Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread Cal 727apps
Heiko/all, I am a big fan of freedom, openness, collaboration & the kinds of things that Libre Open Office and open source stands for. That said, a lot of the logos did look a bit cartoonish, kiddy cartoonish to me, which is not good. I am a big fan of the Seabiscuit horse. (Credits: Laura

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread Loraine van Niekerk
I think a dragonfly is indeed a good idea. I often watch them maneuvering at the birdbath. Beautiful and Amazing little creatures. On 04/04/2017 10:18, K-J LibreOffice wrote: Hi all, what do you think about a dragonfly (odonata) [1], [2]. Carl von Linné called it: "Libellula" and so we get

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread Heiko Tietze
Great idea! Easy to name, broad associations, and beautiful artwork including tatoos (for those who really love the product) and sticker pins. Unfortunately there is http://www.dragonflybsd.org/images/ (never heard before). Challenge for designer to make it look different? 2017-04-04 11:18

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread Sophie
Le 04/04/2017 à 11:18, K-J LibreOffice a écrit : > Hi all, > what do you think about a dragonfly (odonata) [1], [2]. Carl von Linné > called it: "Libellula" and so we get to "LibO". > > It is an animal which we can find all over the world (except Antarctica). > > "They are fast, agile fliers,

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-projects] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi all, Heiko Tietze wrote on 31-03-17 09:51: > The first step would be to find some metaphors that enables designs > to be creative. Something like Freedom, Documents, Openness etc. Last week I was thinking about that LibreOffice is what we call, in Dutch, the "louse in the fur" of another

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread enio.ge...@libreoffice.org
We can also think of imaginary animals? (As the dragon KDE), for example the mythological griffin, pegasus, Phoenix. Best! Il 04/04/2017 08:55, Heiko Tietze ha scritto: > 2017-04-04 1:48 GMT+02:00 Tim-L--Elmira-NY : >> For me, I keep thinking that LO is slowly

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread Heiko Tietze
2017-04-04 1:48 GMT+02:00 Tim-L--Elmira-NY : > For me, I keep thinking that LO is slowly working to take on various > platforms. So far, LO has taken over Linux's platforms from OpenOffice.org > - from day one. Then Windows and Mac platforms came quickly. Although LO