On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Jameson Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that Sugarlabs can do better at branding in general. A good branding > presence has related logos for the organization and for the product; color > swatches, 4 or 5 at a time (not just 2-by-2; including greys, we have at > most 3 at a time); a decorative font; and more workaday serif and sans-serif > fonts chosen to go well with the decorative font. > > I'm not saying we need all of this tomorrow, but that should be the > direction we're heading. Think, for instance, of the excellent branding of > the Obama campaign, which AFAIK was completely available to the grassroots > and nevertheless (in a totally content-free regard) kicked the pants off of > McCain's more-centralized campaign. > > Immediate action items: > > 1. I really think the svg should be up in a public place, as well as > (references for) the font (is that the ubuntu font, or other?). > > 2. We need a logo for sugar, as opposed to sugar labs and OLPC. The XO dude > is inevitably going to have associations with OLPC which might turn off > other hardware vendors. I guess the obvious option would be the "sugar" part > of the sugarlabs logo. > > 3. Personally, I'd love a mascot too; kids like cuddly. My initial > brainstorms: > > associated with sugar? > Pollinators (nectar) > Hummingbirds (too western-hemisphere) > Bats (anything nocturnal is culturally dangerous, but I love 'em) > Bees (good possibility) > flies (yuck) > ants (has good community associations) > gingerbread man (cute, but a little too gendered and shrek-y) > bears (too generic) > sugarcane fieldworker (yeah, right) > > I just googled and OMG WE HAVE A WINNER as far as I am concerned. That is > cute beyond words and it is called a "sugar glider". I'd never heard of that > name even though my mom's Australian but it is beyond my wildest dreams. > > What do other people think?
Looks like we indeed have a winner, yeah ;) Tomeu _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
