On 09.05.2012 08:33, Kevin Grignon wrote:
Michael,
Thanks for sharing the logo mockups. Also, I appreciate you acknowledging
my earlier contributions - most gracious.
With AOO 3.4 just hitting the streets, now is the time to think about
performing some design research and explorations in support of branding for
AOO 4.0.
Perhaps you could create an AOO 4.0 logo concepts page on the wiki to
capture these great ideas. I also have a number of concepts that I would
like to share with you and others for input.
Maybe we can do a logo contest similar to the one Apache Flex did?
http://incubator.apache.org/flex/logo-contest.html
-Andre
In addition, I suggest we capture some background material on the intent of
the visual identity. With new AOO contributors and an ever evolving product
landscape we may want to revisit the message, positioning and emotions that
the identity is looking to realize. This effort should be in concert with
any and all AOO business and marketing efforts.
Some thoughts...
Regards,
Kevin
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Wolf Halton<[email protected]> wrote:
Interesting! Seems reminiscent of the Mac square smiley-face logo.
It looks like you could make a go at a square logo there, which would be a
useful addition.
I suggest we go slow with changing main logos, because they are not for
showing our creativity but to show continuity to a public with short
attention spans.
Cheers,
Wolf
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On May 8, 2012 10:53 PM, "Michael Acevedo"<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I have decided to move forward and give you an early preview of how I
think
we should move for the logo of Apache OpenOffice 4 which I think is the
general consensus of the next major release of our project pending Apache
approval. The logos I am proposing are basically the same but there are a
few modifications to the current logo. Below is a description:
AOO Next Logo Changes:
- The AOO Next logo has a smaller spacing between the letters and
changes the word "Apache" to "APACHE" in caps (idea taken from Kevin
Gringon's proposal in the Wiki).
- The color of the "APACHE" word is now gray (idea taken from Kevin
Gringon's Proposal in the Wiki).
- Integration of the "AOO" initials (for one of the logo proposals).
- Retirement of the Orb logo and substituting it with a refined concept
of the previous OOo logo prior verson 3.2.1. I did this new icon in a
conservative manner and I think it will fit best the next release of
AOO
as
it will match with the post AOO 3.4 Application (Writer, Impress, Calc,
etc.) icons. The new logo makes a nod to the post-PC era when it comes
to
how an application icon now looks in our devices.
- Keep some commonality with the current Orb Centric logo by keeping
the
name of the suite with the current font that is being used for our
site's
logo.
Without further waiting, I present to you my logo proposal for AOO 4.
Please follow this link:
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=69f0fbe8e03b2c13&resid=69F0FBE8E03B2C13!1631&parid=root
Hope you like it and suggestions are welcomed. I would like to credit
Kevin
Gringon for the changes in terms of font spacing in the word "OpenOffice"
and the "APACHE" word capitalization suggestions.
--
Best,
Michael
