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At the risk of offending some dear friends and the courageous participants to this enterprising contest. I think we're 'off track' somehow...
First, the idea of a contest is good. Unfortunately albeit out of necessity, we had a time limit to perform by. The period chosen, also, might not have been the right one for most since it coincided with the hectic Christmas holidays: both facts not being propitious to creativity. I hope that this finite limit will not hinder the 'genious idea' that could better represent MR if ever there is one to appear soon.
Further on, to my eye so far, asides from using words, most symbols chosen to represent Mobile Read are partially accurate.
The concept behind MR is abstract, so much so that representation by an object will not do it justice. No one knows what devices will be in ten years and how they will affect reading as an experience compared to now. I will dare to compare this by the use of a single step to represent a stairway through time. No step can accurately show a destination, only its direction. Mobile Read is a witness to how we read and how we will read, not only in the traditional ways and the new ways but also those to come. Therefore we should not limit its representation (logo) to an old or present device. A tough one to solve.
I can not be positive and help in any other way that, in the skills required for drawing we are taught that the negative shapes suggest the positive ones.
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