Thank you Sebastian!!!! 2017-09-12 20:31 GMT-05:00 Sebastian Silva <[email protected]>:
> Hi Laura, > :-) > > On 12/09/17 13:34, Laura Vargas wrote: > > My personal preference would be to modify the child centered concept it > currently has for an icon that represents the concept of *"using > technology for loving Planet Earth"*. > > Peace, love, Planet Earth and/or the "sustainable development" concept on > the main icon will resonate easy with a young generation that today witness > the need for this radical change :D > > > While I see where you're coming from, I think you're proposing a radical > change. The strong idea is to put the learner at the centre of his own > learning, signified in Sugar by the XO's logo prominence. > > The fact remains that the XO logo icon is a registered trademark > <http://www.trademarkia.com/xo-78880051.html> and therefore we need to > change it, in order to protect our users and downstream distributors from > any limitations imposed by the trademark owner. > +1 > > Here's what I have currently merged to solved it for now, and it is > already in the Github repository, where a discussion is being held. I'm > sure it can be improved, from the original by Abdo from Noun Project, I > stretched it sideways. I think it conveys "self" "child" and also has a bit > of "feet touching earth" which is very powerful. Also, it has a slight > resemblance to our bigger brother, Gnome, for good reason. > > I hope you like it! > > > > *I love the Feet Logo. Lots of thanks for doing this for Sugar :D* *The new icon is simple, elegant and fits the purpose of clearly setting the starting point of the Sugar experience:* Indeed the "feet touching earth" are very powerful concept totally aligned with the GDG. The fact they look like they are about to start walking sets a "resilience tone" ideal for learners. Finally, I think it serves well for the purpose of distancing Sugar from > any particular vendor... > > *Yes! Sugar Labs needs to be totally neutral will all hardware vendors.* I would love to see it on Sugarizer too! Brilliant. Warm regards, > > Sebastian > -- Laura * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org* “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.” ~ L. Victoria Happy Learning! #LearningByDoing #Projects4good #IDesignATSugarLabs #WeCanDoBetter
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