In the "smiley" logo I personally (and as a CEO ;-) would like to avoid the smiley element, in general. I know it looks very attractive and funny; however the smiley is a registered trademark sign, and we don't want to have problems with the law. So either we would need to present a smiley like it would not cross with the smiley definition from the trademark, either we would need to create something pure fresh.
Ok... from the working tapes of miniBB team :-) Below presented the list of all of our imaginary within the past year. Don't consider them as the final versions still.
![miniBB Logo Draft - Blue miniBB Logo Draft - Blue](https://www.minibb.com/forums/storage/screenshots/logo_draft_blue.jpg)
![miniBB Logo Draft - Gold miniBB Logo Draft - Gold](https://www.minibb.com/forums/storage/screenshots/logo_draft_gold.jpg)
In the two examples above, we supposed to try to make a logo in the "corona" form. Later, we have denied the corona symbol, since nobody from us is the king.
![miniBB Logo Draft - Symmetry miniBB Logo Draft - Symmetry](https://www.minibb.com/forums/storage/screenshots/logo_draft_simmetry.jpg)
![miniBB Logo Draft - Colors miniBB Logo Draft - Colors](https://www.minibb.com/forums/storage/screenshots/logo_draft_colors.gif)
As you may notice, the wording "miniBB" is very symmetrical. It contains horizontal, vertical and the diagonal symmetries. The first example above just shows it, the second pretends to build a logo full of colors on this principle.
![miniBB Logo Draft - Shadow miniBB Logo Draft - Shadow](https://www.minibb.com/forums/storage/screenshots/logo_draft_shadow.jpg)
Above comes just yesterday's example. Very tough draft, but the idea here is the wording "BB" appears to be a mirrored shadow of "mini", like it would appear from the sun raising in the background. Overall it also gives an ultimate 3D effect to the board.
![miniBB Logo draft - Zooropa miniBB Logo draft - Zooropa](https://www.minibb.com/forums/storage/screenshots/logo_draft_zooropa.jpg)
Above is just a funny example of how Zooropa logo from U2 fits to miniBB's older concept ;-)
Below follows the collection of assorted work by Sergei.
![miniBB Logo Draft - Black miniBB Logo Draft - Black](https://www.minibb.com/forums/storage/misc/logo_draft_black.jpg)
![miniBB Logo draft - Grey miniBB Logo draft - Grey](https://www.minibb.com/forums/storage/screenshots/logo_draft_grey.jpg)
![miniBB Logo Draft - mini miniBB Logo Draft - mini](https://www.minibb.com/forums/storage/screenshots/logo_draft_mini.jpg)
![miniBB logo various drafts' fix miniBB logo various drafts' fix](https://www.minibb.com/forums/storage/screenshots/logo_draft_various2.jpg)
Click two pictures above to enlarge...