On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Kevin Grignon <[email protected]>wrote:
> Sounds like a great opportunity to clean up the graphic resources > > Do we have an inventory of all locations where the logo occurs throughout > the product touch points: web, applications, docs etc? > Not that I personally am aware of, but I have never been involved in the "art" aspects. I'm sure others in this conversation can help though. And, given comments here from a few others, and the time frame we're looking at for graduation -- maybe even as soon as a month -- I think we should focus on maybe just a few changes at the moment: perhaps replacing the right corner Apache incubator logo with a normal Apache logo; changes in top navigation tabs; maybe a few header changes; and formatting changes. This being said, I think a more widespread re-branding effort is certainly warranted say for a 4.0 release. So, it is probably not too early to start thinking about this. > > On Oct 4, s.2012, at 11:17 AM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Kevin Grignon <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> I agree, an updated visual identity would be a great way to refresh our > >> application visuals and appear more contemporary. Website branding > should > >> align with this broader brand direction. > >> > >> Updating the logo should be part if a broader branding initiative which > >> includes creative new artwork for app icons, file icons as well as > graphics > >> for install, start screens, wizards, about box and others. > >> > >> I have been sketching and created some mockups for a number of these > >> elements. I'll upload when back from vacation. > >> > >> I'll volunteer to lead this activity. > >> > > > > > > I actually don't agree with having a new logo, simply because even the > > current one hasnt been completely integrated with the product and is > > creating huge lag between this logo proposals, the trademark and the > > actual look and feel of the application. > > > > I applaud the efforts on maybe having a new design on the website, but a > > new logo? Just the wiki had a change from the old Oracle logo to the new > > one (orb logo) last week. > > > > Today I point out a lot of discrepancies between the logo on the Visual > > design site (an old one from OOo 3.2 days) and the current status of 3.4 > > and it hasn't been implemented. [1] > > > > Even at the moment, there are different orbs floating around such as the > > orb on the start center of OOo 3.4 is different from the 8-bit solid orb. > > [2] > > > > [1] > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ooo-dev/201210.mbox/%3cCAMK9kTiqEUcghLksDaBP2sgCSkhP7VuVpxF2asE9k-r6XdXX=g...@mail.gmail.com%3e > > [2] http://imagebin.org/230827 > > > > > > > >> > >> Regards, > >> Kevin > >> > >> > >> On Oct 4, 2012, at 7:11 AM, Kay Schenk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 10/03/2012 04:00 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > >>>> I notice that Apache Forrest does use the Apache feather: there are > >>>> three of them stood on their quills as if they are a small stand of > >>>> trees. > >>> > >>> Dennis--your powers of observation are incredible! I did NOT see this! > >>> > >>>> > >>>> It seems to me that the incorporation of the feather can be a little > >>>> strained. The cases where it is in shadow, on the other hand, are > >>>> easy to overlook. > >>>> > >>>> The orb with stylized gulls is very convenient at a lot of sizes and > >>>> formats, including as a download button, an icon on directory entries > >>>> on downloaded exe and oxt files, etc. If the feather is to be a > >>>> feature of that, it will be tricky. > >>>> > >>>> It would be useful to see some examples, as Kay suggests. > >>>> > >>>> - Dennis > >>>> > >>>> PS: I also wonder whether generic icons should be part of the source > >>>> release and distinct icons be used in the Apache-provided "authentic" > >>>> builds. In that case, it would be great if the generic icons did not > >>>> have the feather in any way. That's a half-baked notion, and it > >>>> simply might not be acceptable. It is something I wonder about -- > >>>> differentiating builds produced by the project from ones produced in > >>>> some other manner and the source only having the generic icons. > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Kay Schenk > >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 > >>>> 15:30 To: OOo Apache Subject: [WWW] Do we need a new site logo (for > >>>> graduation) -- call for volunteers > >>>> > >>>> We all love the orb with gulls, but maybe it's time for a slight > >>>> update to our logo? Or the header line on our websites (project and > >>>> user portal). > >>>> > >>>> I took a look around at some of the Apache projects and the use of > >>>> project logos and web site headers seems to fall into a few > >>>> different categories. > >>>> > >>>> Sites using Apache feather but not in product logo -- > >>>> > >>>> http://camel.apache.org/ http://forrest.apache.org/ > >>>> http://cocoon.apache.org/ > >>>> > >>>> Sites incorporating feather logo into an existing logo -- > >>>> > >>>> http://mina.apache.org/ http://jakarta.apache.org/oro/ > >>>> http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/ http://activemq.apache.org/ > >>>> http://ofbiz.apache.org/ (???) > >>>> > >>>> Sites not making overt use of any Apache logo (feather) -- > >>>> http://click.apache.org/ > >>>> > >>>> So, any preferences? Ideas? > >>>> > >>>> There already exists a AOOLogo proposal page, > >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOOLogo+proposal > >>>> > >>>> so we could just add items to this, or change some that are here, or > >>>> add a child page, etc. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> MzK > >>> > >>> "Just 'cause you got the monkey off your back > >>> doesn't mean the circus has left town." > >>> -- George Carlin > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Alexandro Colorado > > PPMC Apache OpenOffice > > http://es.openoffice.org > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat." -- Robert Heinlein
