Dear backers and enthusiasts,

Novena needs a logo. And we need you to help! Today we’re announcing a competition to design a logo for Novena, and the winner will get a desktop version of Novena and a T-shirt emblazoned with their logo.

The competition starts today. Submissions should be sent to novena@crowdsupply.com by the end of May 11th. On May 12th, all submissions will be posted in an update, and on May 15th we’ll pick a winner.

We’re also adding a $25 tier for backers who would like to receive a T-shirt with our new logo on it. The base color of the T-shirt will be royal blue, like the blue anodization of Novena’s bezel, and the base fit will be the American Apparel Jersey T-shirt (S,M,L,XL,2XL,3XL) or the Bella Girly Jersey V-Neck T-shirt (S,M,L,XL,2XL — ladies, Bella sizes run small, so round up for a comfortable fit). We aim to ship the T-shirts within 2 months of campaign conclusion.

For the logo, here are the guidelines for design:

• Single-color design strongly preferred. However, a multi-color master design can work if a single-color variant also looks good.
• No halftones or grayscale: logo must be screen printable, laser etchable, and chemically etchable.
• Only submissions in vector format will be considered, but do include a PNG preview.
• Target size is approximately 30mm-50mm x 10-15mm tall (printable on the lower left bezel or as an etched metal plaque screwed in place).
• Target color is Pantone 420U (gray), but other color suggestions and schemes are welcome.
• Ideally looks good backlit, so we can also make stickers that go on the exposed LCD backlight for a nice effect.
• The design could say "Novena" or "novena", but we're open minded to other names or an icon with no text. Novena was an arbitrary code name we picked based on our naming scheme of Singapore MRT stations.
• Design should not infringe on any other trademarks.

By submitting an entry, the submitter agrees to having their submission publicly posted for review and, if the submitter’s entry is selected as the winner, to automatically give Kosagi globally unlimited, royalty-free and exclusive use of the logo design, with a dekstop version of Novena as the sole compensation for the single winning submission. Submitters retain the rights to non-winning submissions.

If you’ve already backed Novena at the desktop tier or above and you are the chosen winner, we will refund you the campaign value ($1,195) of the desktop pledge level.

Thanks for participating in the Novena logo design competition!

-bunnie and xobs