I haven't looked at the graphics yet, but just one suggestion about color:
Not black.
That doesn't give a pleasant, approachable impression. Nor is it
immediately attractive, like that deep undersea blue. And white goes
best with that, rather than yellow.
Anyway, just a thought.
Quixote.
On 09/12/2012 05:23 AM, Timur Kristóf wrote:
I would still recommend checking out the various logo suggestions out
there.
The people behind them are passionate and professional, I don't think
we know better than them.
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Aliaksei Katovich
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
hi;
> Â Â Suggestion:
>
>
> Â Â A large Golden N on a black field.
    sorry, but could not resist to joke: what about big
BLUE N letter
    on WHITE field? Reminds me something ;)
--
Aliaksei
>
>
> Â Â See Wikipedia under: Nemo and The Nautilus:
>
>
> Â Â Emblem
>
> Â Â His emblem, as given in a description of the flag he raised
when
> Â Â claiming [1]Antarctica, is a large golden N on a black
field. The motto
> Â Â of the Nautilus was Mobilis in mobili, which may be roughly
translated
> Â Â from Latin as, "moving amidst mobility", "moving within the
moving
> Â Â element", or "changing in the changes".
>
> Â
 [2]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/20000_mobil
> Â Â is_in_mobili.jpg/220px-20000_mobilis_in_mobili.jpg
>
> Â
 [3]http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.20wmf10/skins/common/images/magni
> Â Â fy-clip.png
>
> Â Â The [4]motto of the Nautilus
>
>
>
>
> Â Â From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>]
> Â Â Sent: Tuesday, 11 September, 2012 21:18
> Â Â To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
> Â Â Subject: Re: [mer-general] [NEMO] Social presence and branding
>
>
> Â Â I second the motion to pick a logo, so that branding can be
based on
> Â Â it. We also need a paragraph which describes the philosophy
of nemo
> Â Â branding and a choice of colors.
>
>
> Â Â Some things to stir up some creative thinking.
>
>
> Â Â How do we want nemo to feel? Serious, playful, cute, minimal?
>
>
> Â Â Nemo already has a variation of colors in the application
title bars
> Â Â (and qt components). Thus there isn't a dominant nemo color.
>
>
> Â Â The darko theme plays with very subtle gradients, and
shallow 3D
> Â Â effects. Low contrast textures go very well with this
design style.
>
>
> Â Â Mer, nemo, are sea themed names and obviously blue is the
first thing
> Â Â that comes to mind.
>
>
> Â Â Would we like to see nemo in high, mid or low end devices?
Or all?
> Â Â Should marketing material look premium, or accessible to all?
>
>
> Â Â That is all that comes to my mind right now, but more of
these generic
> Â Â questions always help when creating a brand, so if you got
one shoot
> Â Â it, even if it seems obvious, or trivial.
>
>
> Â Â Michael
>
>
>
>
>   On 5/9/12 13:08 Timur Kristóf wrote:
>
> Â Â There have been some logo suggestions too lately. Those are
worth to
> Â Â check out.
>
>
> Â Â It would also be nice to finally pick an official logo.
>
>
> Â Â --
>
>
> Â Â Timur
>
>
> Â Â Sent from my Nokia N9
>
>
>
> Â Â On 2012.09.05. 10 <tel:2012.09.05.%2010>:56 Sivan Greenberg
wrote:
>
> Â Â Dear All,
> Â Â Coming back from being under the weather, I'd like to
update on this:
> Â Â On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Simonas Leleiva
> Â Â <[5][email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Â Â > * Write up an introductory text and review it here on ML
> Â Â > Â ACTION: Sivan Greenberg(sivang) to follow-up
> Â Â Will follow up during the weekend most prolly.
> Â Â > * Create page design (banner and profile images)
> Â Â > Â Re-use existing Nemo resources from the Mer Artwork
Repo [1]
> Â Â > Â ACTION: Sivan Greenberg(sivang) to lead this
> Â Â Ditto, weekend to investigate. Regarding the banner, this
will be used
> Â Â as well for social networks id's or more to share as an
'ad' to spread
> Â Â the word about Nemo/Mer ? Also, I think it is wise to
create presences
> Â Â for both Nemo and Mer in separation for all networks, but
perhaps Mer
> Â Â will be better served in "technical" oriented one where as
Nemo could
> Â Â benefit more from more "relaxed" networks like Facebook for
fan pages
> Â Â etc? (sorry if we've had this discussion before, I'd like
to recoup)
> Â Â Best and thanks!
> Â Â -Sivan
>
> References
>
> Â Â 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica
> Â Â 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20000_mobilis_in_mobili.jpg
> Â Â 3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20000_mobilis_in_mobili.jpg
> Â Â 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motto
> Â Â 5. mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
