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What's Going On => Website Issues & Suggestions => Topic started by: MartyG on August 17, 2012, 06:20:21 PM
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Just an idea, and it needs work. I know enough about trademark law to imagine a cease and desist order might be imminent, but it was fun to see how it would look. Feedback is welcome!
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/7805485114_9779061557.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7805485114/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7805485114/)
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dont want to offend, but im not feeling that font.
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Agreed - I would need to hand draw the text to match the style of the Weber name. Here's a variation that matched the original hat logo a little closer. Same font issue, but you get the idea.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7805682706_e3df4d34ed.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7805682706/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7805682706/)
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i'm planning on having a logo drawn up - i just gotta save up some money first.
graphic design is expensive
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Just an idea, and it needs work. I know enough about trademark law to imagine a cease and desist order might be imminent, but it was fun to see how it would look. Feedback is welcome!
im confused about this.... i see the weber kettle lookalikes a lot of things for advertising. couldnt you all use something like that?
and obviously i cannot figure out the "quote" feature...ugh
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Set up a Pay Pal account so people can donate if they wish. 8)
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I like these myself. Black & White or colored. By the way Marty, thanks for doing this.
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4592/weberlogo1963.png) (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/weberlogo1963.png/)
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/8756/weberlogo1956.png) (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/weberlogo1956.png/)
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I like the original design.
Let's move forward with the design. Feel free to contact me for email address that accepts donations. It is the least you could do.
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I like the original design.
Let's move forward with the design. Feel free to contact me for email address that accepts donations. It is the least you could do.
(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/8205/trollvs.jpg) (http://img818.imageshack.us/i/trollvs.jpg/)
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Agreed - I would need to hand draw the text to match the style of the Weber name. Here's a variation that matched the original hat logo a little closer. Same font issue, but you get the idea.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7805682706_e3df4d34ed.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7805682706/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7805682706/)
This design is awesome!
Brian
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I like it, but I think it needs to be on the back of the shirt. Maybe a small one in front. We could also add lettering around it, like established in 2012.
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Workin' on some new ideas today. Stay tuned...
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How "original" do you have to be to be considered an original member?
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I'd like to hear Casey's input.
If she'd post legible block of words, we might able to decipher her message.
If words are intimidating to some, maybe we should have a pictures only forum. I would consider that a minor concession. Please send donations to the same address.
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OK, here's a pretty picture to keep the non-verbal among us satiated. Keep in mind this version CANNOT be done as it violates trademark law pretty clearly, but it's fun to mess around with lawyers once in a while right?
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/7806119086_46b53b2fa4.jpg)
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Oh, and this is just me, but if you have not been cloned recently I'd say you qualify as an original member. Well, unless you have been witnessed cooking on a PK or some such inferior non-Weber contraption that is.
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Agreed - I would need to hand draw the text to match the style of the Weber name. Here's a variation that matched the original hat logo a little closer. Same font issue, but you get the idea.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7805682706_e3df4d34ed.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7805682706/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7805682706/)
This design is awesome!
Brian
I like this design! It'd be cool to have black on white (like this) and black shirt with a white logo too? Just some thoughts. Thanks for doing this, Marty! It looks cool!
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Yup - all in good time. It's always best to do artwork in the "positive" until all the bugs are worked out. Colors, reversals etc. can easily be done later. Plenty more ideas where this came from, but it's nice to hear the positive vibes!
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Nice job again Marty!
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Please send donations to the same address.
Every one of your posts asks for a donation. Donation for what? ???
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i'm planning on having a logo drawn up - i just gotta save up some money first.
graphic design is expensive
Troy, figure out how much the design will cost, approximately. My personal preference is I would like the desgin on the back and a small design in the upper left corner. Pocket t-shirts would be a plus plus plus!!
Figure this out, open up a Donate button and I'm ready to contribute to help the community with this project!!
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I think this logo on the back and and some sort of small logo or the same logo but small on the front. I wouldn't muck it up with too much other writing or other stuff... Sometimes simple is better, it is so nice and clean now. Everyone is an original member, if your here your original! It's awesome! SOmeone print them now, where do I place my order? As far as copyright some of the usual printer sites might have some sort of issues, but we can find someone to do this for sure, we are not selling them for profit, they are just shirts for 50 or 60 people....The logo had been altered for the original so it is not a direct copy....
