Here are some experimental logo ideas for GENUKI branding. Please note that these are not finished pieces, just concept drafts.

It seems to me that we should be aiming for something that can be (or at least seen to be minor variants when) used as:

small icon

around 30-40 pixels in size
for use by other sites with links to GenUKI

larger logo

maybe around 100 pixels square but with a version at 150 or 300 pixels in size
This would be used for branding on GenUKI pages

background tile

Rather controversial this but it seems to me wise to settle for something that could, if we were to decide to go that way, be used as a background tile. This would provide branding throughout a GenUKI page rather than just at the top.

This background on this page is a 300 pixel tile of the second offering below which has been reduced to a grey-scale and had a 95% opacity white layer placed over it.

Below are two variants I have been working on.

Link to GENUKI

This first offering has already been seen by Phil Stringer and Brian Randell in icon form. Neither liked it but I'm including it anyway. I still quite like the icon but it doesn't scale up to anything much.

Link to GENUKI

Although I can't help feeling the "Family Tree" logo concept has been rather done to death, this seems to be the best way forward. These were resized from a 300 pixel copy and some odd fringes have appeared, cleaning will have to wait, the rest of the family are starting to stir!

I think this just survives reduction to icon size (this one is 30x32 pixels). It isn't actually important for the map outline to be clearly visible on the icon, as long as it is recognised as such after some exposure to the larger sized beast?

Other offerings:
Alex
Brian