Software development. And stuff.

I’m looking for a gorgeous new logo for SiteMesh, so I”ve just launched  a logo design contest on 99designs.com. It will run for 7 days and has a prize of $400 – of course, the real prize is the good feeling of contributing back to the SiteMesh project ;).

http://99designs.com/contests/23286

The brief…

Theme:
Clean, simple, modern.

Font:
Feel free to use whatever font you like, or create your own. Remember that SiteMesh is associated with clean and simple. If you use (or derive from) an existing font, please specify what font this is and where it can be obtained.

Background:
The logo should be on a flat (single color) background, so it is easy to place in different places. If the background is not white, please also supply a variation of the logo that has a white background (e.g. to use in print outs).

Color scheme:
Up to you.

Variations:
Would like two variations of the logo:
1. The worded logo: This focus of this must be the word ‘SiteMesh’. It will typically be used in the header of every page of the website, documentation, etc.
2. The icon based logo: This would typically appear in small square placements (e.g. a desktop icon). It does not need to contain the text ‘SiteMesh’ but should be easy to recognize as associated with the worded logo. Should look good at small sizes (e.g. 42×42).

Format:
Please supply original high-resolution files of whatever tool you use to create the logo (e.g PSD), so I can make modifications and rescale in the future as necessary.

http://99designs.com/contests/23286