Deborah, I'm resending your reply to the list because I was the only receiver :)
El 19/04/11 12:33, Deborah Nicholson dijo: > Building on Nicolás's idea, what about a (small) field of box flowers > with GNU-bee flying over them? Then you get wings, pollination by > freedom, a funny flying GNU and the community of multiple box flowers. > Cheers, > Deb > > > On 18 April 2011 08:52, Nicolás Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > > El 17/04/11 12:50, Joshua Spodek dijo: > >> On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 18:08 +0000, > >> [email protected] wrote: > >> > T-Shirt Designs > >> > --------------- > >> > > >> > One of the things we offered Kickstarter donors was a T-shirt. We > >> > are thus soliciting T-shirt designs. The theme of the shirt is > >> > Community Angels. It would be good to involve our current logo > >> > http://freedomboxfoundation.org/images/freedombox_large.png. Sorry, > >> > we don't have a bigger version of that. > >> > > >> > The chosen design will be printed on t-shirts that we will give to > >> > donors. Of course, if your design is chosen, we will cover you in > >> > thanks > >> > and make sure you get a shirt too. I will also buy you a beer next > >> > time > >> > we meet. > >> > > >> > Send designs in a free file format to [email protected] > >> > before April 15. I'd like vector graphics, but since the existing logo > >> > is PNG, I recognize that will be difficult. > >> > >> A designer friend and I were talking about logo designs. The challenge > >> is representing freedom, since boxes are easy enough. The gnu in the > >> current works for people in the free software community but not outside > >> it. Eagles work in the U.S., but may have opposing connotations > >> elsewhere. > >> > >> We focused on the ideas of community, growth, friendliness, and mesh > >> computing and hit on the idea of flowers with boxes as the flower. > >> Flowers are friendly and colorful. They grow as individual plants and as > >> fields of them. Their motion could be represented by the waves of a > >> network connected symbol, implying connectivity and community. > >> > >> I put some simple examples at > >> http://joshuaspodek.com/freedombox-logo-ideas. They aren't supposed to > >> be the final word, just starting points for discussion. > >> > >> If the individual flower idea resonates, we can also create images of > >> fields of colorful Freedombox flowers. Each can have its own color and > >> variety (rose-like, tulip-like, etc) representing its individuality. > >> > >> A field of Freedombox flowers is like a mesh of computers, with messages > >> going from peer to peer, represented by the network-connected waves. It > >> could be animated with new ones popping up all the time. > >> > >> I’d love feedback on the design. > > > > What about a hurd of little gnus, same meshing concept, but gnus instead > > of flowers? :) > > > > I mean, gnus are a good depiction of (software) freedom, well known around > > the world, while eagles are a symbol of imperialism for most of it and I > > bet flowers can be something similar in some places... > > > > -- > > Salud! > > Nicolás Reynolds, > > xmpp:[email protected] > > omb:http://identi.ca/fauno > > blog:http://selfdandi.com.ar/ > > gnu/linux user #455044 > > > > OTR: C0CB1F0F 01DB5E18 2D634C2A A4626858 E7C7C3A2 > > > > http://parabolagnulinux.org > > http://endefensadelsl.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > > > > > -- Salud! Nicolás Reynolds, xmpp:[email protected] omb:http://identi.ca/fauno blog:http://selfdandi.com.ar/ gnu/linux user #455044 OTR: C0CB1F0F 01DB5E18 2D634C2A A4626858 E7C7C3A2 http://parabolagnulinux.org http://endefensadelsl.org
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