uPortal Logo Contest
Background
Did you ever wonder who designed the uPortal logo and how it was chosen? In early June, 2000, the uPortal community had a design contest to create a logo for JA-SIG's then-brand-new uPortal project. Over 30 logos were submitted and a Zoomerang survey was distributed for people to vote on the best logo.
The following people submitted logos for consideration:
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Organization |
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Jill Anderson |
N/A |
Michael Barton |
Princeton University |
Yale University |
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Steve Evans |
Yale University |
Raissa Macasieb-Ludwig |
Georgetown University |
Piet Niederhausen |
Georgetown University |
Lana Rose |
Georgetown University |
Molly Simpson |
Yale University |
University of British Columbia |
Logo Candidates
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The original page of logo candidates is still available.
Winner
On June 9, 2000, the winner was announced. It was Piet Niederhausen from Georgetown whose logo received 42% of the 26 votes. His design is still used as the uPortal logo today:
See jasig-portal mailing list posts from June 2000: uPortal logo voting , And the winner is..., voting results