[wsfii-discuss] flyer text and design for wsfii

Tue Sep 6 15:35:54 UTC 2005

Saul Albert wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>We're getting a flyer printed this week - and a proper programme next
>week for which I'll try to send out some more information for your
>perusal.. 
>
>Just wanted to check with people...
>
>how does this sound? I tried to spruce up the short description on the
>front page of the wiki - it sounded a bit grey...
>
>   WSFII: the World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures: 1st  2nd
>   October 2005, 11am - 6pm Limehouse Town Hall, 646 Commercial Road,
>   London E14 7HA Booking details: http://wsfii.org/register/
>
>   This event brings together pragmatists and practices from the front
>   lines of information politics to present and find connections between
>   areas such as Free Networks, Open Hardware, Free Media and Culture,
>   Open Maps/Geodata, Open Civic Information and Community Currencies.
>   There will also be how-to demonstrations for those eager to start
>   building and owning their own means of communication.
>
>Do people like this? We could use it on the website maybe...
>
>oh, please have a look at the drafts of the flyer too...
>
>http://dav.nodel.org/october/design/final%20flyer/
>  
>
art work of the front is good, but

1. the closed fist doesn't give the sense of joining hands and being
open. just an open hand may do the trick.

2. may be instead of encircled closed circles, we may use curved lines
or spirals instead.

Nagarjuna