking us some questions! :) | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 22:03 | comment | added | Matthew Read | Sweet. Makes me wish I was participating in this site :P | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 22:01 | comment | added | freiheit Mod | Can top users get a top-tube (down-tube if you prefer) sticker or two too? Maybe a head-tube sticker? ;) | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 21:55 | comment | added | Goodbye Stack Exchange Mod | I'd actually pay for a mug - can't have too many coffee mugs. | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 21:53 | comment | added | Jin | @Marc we'll try to make the poster as part of the swag package we're sending out to top users. I definitely planned to have it printed as a real poster. | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 21:51 | comment | added | freiheit Mod | I love this design! :) | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 21:51 | comment | added | Marc Charbonneau | I love that poster. I'd actually buy a print if you made one available. | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 21:26 | history | asked | Jin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |