Hello again AOO team. As promised, I've 5 additional modified logos for the project (the last jpeg attachment I sent with 4 logos was modified a bit with logos 1 and 3 being slightly tweaked) and can be found in the Cwiki at:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.x+-+Logo+Explorations I've also attached the same logo palletes on this email message. Hope you like these new logos. On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Michael Acevedo <vea1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's an additional logo proposal. It has four different designs. > > Hope you like them. > > > On Thursday, December 20, 2012, janI wrote: > >> I really like the pinwheel...and combine it with the suggestion of >> replacing the flat color with small text, would just make it perfect. >> >> I also think it is ok, that blue is in 3d and the pins flats, that seems >> quite natural to me. >> >> Jan. >> >> >> On 20 December 2012 19:51, imacat <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> wrote: >> >> > On 2012/12/20 13:06, Michael Acevedo said: >> > > Here's my personal insight on the logo decisions when it comes to >> > the >> > > amount of squares and coloring scheme. The first is that I tried for >> > hours >> > > how to integrate six squares into the logo and the problem that arose >> was >> > > that the logo looked too crowded. As a result I had to strike a >> > compromise, >> > > pick the four applications or modules that embody an office suite in >> > > general which are the word processor, spreadsheet, presentation >> module, >> > and >> > > database creator. OpenOffice is the only office suite that comes to >> > memory >> > > that does have a formula editor and a radically unique graphics >> drawing >> > > program (closest analogue is Microsoft Publisher but Draw is a >> different >> > > animal). >> > >> > I see. But there are other ways of representing the OpenOffice >> > components instead of the square boxes. I tried to make some as >> > attached, although they are not finished works. Please forgive me that >> > I'm not a designer. We can have a more lively design than square boxes. >> > >> > We can give up this idea of showing the components if that is too >> > difficult. But for some people, draw is more important than base. It >> > is simply not right to show only four components. >> > >> > > Moving now to the color scheme, the colors for the squares that >> > > represent the office suite core components were inspired upon the AOO >> > start >> > > center which has icons for the word, spreadsheet, presentation, and >> > > database modules. If you look closely, each of the icons there have a >> > color >> > > code, the Writer document icon has blue accents, Calc document icon >> has >> > > green accents, Impress icon has orange accents, and the Base icon has >> > > violet accents. Therefore, it was a logical decision to color the >> squares >> > > accordingly. >> > >> > I know, but these colors do not match the colors of the components. >> > That's why I said for the missing connection between the components and >> > the colors. Writer is silver-blue, not blue. Base is dark red, not >> > purple. Seeing the colors on the four plates cannot remind people about >> > our four components. >> > >> > > When it comes to the lighting of the logo... I beg to differ. >> I'll >> > > need to sleep over that to see whether or not it is worth considering >> > > tweaking the lighting. In my honest opinion, I think the current >> lighting >> > > works fine for the logo. >> > >> > Please sleep well and take care of yourself. >> > >> > We do not have to stick on the lights of the orb. My original point >> > was about the contrary between the lights and the view angle of the orb >> > and the plates. I did not mean the plates need to follow the orb. I >> > just meant that the logo needs a consistent look and feel, consistent >> > lights and view angles. Or it is simply just not right. >> > >> > If the orb is 3-D with the focused light, all other parts has to be >> > 3-D with focused light. If the plate is flat, all other parts has to be >> > flat. >> > >> > Actually, we may give up or tweak the orb when necessary. If we >> > have to retain the old design for every logo revision, the only thing we >> > can do is adding. Then, we will have a very complicated logo in less >> > than 3 years. That is not right for the design work. >> > >> > I personally like the 3-D and focused light effect. If it is too >> > hard to apply the 3-D and focused light effect on other parts of the >> > logo, we can simply remove the existing lights and apply new light and >> > view angle on everything. The only point is consistent. >> > >> > > >> > > Thanks for the feedback. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:31 PM, imacat <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > >> Some honest thoughts: >> > >> >> > >> 1. These flat 3D plates feel a little weird. The lights of the >> > > > -- > Best, > Michael > > -- Best, Michael
