Create a logo for Ignite

🚀 Feature

@vfdev-5 asked me to work on a logo to represent Ignite and its relation to main PyTorch, so I’m opening this issue to post iterations and provide a place for discussion.

All feedback is welcome! I’m looking forward to hearing the community’s thoughts.

These first iterations use the same orange as PyTorch (#ee4c2c)and maintain similar line weight (and sometimes the small circle) in order to show a visual relationship between the projects. The potential directions for Ignite’s logomark are meant to highlight Ignite’s strengths of simplicity and speed as well as the kick starting nature of some of its “out-of-the-box” features.

Option 1-1

Compared to the current PyTorch logo, Option 1 is meant to be more a energetic spark than a steady, symmetrical flame.

Option 2-1

Option 2 is the furthest from the current PyTorch logo and revolves around the idea of a matchstick. The flame shape is closest to the current PyTorch logo of the different options.

Option 3-1

Another idea around a spark originating from a single point. Different flame shape and direction.

Option 4-1

This developed as a variation of Option 3. While it is my least favorite, I wanted to provide an option that feels sharper and more explosive.

[isabela-pf]

I’m following up with a polished version of 5-7 based on comments from @vfdev-5 . Thanks to all the lovely feedback on this issue, I think this logo is refined and ready to be wrapped up. Is there any final approval it needs to go through?

It’d also be helpful to know where it makes sense to keep the final logo and related pieces. Should this be a PR or does it belong elsewhere?

[isabela-pf]

Since this round was focused on polishing, changes might be more difficult to spot. Once again, I’ve listed them here to help:

• Type: The font is changed from Varta to Oxygen. This brings back the single-story g with a typeface that has a little more geometry overall. (Side note: I am amused by the idea that a flame logo might be accompanied by a font named Oxygen.)
• Color: Orange remains the same #ee4c2c and the yellow has been slightly lightened to be #eaa700 for greater contrast.
• Flame shape: Adjusted shape and proportions. 5-6 has very minor changes in shape while 5-7 demonstrates the narrower proportions @vfdev-5 suggested. I keep changing my mind on which direction I like better, so it’d be great to hear what people think. (React with ❤️ for 5-6 and 🚀 for 5-7, maybe?)

I think we’re getting close to a decision, so let me know if there’s a specific way we want to make the final choice (is is a vote, is it a specific group’s choice, etc.).

5-6

5-7

Curious about how the transition between shapes?

This section is for you! All 5’s started with a three by three grid like this:

So to work with the “slim” idea, I shifted to a roughly two by three grid:

This seems to be the smallest I can go and still manage to have three smooth peaks to the flames. While it might not be as narrow as expected, I think this grid still feels more vertical in a way that 5-5 does not. Switching to this grid also meant switching from a circle base for the flames (more like the main PyTorch logo) to an oval and greatly changed how the curves needed to flow.