I created it with https://romannurik.github.io/AndroidAssetStudio/icons-launcher.html#foreground.type=image&foreground.space.trim=1&foreground.space.pad=0.2&foreColor=rgb(255%2C%20255%2C%20255)&backColor=rgb(255%2C%2087%2C%2034)&crop=0&backgroundShape=square&effects=shadow&name=ic_launcher
You have to upload the oh logo yourself and can play around
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Itās important to keep in mind, that a logo should also work if you donāt have any coloring options, like on a stamp. A logo is not defined by a ābackground with some patternā. It should also work in black where any background pattern just wonāt be visible. Donāt mix up an app icon with a logo.
I canāt stress enough how important it is to stick to a logo if there is no good reason to change it completely. Just out of a new trend, no icon should be thrown away so easily. Especially when the icon is established and broadly known!
Creating something new should only be done, if the old logo has major problems like a similarity to another logo or if the logo doesnāt represent the company/product in a right way (any longer)ā¦ A good example therefor is the original Apple Logo. Good thing that they changed it.
So, the openHAB-iconā¦
- is unique
- is learned
- works with one color and with more colors
- resembles the product in an absolutely perfect way: A house within an enclosing circle which represents the openHAB approach to speak to all the protocols and products in home automation. Everything in that house is covered by that circle. This just IS openHAB! (At least, thatās what I see in the logo!
@pmpkkās last design draft also goes in that direction, but in my opinion too gentle and too subtle.)
And btw: Donāt change the font also. Itās a great choice: unique, good to read, modern, stands out.
But still I would tweak the logo a little. Make it look modern. Not every design trend has to be taken, but Iām pretty sure that the less polished and skeuomorphic design approach is here to stay. So go for it. Make it flat. Make it simple. Reduce the colors, define two or three design colors. Not only the logo will have a contemporary look and feel, it will look better on websites when used as a small logo picture. The shine through the middle of the icon loses itās effect in smaller versions of the logo.
Keep in mind that creating a new logo or (almost worse) a change of the primary color could (and probably would) mean a lot of work: Change the logo/colors on the website(s), in the app(s), in openHAB itself, on the stationeries, stamps (if there are any),ā¦ There still will be the old logo in some places, it could confuse people. If there is only a tweaked logo, this process would not be so radical and it would be ok if somewhere an old logo ist still around. No one would be confused. It wonāt hurt to exchange the logo everywhere gradually.
Cheers!
Norman
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Thanks to everyone for voting and also thanks for all the creativity regarding potential logo updates!
I take the vote result as a signal that most people do not have a strong opinion (and rather do not worry much about it), but that many people also share the conception that it might be time for an update.
As I had mentioned here, I will follow up on this in the openHAB Foundation and first get all requirements sorted (we e.g. want at the same time a matching foundation logo, also āfoundation memberā and āopenHAB compatibleā logos, etc.). As it will be quite some work, we will also set out a price for the logo contest - we might go with a service like designonclick, which e.g. was also used for the Eclipse SmartHome logo and proved to be pretty useful. Once we have a campaign up, I will certainly also inform all openHAB community members here, so that all talented designers can participate in it.
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I think that we need a celebratory logo/image(?) for the build #1000 that is coming up soon
Last stable build (#999), 10 hr ago
Ah, you mean it is time to break the build 
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Here we go! So everyone with some design skills (@normaniac, @pmpkk and others), feel free to sign up and participate in the contest! I am looking forward to the results 
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Hi @Kai,
great news! I really would like to participate, but itās not possible, because āparticipation in this project is limitedā, which means, that āonly designers who have been registered before the project start are able to participate in projects with guaranteed price money.ā
I didnāt have an account at designonclick before, so itās not possible to submit somethingā¦ I canāt even see the briefing anymore.
Hm, This is unfortunate indeed, I wasnāt aware of that limitation. I will get in contact with their support whether they can add you nonetheless (please let me know your address with which you have registered).
Ok, good news: Their support was helpful and changed the project temporarily to be without a guaranteed price money so that it should be possible for everyone to register and suggest designs. I will switch the project back to guaranteed price money on Wednesday, so please register until then if you want to participate. Thanks!
LOOKS GREAT. It would be great if any one of these is implemented
Very good! Thank you, @Kai!
Is it possible to see the designs as a guest or do I have to create an account?
All designs are labeled as āhiddenā. 
The designs are only visible for the project creator; even as participant you canāt see the other designs.
I will make a choice of them public for discussion once we have a good set of submissions and once I have sorted out all the duplicates and āno-chanceā designs.
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FTR: Tomorrow morning I will change the project back to āguaranteed prizeā, so any designer who still wants to participate should register until then!
We have meanwhile received a couple of designs and I have already done a lot of pre-filtering. I therefore can invite you now to also leave your feedback on the designs.
These are not yet the end results, but rather work in progress, so feel free to also leave comments on what you think can be improved in certain designs. I will keep the contest running for another week, we should therefore see more submissions and further fine-tuning.
Just as a heads-up: I do not intend to directly derive the winner from a public voting in the end (there are many examples where this has miserably failed), but will rather take a thoughtful decision within the openHAB Foundation. Nonetheless, all your feedback is very valuable and is definitely taken into account!
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Lots of great work there, wow!
I thought Iād be liking a minor update on the current logo but seeing some of thoseā¦ hmm
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Yep, but personally, I would vote for #4ā¦ Some of them are a turn of 180ā in comparrison with current logo which, imho should not be the caseā¦ What i like about #4 is that it really is a completely new logo but at first you can know what is the product it represents, and also, at first you notice that it is updated just as logo should beā¦ no hard feelings to anyoneā¦ let the best win!
I like #44 the most, too.
Clean and simple.
But I am not sure if this still looks good and recognizable as a small favicon.
And if you see only the icon without the text, You would not know this hase anything to do with smarthome.
It looks just like any other modern logo with a house symbol.
But still: I like it very much!!
EDIT: I meant #44. Did the numbers change?
I like #44 the Most
Looks modern