Mixxx Icon redesign contest blogpost #381
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daschuer
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Feb 16, 2025
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This one was only a proposal, never released. We have however the normal splash logo with the symbolic icon.
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Yes, but it's a great example for combination of Icon and Logo
daschuer
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| ## Why Mixxx needs a new updated icon | ||
| The square Mixxx Icon was created at a time when it was only used to identify the application in the desktop environment of the respective operating system. For this use case, it had to be displayable on low resolution at 16x16px. | ||
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| It was designed with a specific, outdated theme guideline in mind and always looked odd on all other systems. |
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| It was designed with a specific, outdated theme guideline in mind and always looked odd on all other systems. | |
| It was designed with icon guideline of the [Tango Desktop Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango_Desktop_Project) which was mainly focusing the Linux desktop. |
Let's not blame the old designers. They did a reasonable choice at that time.
daschuer
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| It was designed with a specific, outdated theme guideline in mind and always looked odd on all other systems. | ||
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| Nowadays, square app icons are no longer only found on the desktop. With the advent of online app stores, the square icon has become the primary identifier for the application. A square icon with a much higher resolution (typical 256x256px) is required here. In the stores we cannot use our rectangular Mixxx Logo due to the low aspect ratio there and since our square icon cannot be easily adapted to the required style guidelines. For example, Mixxx has not met the criteria to be listed as a curated app on Flathub and will therefore always apear on the lower ranks. |
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| Nowadays, square app icons are no longer only found on the desktop. With the advent of online app stores, the square icon has become the primary identifier for the application. A square icon with a much higher resolution (typical 256x256px) is required here. In the stores we cannot use our rectangular Mixxx Logo due to the low aspect ratio there and since our square icon cannot be easily adapted to the required style guidelines. For example, Mixxx has not met the criteria to be listed as a curated app on Flathub and will therefore always apear on the lower ranks. | |
| With the advent of online app stores, the square icon has become the primary identifier for the application. A square icon with a much higher resolution (typical 256x256px) is required here. In the stores we cannot use our rectangular Mixxx Logo due to the low aspect ratio there and since our square icon cannot be easily adapted to the required style guidelines. For example, Mixxx has not met the criteria to be listed as a curated app on Flathub and will therefore always apear on the lower ranks. |
daschuer
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| ## What we are looking for - and what we are not | ||
| We are looking for basic Mixxx Icon, that can be adapted to particular styleguides and resolutions without loosing it's distinctive character. The design should also be basic enough to allow moderinzation in future without replcaing the whole icon again. | ||
| What we are not looking for are: |
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I would write first give a list we are looking for. If the clarification for the "not" case is still required it should follow afterwards.
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| ## Submission guidelines | ||
| ### License and ownership of the design | ||
| The Mixxx brand, including logo and icon, is not licensed under the GPL like the software itself. The design is the property of the Mixxx e.V., therefore, it is necessary to sign the Mixxx Contributor Agreement and submit the contest contribution under the terms of this agreement. The Mixxx brand is hold by Mixxx e.V. and used to distinguish the official version of the software provided by the Mixxx development team from forks with altered functionality/quality. |
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We need to file a separate copyright agreement that not mentions GPL and grands all rights exclusively and not revocable to the e.V.
Eve00000
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Feb 16, 2025
| What we are looking for is to develop a common design language for both. Both should be distinctive as Mixxx brand on their own, as well as combined together. | ||
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| ## What we are looking for - and what we are not | ||
| We are looking for basic Mixxx Icon, that can be adapted to particular styleguides and resolutions without loosing it's distinctive character. The design should also be basic enough to allow moderinzation in future without replcaing the whole icon again. |
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moderinzation -> modernization
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