Hello all, I wanted to share some design rationale for the gull/book pages enhancement in my logo.
In my design I wanted to make the "gulls" into flying books. I made them broader and more active. I was going for the whole, "OpenOffice helps give my thoughts and ideas wings", versus "gills at sunset". Thoughts? Kevin On May 28, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Kadal Amutham <vka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like we are retaining almost the current logo with some small changes > > With Warm Regards > > V.Kadal Amutham > 919444360480 > 914422396480 > > > On 28 May 2013 04:51, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> >> On May 27, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: >> >>> [This was cross-posted, so I'm not clear what list was intended. Makes >> tracking the discussion difficult.] >>> >>> I'll bite: >>> >>> I prefer Chris's latest. The weight of the lettering is more powerful. >> I think the "Apache" should not be so thin. The form used by Samer works >> better. I also think down-scaling will work better in this case. >>> >>> As far as the orb goes, Chris's could be a tad larger, but not by much. >> I prefer the orientation of the foreground bird to Kevin's, which has a >> more threatening feel in my subjective experience. >> >> These are good observations. >> >> I would like to see it with an "ffi" ligature. >> >> I think we should leave the 4 out. Others have mentioned that 4 is an >> unlucky number is some cultures. Perhaps we have compromise and have both >> versioned and un-versioned logo designs. If so then I think a treatment >> like "Version 4.0" in grey and blue might work. >> >> Regards, >> Dave >> >> >>> >>> - Dennis >>> >>> PS: Interesting that we've come around to a close variant of the current >> logo. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] >>> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 03:22 PM >>> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org; market...@openoffice.apache.org >>> Subject: Next steps for AOO 4.0 Logo Selection >>> >>> What we've done so far: >>> >>> 1) Called for logo submissions from the community >>> >>> 2) Many designers responded and we received 40 submissions. There was >>> a lot of "cross-fertilization" of ideas, as designers saw what others >>> had come up with, what worked, and borrowed ideas. >>> >>> 3) We did a survey of user responses to the 40 logo submissions. Over >>> 5000 users offered their ratings and written comments. >>> >>> 4) Publish report and blog post on the results of the logo survey. >>> >>> 5) Invited the designers of the top-rated logos to read over the >>> survey comments and refine their designs and submit an updated >>> version. >>> >>> That's where we are now. The updated logos (three of them) are on the >> wiki now: >>> >>> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Stage+2+Logo+Refinement >>> >>> As you can see there is quite a bit of convergence on a design occurring. >>> >>> So what next? >>> >>> I'd like to propose some next steps. >>> >>> A) Let's discuss the three designs on the mailing list for the next >>> week. The discussion might lead to further refinement. >>> >>> B) If at the end of the week there is consensus on a single design >>> we'll go with that one. >>> >>> C) If at the end of the week there is not consensus on a single >>> design, and the discussion is not leading us closer toward consensus, >>> then we'll have a 72-hour vote of PMC members to pick the logo. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
