All, Thanks for the for the feedback/suggestions. I have started a new thread on the marketing list as suggested so that we can reduce some of the noise on this list until we have landed on something. I have posted some new ideas on on the new thread so please take a look when you get a chance.
Thanks! --Nick On Wed Nov 05 2014 at 10:46:50 AM Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > Nick, one of the tag-lines I was thinking about was: > > - Liberate your data > - Free your data > > Or "The database that..." before either one of those. > > This is the direction I'm feeling our tagline should go in.See the > tagline discussion on the marketing list for more. > > Maybe this helps you with your logo work! > > (I think this discussion should actually move to marketing@c.a.o for > now. We can bring back a final list of candidates to the dev@ list > once we've been over enough iterations.) > > > On 5 November 2014 00:11, Nick Pavlica <lini...@gmail.com> wrote: > > All, > > I had another brainstorm session after my last post, and wanted to > share > > it. > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/yx1401gvy1q9gdp/concept_art_5.pdf?dl=0 > > > > > > Thanks Again! > > > > -- Nick Pavlica > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Joan Touzet <woh...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> At 3 different conferences I've attended in 2014: CloudantCON 2014, > >> OSCON 2014 and Velocity NYC 2014, I've been approached by people > >> complaining about the CouchDB logo. The argument is that the logo looks > >> like a man who is posed in a suggestive way, or as one person put it, > >> "showing you his crotch and inviting you over." > >> > >> These were not lighthearted expressions of concern to me over drinks - > >> they were heartfelt complaints from people who care about CouchDB and > >> its image in the open source community. > >> > >> I must admit I didn't think it was an issue at first, but like the > >> saying goes, once you've seen it, you can't un-see it. > >> > >> As a reminder here is our current logo: > >> > >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/supplement/logo/cou > chdb-logo.png > >> > >> Or in SVG: > >> > >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/supplement/logo/cou > chdb-logo.svg > >> > >> I'd like to propose improving the logo with a new drawing that keeps the > >> same theme - red couch, reclining figure in white - but alters the pose > >> to be a bit less suggestive. Other suggestions are welcome, naturally, > >> but a redrawn current-style logo probably has the least objections. > >> > >> Of course, if we agree to such a change, I'll need your help. I can't > >> draw, and I'm sure many of the rest of you can't either. If you're an > >> artist, and you agree, would you consider posting an altered logo in > >> reply to this thread that fixes the problem? > >> > >> You can find all of the source files (Adobe Illustrator) at: > >> > >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/supplement/logo/ > >> > >> -Joan > >> > >> > > > > -- > Noah Slater > https://twitter.com/nslater >
