intothefuzz

Way back in early June I put up a quick post announcing our plan to create a new and improved style guide for the Firefox logo. As I noted then, the goal is to refine our existing guidelines and communicate them to the widest possible audience. There are a lot of people around the world doing great work on projects that utilize the logo, and my hope is that this guide helps make them even more successful.

Since my initial post, Tara Shahian and I have been continuing to chip away at this…we gave a brief ‘lightning talk’ about it at the summit last month, and are now starting to work with the Royal Order on creating the actual guide. I really want this process to be as open as possible, so I’ll be blogging about some specific topics for discussion over the next couple of weeks. Once the site is ready we’ll initially release it as a beta to make sure everyone has a chance to make their voice heard.

Also, in response to my first post, Tara and I were able to assemble a great team of community members to serve as an informal advisory panel for this project. We’ve already gotten some helpful input from them, and I’m sure that will continue now that the project is really underway. So, without further ado, allow me to introduce the style guide team:
* Elise Allen – copywriter and frequent contributor to Mozilla marketing projects
* Percy Cabello – editor of mozillalinks.org and all-around Mozilla expert
* Jon Hicks – designer of the Firefox and Thunderbird logos
* Sean Martell – designer and illustrator who created Kit, among other things
* Brian Mills – interactive communications expert and veteran of many style guide projects

I’ll be posting more frequent updates about our progress soon. So, stay tuned for more, and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.