Reply To: Physics Nobel to Big Bangers

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Ivy Matt wrote:
Anyway, I decided to try my hand at a design that ought to appeal to an audience complementary to those who find the peace symbol design appealing. I’m not sure exactly what it’s saying, though: perhaps that the right of communities, families, and individuals to own a focus fusion device shall not be infringed. It may also be a gesture of defiance against corporate or government entities that feel threatened by the development of DPF fusion technology. Of course, it’s also somewhat ironic, because the DPF can’t be used as a weapon…can it?

As to the symbol you have here – in conjunction with your text (including words like “defiance” “threatened” and “weapon”) suddenly makes it look to me like a gatling gun, under a star – which makes it look like a stylized crescent and star. And “Come and take it” sounds like a threat/dare.

I’m thinking expansion is the way to go. Perhaps it’s best to have lots of symbols (“symbol proliferation, not nuclear pro…”), the way Absolut Vodka does it, or google. Let it be personalized. Saturate the spheres with multiple images and ideas.