Brian
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Keep in mind I'm working on another logo behind the scenes that I think might be even more awesome! Agree simple is better with this one, and I have some clean-up to do before it's done, but I will get to it later today. Might just be that the club has more than one design. Choice is good!
Marty
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I think this logo on the back and and some sort of small logo or the same logo but small on the front. I wouldn't muck it up with too much other writing or other stuff... Sometimes simple is better, it is so nice and clean now. Everyone is an original member, if your here your original! It's awesome! SOmeone print them now, where do I place my order? As far as copyright some of the usual printer sites might have some sort of issues, but we can find someone to do this for sure, we are not selling them for profit, they are just shirts for 50 or 60 people....The logo had been altered for the original so it is not a direct copy....
Brian
Simple is better! Double Ditto......but can we please have a pocket....NO I don't smoke! Just like pockets, makes stuff easier to carry for gimps.
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I hate pockets on a T-Shirt. There, I had to say it.
Larry, just use your 80's fanny pack..
I like the idea of a small logo on the front. My 2 Sense..
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I hate pockets on a T-Shirt. There, I had to say it.
Larry, just use your 80's fanny pack..
I like the idea of a small logo on the front. My 2 Sense..
Fanny packs are for fags and hippies.....
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Pocket Shmocket. I can live with it either way. Now if you're talking Polo vs. T, that's another story! Here's both:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8439/7817932402_386173e676.jpg)(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8283/7817932166_03387d4a7d.jpg)
Still working a possible design for the back, but a logo (this one or the next) on the pocket (or where the pocket would be) might be enough. And yes, I think this logo in white on a black shirt would be great. I suppose you could even match your shirt to your grill! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7817932402/)
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I like it! I just got this crazy idea about matching the shirt to your grill (s) a black shirt, red shirt, blue shirt, avacado shirt, brown shirt, yellow shirt, ok, ok a little out there.... white or black would be fine, I think. The polo/golf shirts would be great for work too. Lots of possibilities and ideas. Keep up the great work! ;)
Craig
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Hey Larry,
So what you're saying is that you were a homosexual in the 80's?
AJ
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That logo needs to be on the back nice and big. Forget that polo... I like the logo on the pocket. It really needs to be on the back
Brian
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Hey Larry,
So what you're saying is that you were a Homosexual in the 80's?
AJ
Don't judge me......what happened in the 80's stays in the 80's.
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i really appreciate everyone coming together to discuss the idea.
to be clear though - don't donate any money to anyone :)
if/when we do shirts, I'll build an easy way to show the designs and how everyone can purchase them.
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Well to be truthful, if you feel like donating money to me please don't hesitate. I also accept jewelery, cash, stocks, bonds, merchandise, grills, gasoline, food, old military items, cool clothes, vintage skateboards, hockey jerseys, vacations, exotic hardwoods, winning lottery tickets, precious and semi-precious metals and vehicles of any sort.....
Brian
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Well to be truthful, if you feel like donating money to me please don't hesitate. I also accept jewelery, cash, stocks, bonds, merchandise, grills, gasoline, food, old military items, cool clothes, sexual favors, vintage skateboards, hockey jerseys, vacations, exotic hardwoods, winning lottery tickets, precious and semi-precious metals and vehicles of any sort.....
Brian
Really?
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What no drugs or sexual favors?
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Fanny packs are for homos and hippies.....
And also for women with mullets! ;D
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Well no not really, it was a joke....and no, no drugs or sexual favors. I don't live in hippieland remember?
Brian
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Hippieland? And you live in quiet "Suburbia"?
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I would still prefer a pocket even if I have to pay extra. :'(
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I do live in quiet suburbia, I do wish that we had those big concrete block walls you guys have out west, I really never want to see my neighbors. I try to plant bushes to obscure the neighbors..
Brian
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I need some new shirts, hows design coming along?
