[MakeLV] Who are we ???

[David Smith]

It occurs to me that an abstraction of the Mack bulldog, transitioning in
some way in to a hexagonal hive patern might be a good graphic for us - I'm
not a graphic artist by any means, but I can take a first "hack" at it
tonight or tomorrow and then let others turn it into real art.

Dave

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Matthew Tuerk <mtuerk at allentownedc.com>wrote:

> I would love to see an incorporation of the historic manufacturing identity
> into the visual representation of what we are working on in the Hive. I
> think hacking is at the core of the Lehigh Valley's economic diversity and
> this group in part represents the continuation of that tradition.
>
> Matthew Tuerk
>
> Assistant Director
> Allentown Economic Development Corporation
> (610) 435-8890 (w)
> (610) 653-3064 (c)
> mtuerk at allentownedc.com
>
> Allentown Good News Blog <http://allentowngoodnews.blogspot.com>
> Find us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Allentown-Economic-Development-Corporation/212098131917>
> Follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/allentownedc>
> *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information in this email may be confidential
> and/or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the
> individual or organization named above. If you are not the intended
> recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are
> hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this email and
> its attachments, if any, or the information contained herein is prohibited.
> If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the
> sender by return email and delete this email from your system.*
>
> On Nov 23, 2010, at 7:31 PM, Rob wrote:
>
> Understand .... So I think the people should organize under
> MakeLehighValley ..... but still retain the Hive4A aspect somehow ... so we
> could always use the tag line "MakeLehighValley at Hive4A" ....
>
> I like the graphic with the nostalgic industrial feel ..... I think that
> works well .... each hackerspace has it's own identity ... would be nice if
> we could pay homage to Allentown's heyday as a center of manufacturing ....
>
> --> Rob
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Matthew Tuerk <mtuerk at allentownedc.com>wrote:
>
>> A few observations:
>> I like the idea of retaining "make" for the same reason that Joe mentions.
>>
>> AEDC intended for Hive 4A to be a descriptor for that entire end of the
>> building, covering the hackerspace, the co-work space, and the
>> lecture/education space. If we want to adopt Hive 4A as a title for the
>> group, we would need to append some sort of differentiator to make it clear
>> that we are the people and not the space.
>>
>> As far as a visual identity, the group of high school kids that did the
>> initial research on this project submitted the attached jpeg as a proposed
>> logo. It needs a lot of help, but it is a starting point. Alternatively, you
>> can see the work of a firm with whom I work at the following URL:
>> http://allentownedc.com/urbanmade.html
>>  Matthew Tuerk
>>
>> Assistant Director
>> Allentown Economic Development Corporation
>> (610) 435-8890 (w)
>> (610) 653-3064 (c)
>> mtuerk at allentownedc.com
>>
>> Allentown Good News Blog <http://allentowngoodnews.blogspot.com>
>> Find us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Allentown-Economic-Development-Corporation/212098131917>
>> Follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/allentownedc>
>> *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information in this email may be confidential
>> and/or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the
>> individual or organization named above. If you are not the intended
>> recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are
>> hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this email and
>> its attachments, if any, or the information contained herein is prohibited.
>> If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the
>> sender by return email and delete this email from your system.*
>>
>> On Nov 21, 2010, at 10:22 PM, Joe Dunfee wrote:
>>
>> >From: "Tyler Worman" <tsworman at novaslp.net>
>> >AEDC came along and said we have that space if you want to use it.
>> >Their building was plant 4A. They decided to name the space Hive 4A.
>> ...
>> >I'm not opposed to the makelehighvalley name going away,
>>
>> To me, as a new person, the name Hive didn't communicate anything.  I
>> needed to get an explanation about what it meant. Whereas I understood the
>> terms "Make" and "Maker", in connection to the articles I have seen about
>> maker fairs.  They have a lot of existing awareness, so there may be a
>> benefit to keeping at least that portion of the name.
>>
>> Joe Dunfee  joe at dunfee.com
>> Gordonville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Makelehighvalley mailing list
>> Makelehighvalley at makelehighvalley.com
>>
>> http://makelehighvalley.com/mailman/listinfo/makelehighvalley_makelehighvalley.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Makelehighvalley mailing list
>> Makelehighvalley at makelehighvalley.com
>>
>> http://makelehighvalley.com/mailman/listinfo/makelehighvalley_makelehighvalley.com
>>
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Makelehighvalley mailing list
> Makelehighvalley at makelehighvalley.com
>
> http://makelehighvalley.com/mailman/listinfo/makelehighvalley_makelehighvalley.com
>
>


-- 
David L. Smith
Da Vinci Science Center
Allentown, PA
http://www.davinci-center.org

Please consider the environment before printing this email.

"You can’t buy change. It’s a process, not a purchase. The right shopping
list won’t change education.”
     -Sylvia Martinez http://blog.genyes.com/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://makelehighvalley.com/pipermail/makelehighvalley_makelehighvalley.com/attachments/20101124/d9cd8daf/attachment.htm>