It took me a while to see this, but your new logo is a "multistable" [1] image where it can look like an urban skyline, or a set of books sitting on a shelf, depending on how you look it.
But I wonder if the casual viewer would notice this? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubin_vase -Rob On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Robin Fowler <[email protected]>wrote: > Here is my second concept: > > > This would be to replace the normal logo. I'll make a slim version of this > so we could use it as a horizontal banner instead. > > Regards, > Robin > > On 9 Feb 2013, at 15:55, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 6:05 AM, Robin Fowler <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Just realised i sent this to the wrong address.. >> >> > I like the approach here, Robin. > > I'm looking now at the homepage: http://www.openoffice.org/ > > We have two primary places where it could fit: > > 1) Replacement for the logo in the upper left. Your current graphic could > work well there. > > 2) A horizontal logo that we can place where we currently have "Volunteers > wanted in all areas — Help us make 4.0 the best OpenOffice > ever!<http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html> > " > > In either case I think the string "International Mother Language Day" > should be used. That might be a good argument for the horizontal approach > since then you would not need to have "Apache OpenOffice" as well. We'd > keep the original logo in the upper left, and then have the special logo in > the center, perhaps linked to a blog post on the subject. If we did that > we'd probably also want a visual hint that suggest the image is a clickable > button. > > Regards, > > -Rob > > > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> *From: *Robin Fowler <[email protected]> >> *Subject: **[Proposal] IMLD - AOO Logo* >> *Date: *8 February 2013 21:23:07 GMT >> *To: *Khan Md. Anwarus Salam <[email protected]> >> >> Ok here's a proposal. Any feedback is welcome and I'm happy to make >> changes or try other concepts. I might try another concept with the Shaheed >> Minar to make a stronger connection to IMLD. >> >> >> Question: Would it be worth having the words "International Mother >> Language Day" in there? Or would the logo act as a link to more information >> (like it's often done on Google)? >> >> Kind Regards, >> Robin >> >> >> On 5 Feb 2013, at 12:08, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Thanks a lot for your comment and supports. >> >> My comments follows.. >> >> >> With Best Regards, >> Khan Md. Anwarus Salam >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Robin Fowler <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > I would be happy to work on a banner. >>> > >>> >>> Hi Robin, that would be great! As you probably heard, the theme of >>> IMLD this year is "the book". I noticed you were making book-like >>> images in your logo explorations, with the birds. So this might be a >>> place where that idea (or another) could be elaborated on. >>> >>> Some quick notes on where we might use a special graphic for IMLD: >>> >>> 1. On the website, in the upper left, as a topical replacement for >>> the main logo. We did this during the recent holidays, for example: >>> >>> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/christmas-logo.png >>> >>> 2. Or we could do a horizontal banner, where the "volunteers wanted" >>> link is today on the website. >>> >>> 3. Or we could have a square graphic (or close to square) on the top >>> of the right column of the homepage, above the news stories. >>> >>> If you need it, the hires version of the current logo is here: >>> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>> >>> > Regards, >>> > Robin >>> > >>> > On 31 Jan 2013, at 05:23, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> >> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam >>> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Rob, >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks a lot for your quick detailed directions. >>> >>> >>> >>> I totally agree with your opinion that International Mother Language >>> Day, >>> >>> is a very sympathetic idea and it share several goals with >>> OpenOffice for >>> >>> promoting mother languages. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I would love to contribute to >>> realize >>> >>> all of these. Here I send my questions about your suggestions. >>> >>> >>> >>> 1) Banner Design: >>> >>> For making IMLD banner for OpenOffice website is there any volunteer >>> >>> interested to contribute? How the tasks normally get distributed in >>> this >>> >>> community? >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> We certainly have some volunteers with skills in graphic design. Do >>> >> you have a logo for IMLD already? Or some graphical concept that we >>> >> could use? You say the theme this year is "the book". That could be >>> >> another source of ideas. >>> >> >>> >> Tasks are claimed by volunteers who are interested in doing them. So >>> >> once we have a list of proposed tasks we put them on a wiki and call >>> >> for volunteers to sign up. