Logo Contest for "Women Mappers in the Caribbean" Group

Background

This is a group for OSM Women Mappers in the Caribbean. The group is dedicated to map on OSM gender-centered projects and be a safe space for women mappers in open mapping.

Logo Design

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is pleased to announce a call for logo designs. We need your help to build a strong recognizable logo for the women mappers in the Caribbean.

We put together this Design Brief (borrowing from the State of the Map) that outlines what we are looking for in a logo. Entrants could be an individual or a team of people, even a design company!

By submitting a logo you will be assigning your copyright to the OSM Women Mappers in the Caribbean group so that it can be used across different mediums. Entries need to be submitted by 23:59 UTC (before midnight) on Sunday, March 5th, 2023. Finalists will be presented at the International Women’s Day Event on March 8th and the winner will be voted by the community present that day.

How to enter

Create your logo in PNG file format and scalable file format (either SVG or PDF).

If you're not used to scalable formats, please enter the competition as well and we can try to help.

1. Name your logo(s) in this format: firstname_lastname.png/pdf/svg

2. In case of multiple entries, you can append a number after your name, for example, firstname_lastname_1.png, firstname_lastname_2.png etc.

3. Submit your logo to this link: https://forms.gle/L71KhpfMEnxMD5eb9

4. Any questions? Write us at caribbean@hotosm.org

Distribution

The Women Mappers in the Caribbean group social media, flyers, emails, sponsor communications, t-shirts and potentially other ‘swag’ like fabric or plastic bags, keychains, pens etc.  Potentially small web-based button images for use on third party websites, placement on blogs and other web pages.

Design

The design MUST

• Include themes from the Caribbean
• Be easily printable on t-shirts with as few colors as possible (no more than 3). This keeps the cost of printing reasonable.
• Be delivered in PNG file format and a scalable format (SVG or PDF).
• Not include copyrighted material that is not yours

The design MAY

• Be able to be color-negated so that black is white, white is black etc.
• Come in different sizes (for example: the main logo and a variant for use on small print media such as badges).

The design should communicate

• The name of the group, Women Mappers in the Caribbean
• The Caribbean Experience
• Fun
• Cool
• Openness
• Inclusivity
• A sense of community
• The potential of OpenStreetMap
• A sense of learning and education
• Trustworthiness
• Women movement

The design should not communicate

• Corporate / big business (as the sole element)
• Complexity
• Expensive
• For geeks only
• Closed community

Prize

A swag pack with your printed logo.