Helen, Exactly the attributes that we need to capture on a AOO 4.0 logo wiki page to drive informed design decisions moving forward.
I will harvest your thoughts and post to the wiki. I will share the page location and invite others to contribute. Kevin On May 9, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Yue Helen <helenyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/5/9 Kevin Grignon <kevingrignon...@gmail.com> > >> All good thoughts. >> >> Again, I think it is best to summarize our current thoughts on what the >> brand is intended to represent, then explore design alternatives to realize >> the brand message. >> >> This is a good but big question to ask...the key message in my mind is, > > 1) Apache OpenOffice is a continuation of OpenOffice.org - so it should > include some visual element from the previous OpenOffice logo, and need to > include Apache. > 2) Several keywords for product mission, "leading", > "open-source"/"open-standard", "ease of use" (the target...) > http://www.openoffice.org/why/ > 3) Introduce refreshed, modern, sharp visual elements...to represent that > we are on the road to the next momentum. > > Helen > > >> Regards, >> Kevin >> >> >> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Andre Fischer <a...@a-w-f.de> wrote: >> >>> On 09.05.2012 09:29, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: >>> >>>> Hi *, >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 09:24:40AM +0200, Andre Fischer wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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< >> http://incubator.apache.org/flex/logo-contest.html> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> IMHO it is better to have some profession designer volunteering, >>>> I recall the ugly OOo 3 splash screen >>>> http://wiki.services.**openoffice.org/wiki/Art/** >>>> Gallery/OOo3_Splash_Screen< >> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Art/Gallery/OOo3_Splash_Screen> >>>> >>> >>> I see what you mean. Although some of them are actually quite good. >>> And flex does probably have a more design oriented user base. >>> >>> >>> Stella's was far better that the one that got selected. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>> >>
