Based on the ideas collected below, we worked with the community and Ura Design to come up with a logo and accompanying style guide. For now it can be found on https://uracreative.github.io/reproducible-builds-styleguide/

ideas / concepts

#1

Taken from slides from Hans-Christoph Steiner's talk about FDrdoid at FOSDEM 16:

idea #1

#2

Using of a circle to represent a build that is reproduced:

idea #2a

Source: https://gist.github.com/h4ck3rm1k3/560a7e6084534f328c47f28b2935f58f

Source: https://gist.github.com/h4ck3rm1k3/f0150704541c87995656901ab1866267

Author: Mike ?DuPont

#3

Author: Daniel Shahaf

#4

idea #4

(Inspiration from https://s10.postimg.org/3qv3imvgp/hqdefault.jpg)

Author: Valessio Brito

#5

idea #5

Author: Valessio Brito

#6

idea #5

Author: Valessio Brito

#7

idea #7

Author: Chris Lamb

#8

idea #8

Author: Chris Lamb

#9

idea #8

From reddit request for logos https://www.reddit.com/r/freedesign/comments/59a80v/request_free_software_project_reproducible_builds/d9a3gvr/

Author: thefyrewire1

#10

A double helix.

Rationale: each strand of the double helix can be used to completely reproduce the other. Also, DNA is somewhat analogous to machine code.

See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_icon.svg (and the category) for a schema of a double helix. (In DNA, the yellow and green rods come in four kinds each, and each kind of green is always paired with the same kind of yellow.)

#11

DrawingHands.jpg

"drawing hands" -- nerdy M.C. Escher reference, reproducible builds build each other. I don't know how to make it into a proper logo, though.

Suggestion from dkg, hopefully more graphically-inclined people can make it better.

#12

idea #12

baking forms…

by Falko Oldenburg

#13

idea #13

by Falko Oldenburg

baking tetris form…

#14

idea #14

by Falko Oldenburg, who is always reminded of "rabbits" when hearing "reproduction"…

#15

idea #15

by Falko Oldenburg; Some more of that rabbit concept, now constructed from the initials…

#16

idea #16

"R" and "B" difference by Bernhard M. Wiedemann: https://www.zq1.de/~bernhard/images/rb/rb-diff2.png

#17

Inspired by #8, but all arrows pointing to the right, symbolizing that the same source can be built many times but all builds converge on the same result.

I think this idea can work with and without text, and both at high and low sizes/resolutions.

Just the logo:

width=400

With background and text:

width=400

by Arnout Engelen, feel free to use under the terms of the CC0 license

TODO

#18

Impossible shapes illustration outlined (A+D) and solid (B+E) and overlapping Cubes (C+F) in first color variation.

width=400

by Brennan Novak and Elio Qoshi

#19

Impossible shapes illustration outlined (A+D) and solid (B+E) and overlapping Cubes (C+F) in second color variation.

width=400

by Brennan Novak and Elio Qoshi

#20

Impossible shapes illustration outlined (A+D) and solid (B+E) and overlapping Cubes (C+F) in third color variation.

width=400

by Brennan Novak and Elio Qoshi

#21

Impossible shapes illustration outlined (A+D) and solid (B+E) and overlapping Cubes (C+F) in fourth color variation.

width=400

by Brennan Novak and Elio Qoshi

#22

Impossible shapes illustration outlined (A+D) and solid (B+E) and overlapping Cubes (C+F) in black and white

width=400

by Brennan Novak and Elio Qoshi

#23

Example of added wordmark (2 options) on a monochrome version of the proposed icons.

width=400

by Brennan Novak and Elio Qoshi

TODO

comments


lamby: re: your logos: as said, #7 reminds me too much of the logos of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Labour_Front and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_Through_Joy and then i dislike for #7+#8 that they both dont really work without the words reproducible builds". and then they both (to me) symbolize endlessly running in circles, and not many builds results in one result * h01ger likes the _ideas_ of #1, #10 and #11 but i dont consider them ready/suitable as logos _yet_ * h01ger dislikes #2, #4, #5 + #6 - i dont recognize anything in them