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Coming along well, and hoping to wrap up something soon. Too many ideas, too little time! I have an idea for a non-club shirt, and am working out supplier, costs etc before posting the design. What's the max anyone here is willing to pay for a T? (Pocket or not) Do you care if it's a USA made shirt? (They tend to be more expensive, but personally I like the idea.) Anyone itching for a long sleeve? (Summer is almost over...)
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I would like a quality shirt, large enough that I can fit into it. Can't you go to one of those cafe press places where you can get like 20 different items with the same logo? Coffee mugs, and hats and sweatshirts and all that crap? Then Larry can get his pocket, AJ can get a tye dye, Husker can get a red one....
Brian
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I don't care what anyone says, Brians is smart! Mostly a smart ass, but he's got a brain to go with that manly physique.. Hey Brian, have you ever noticed they always have thongs on those Cafepress sites? I bet you could get a banana hammock to go with your chefs hat!
8)
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I don't care what anyone says, Brians is smart! Mostly a smart ass, but he's got a brain to go with that manly physique.. Hey Brian, have you ever noticed they always have thongs on those Cafepress sites? I bet you could get a banana hammock to go with your chefs hat!
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;D
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I vote you guys make one with a picture of fatass and his fanboys on it! ;D
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I don't care what anyone says, Brians is smart! Mostly a smart ass, but he's got a brain to go with that manly physique.. Hey Brian, have you ever noticed they always have thongs on those Cafepress sites? I bet you could get a banana hammock to go with your chefs hat!
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;D
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I noticed nothing since August on the shirts, is that idea dead??? I thought they were pretty cool. Any word on them??
Ken
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I noticed nothing since August on the shirts, is that idea dead??? I thought they were pretty cool. Any word on them??
Ken
I agree...
Probably because of people's work/time constraints to come up with design makes it difficult. For now WKC seems to work like a non-profit which is great, because we are not bugged to buy stuff so often. Maybe we could get a design down someday and give any profits to some sort of charity??
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Agreed - I would need to hand draw the text to match the style of the Weber name. Here's a variation that matched the original hat logo a little closer. Same font issue, but you get the idea.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7805682706_e3df4d34ed.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7805682706/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7805682706/)
This logo is awesome. A large one on the back of a t-shirt would look stellar with my kilt at the next rib cook-off I enter.
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I like the idea, put me down for two extra large shirts.
Has there been any discussion about putting the date the orginial Weber kettle were first made? Somthing like "Since 1952" or just "1952". Just a thought.
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very cool....
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i'm business partners with someone who does screenprinting.
i'll see if i can work a deal next time we talk.
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i'm business partners with someone who does screenprinting.
i'll see if i can work a deal next time we talk.
Getting my kilt ready to wear for the Notre Dame vs. that team that shall go unnamed game and thought about the WKC t-shirts. Any progress? I am in for chipping in for the silk screen set-up.
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yeh 8)
lets get this happening for the new year 8)
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Im in too.
On a seperate note...has there been any talk ever of making a calender? It would be cool to have collections for each month, or individual grills. Example...for the month of December, I could take a picture with one of my green and red grills (xmas colors) cooking with a snow filled background.
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see link jeff
you even liked it
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/wkc-merchandise/msg7402/#msg7402
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Yeah Golly...I thought I remember the topic coming up a while ago. Thanks for the reminder. I still think it would be a good idea. Maybe for 2014?
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I actually just came up with a design for a shirt. It's not exactly a WKC shirt but it will be sweet!
Brian
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Well brain
Where is it ?
Stop teasing
Get up a pic
I'm getting pissed 8)
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Troy has several new designs of mine that he is considering, and a few ideas of his own I'm sure. We've both been mega-slammed with work for the past - well, forever - and it's taking time to pull together a solid direction. I'll reveal one of the designs I like for T-shirt next week when I get back from my current travel, and maybe I can help out getting it done. The Kettle Club chefs hat design needs a little work for make it suitable for printing. I'll work on that when I have time in the next couple weeks. I know Troy is thinking of a bigger plan that involves a site-makeover - maybe he can weigh in on the timing for all the pieces to come together.