Talk:Main Page/Logo Redesign

inspirational materials

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concept grab-bag

Consider the principles of abstraction, functional definition, composability, modularity, insulation, and intentional design when thinking about the new logo. The Registry is a clearinghouse, a repository, a library, a bank, a set, a group, a catalog, a toolchest. Parts are defined by their function, modular, composable, components, with inputs and outputs, specifications and documentation, well characterized, like legos, designed to hide complexity; systems of parts may be considered parts themselves.

Engineering motifs

Hard hats, wrenches, circuit boards and diagrams and schematics, blueprints, nuts & bolts, gears, clockwork.

Biology Motifs

DNA, E. coli, pipetors, test tubes, gene network diagrams