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> So far no Logo for IMLD yet. so the designer is free . >> As I am new in this community, I need someones help to point me out the >> resources or the wikis of this community. >> >> >>> >>> 2) Blog Post: >>> >>> I can write the blog, but please let me know whether it is also >>> possible to >>> >>> write the blog in different languages. For example, we can prepare a >>> draft >>> >>> blog in English and other language bloggers can translate that into >>> their >>> >>> own language. That would be a very nice way to pass the message. >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> Yes, we can do this. We did something like this in our most recent >>> >> blog post here: >>> >> https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_now_available_in >>> >> >>> >> I'd like to help with the blog post as well. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Thanks a lot for helping in the blog. Can you please tell me how to sign >> up for the bloggin account. I got error here: >> >> https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/getinvolved.html >> >> >>> 3) Speakers in IMLD event: >>> >>> That is a very good idea. In fact we are organizing a big IMLD event >>> in >>> >>> Tokyo: http://internationalmotherlanguageday.com/uec/ >>> >>> >>> >>> Can you please recommend any speaker in Tokyo? >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> We do have a volunteer, Hirano-san, in Japan, but he is in Iwate >>> >> Prefecture, not Tokyo. >>> >> >>> >>> If anyone can >>> >>> >>> >> I am the convener of the event. I was wondering if no one else can, >> whether I should wear the hat and present openffice in the event? Any >> thoughts? >> >>> >>> 3/A.Press Release: I can prepare the message of press release. But >>> I do not >>> >>> know how to send it to every news media. Can you please suggest >>> anyone who >>> >>> have experience on this? >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> We can distribute broadly via our blog and website, and our large >>> >> mailing list of users. Also, Facebook, Twitter and Google+. But we >>> >> do not have a subscription to a new release service. However a more >>> >> targeted approach might work well here, where we approach specific >>> >> journalists directly, ones we know cover this area, >>> >> >>> >> Please let me know whom to contact with the final press release? >> >>> >>> 4) Video Message: >>> >>> >>> >>> I am now interviewing many international students and teachers in >>> Tokyo for >>> >>> our IMLD event. >>> >>> We will also release that in our website: >>> >>> www.internationalmotherlanguageday.com >>> >>> >>> >>> In the video we will explain about the importance of IMLD and >>> history etc. >>> >>> I think this video project can be a joint effort with OpenOffice and >>> we can >>> >>> request the community to send us their video with self interview. >>> >>> Here I send our current IMLD Video Interview questions. >>> >>> >>> >>> 1. Please introduce yourself >>> >>> 2. Tell me something interesting in your language. >>> >>> Funny phrase, sayings? >>> >>> 3.Many Japanese hate English what about you? >>> >>> 4. What is your story with English? eg. History of the learning. >>> (hated at >>> >>> the beginning? Started liking it?) >>> >>> >>> >>> 5.What other languages you can speak? >>> >>> And why you learned those languages? >>> >>> 6. How can you preserve your language? >>> >>> 7. What is your dream? >>> >>> 8. What do you think about IMLD? >>> >>> 9. Happy IMLD in your language >>> >>> 10. What is your mother language and why you love it? >>> >>> >>> >>> 11. Can you tell us the history behind IMLD in your language?Please >>> let me >>> >>> know if you have any suggestions to add any more questions to make >>> it more >>> >>> relevant with OpenOffice. >>> >> >>> >> IMLD is only 3 weeks away. Ideally we would have the blog post and >>> >> materials on the website 3 or 4 days before February 21st, to give >>> >> time for journalists to pickup the story. No one wants to write a >>> >> story about "Two days ago was International Mother Language Day". >>> >> They want to write "Today is..." or "Tomorrow is...". So there is >>> >> not a lot of time remaining. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> I agree. Is it possible to send the video making request to the >> OpenOffice Community by next week? We can make an announcement by making >> web event like I am doing for Japan Universities: >> https://www.facebook.com/events/133253840175366/ >> >> >> >>> >>> 5) IMLD theme: >>> >>> The theme for International Mother Language Day 2013, promoted by >>> UNESCO, >>> >>> is *"The Book"*. >>> >>> >>> >>> We can make some good OpenOffice slogan for using in the banner. For >>> >>> example: >>> >>> a. Love your language and use OpenOffice in your mother language. >>> >>> b. Any other ideas to adapt our message to that theme? >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> "The Book" certainly can give direction to a logo design. >>> >> >>> >> I'd like to hear if anyone else on the mailing list has other >>> >> suggestions for a slogan. I can't think of a good one right now. But >>> >> I think the general story could be this: A language can exist purely >>> >> as a spoken language. This has occurred since the earliest times. >>> >> But a literate language, once that can be recorded and distributed and >>> >> past on through time, is critical part of a culture, and in the form >>> >> of books and documents, allow individuals and communities to project >>> >> their smaller voices to a broader audience. Today, in the 21st >>> >> century, the computer has taken over for the pen in many cases. But >>> >> where any pen can be used to write any language, not every computer >>> >> can write every language. Unless a computer is taught to support a >>> >> language, with fonts, with software, with spell checkers, etc., then >>> >> people are locked out of the means to express themselves digitally in >>> >> their mother tongue. Commercial software, focused on the highest >>> >> returns on investment, often targets the officially-sanctioned >>> >> languages in industrialized nations, and neglects minority, regional >>> >> and endangered languages, as not commercially relevant. This is where >>> >> open source software, and projects like Apache OpenOffice, can help. >>> >> Since we are a volunteer-led non-profit charity, we are not concerned >>> >> merely with profit. We're concerned with doing good, the social >>> >> return on our labors. >>> >> >>> >> Regards, >>> >> >>> >> -Rob >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> Thanks a lot and I am looking forward for your directions. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> With Best Regards, >>> >>> Khan Md. Anwarus Salam >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:42 AM, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam >>> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>> Hello, >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> This is Khan, Convener of International Mother Language Day >>> >>>>> Celebration. I am new in OpenOffice Community but I would like to >>> take >>> >>>> the >>> >>>>> leadership for celebrating IMLD together with OpenOffice. Please >>> let me >>> >>>>> know who can help me and how for this purpose. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Hello Khan, >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Thank you for writing to us. We are the Apache OpenOffice project. >>> >>>> We are a volunteer-led open source project and we maintain and >>> publish >>> >>>> free office suite software called Apache OpenOffice. We are part of >>> >>>> the Apache Software Foundation, a public charity with the mission to >>> >>>> publish free software for anyone to use. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> OpenOffice has existed since 2000 and over 100 million users have >>> >>>> installed our software. We are one of the most popular and familiar >>> >>>> open source products. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> We describe the "Public Service Mission" of OpenOffice on our >>> website >>> >>>> here: http://openoffice.apache.org/mission.html >>> >>>> >>> >>>> As you can see, we aim for cultural and linguistic diversity. This >>> >>>> includes the support of regional and minority languages that >>> >>>> commercial software vendors often neglect. As an all-volunteer >>> >>>> project we are not constrained by what is "profitable" in a >>> commercial >>> >>>> sense. Our only limit is the enthusiasm of our volunteers. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> When I heard about International Mother Language Day, I thought that >>> >>>> this was a very sympathetic idea and that we shared several goals >>> and >>> >>>> a similar outlook on the importance of promoting mother languages. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> So what could we do in OpenOffice to support IMLD? Some things that >>> >>>> we can do include: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> 1) Use our project's outreach via our website and social media, to >>> >>>> promote IMLD. Our website receives millions of visits each week. >>> We >>> >>>> could, for example, put an IMLD banner on our website during the >>> week >>> >>>> of IMLD. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> 2) We could do a blog post on our blog to talk about IMLD 2013, and >>> >>>> the importance for open source software to offer wide support for >>> >>>> regional and minority languages. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> 3) Depending on location, we might be able to provide a speaker at >>> an >>> >>>> IMLD event. Or we could provide quote for a press release. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> 4) We could interview an expert involved in IMLD about the event >>> and >>> >>>> the intersection of these concerns and software. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> These are just some ideas, brainstorming. Perhaps you have some >>> other >>> >>>> thoughts. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Finally, one thing I noticed is that past IMLD's had a theme. It >>> >>>> would be good to know what the theme will be in 2013, so we can >>> adapt >>> >>>> our message to that theme. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I am looking forward to your reply. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Regards, >>> >>>> >>> >>>> -Rob Weir, Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>>> With Best Regards, >>> >>>>> Khan Md. Anwarus Salam >>> >>>>> Convener >>> >>>>> International Mother Language Day Celebration in Japan >>> >>>>> http://www.internationalmotherlanguageday.com/ >>> >>>>> Phone: +81-8041803667 >>> >>>>> Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/motherlanguageday >>> >>>> >>> >> >>> > >>> >> >> >> >> > >
