HackFFM Logo 2.0

A new approach on the Hackerspace Frankfurt logo design.

Design pattern

HackFFM Logo 2.0?

Pixel-by-pixel edit - traditional 8-bit Pixel-Art
reduced color palette - 3 colors
Large pixels, 5x5 or 6x6 magnification
- no smoothing, no anti-aliasing
- no dithering
Outlined with dark background
Background shadow
- second layer, using #282828 background only
- GIMP Gaussian blur - radius 4 × pixel-size (20 for 5x5 pixels)

GIMP Source files

/ GIMP Format with multiple layers for different drop shadows

favicon.ico

via http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

Palette for web images

GIMP shadow tutorial

`#f8f8f8 - Foreground`
`#f0ad5e - Highlight beam`
`#282828 - Dark background`

drop shadow / Gaussian blur #282828

Alternative palette for print media

`#ffffff - Foreground`
`#ff9900 - Highlight beam`
`#000000 - Dark background`

brighter colors for clear print output
no drop shadow

Buttons

HackFFM Logo 2.0 button variations

feeding the MfK button machine with Datei:HackFFM Buttons MfK Logo 2.0 002.pdf
Special Edition Buttons 2012 - colorful: Datei:HackFFM Buttons MfK Logo 2.0 005 Colorful.pdf

Logo
HackFFM Logo 2.0
HackFFM Logo 2.0 Special Edition
HackFFM Logo 2.0 Special Edition extrem
Box with Buttons

3D-printed badges

HackFFM Logo 2.0? as 3D printed badge

OpenSCAD with 3D-Badge of the Logo 2.0 draft

Simple converter using Processing to convert Pixel-Art to height map for OpenSCAD
- grid size 3 × 3 mm per pixel
- background - 1.2 mm height
- foreground - 4.0 mm height
- beam - "holes"
- cubes are slightly "oversized" by 1/10th mm for connected pixel mesh
Import to OpenSCAD - see our OpenSCAD small projects page
- mesh rendering
- STL output
Printed by yag-freak's Prusa Mendel

ASCII Art

Width: 19 / Height: 26

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Eagle-Library

Datei:Hackffm logo.lbr.zip