It is very cute. Regarding the XO logo itself, in my experience in talking to people, it is very closely associated with Sugar, the interface, more so than the OLPC-XO hardware, which is seemingly more associated with the bunny ears and the handle. I was just speaking with a group interested in Sugar on other hardware and they were pretty insistent on keeping the XO icon on the homepage, even though I told them it was easily replaced.
That said, OLPC owns that mark, so Sugar Labs cannot use it as a brand--they have asked us not to--but we can continue to use it in the interface itself. -walter On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
