"Libertas in mobili" could be a good brand motto, it sums things up nicely...
Ilya. 2012/9/12 Jean L.N. Hofsté <j...@hofste.com> > Suggestion:**** > > ** ** > > A large Golden N on a black field.**** > > ** ** > > See Wikipedia under: Nemo and The Nautilus:**** > > ** ** > > *Emblem* > > His emblem, as given in a description of the flag he raised when claiming > Antarctica <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica>, is a large golden *N > * on a black field. The motto of the *Nautilus* was *Mobilis in mobili*, > which may be roughly translated from Latin as, "moving amidst mobility", > "moving within the moving element", or "changing in the changes".**** > > [image: > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/20000_mobilis_in_mobili.jpg/220px-20000_mobilis_in_mobili.jpg]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20000_mobilis_in_mobili.jpg> > **** > > [image: > http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.20wmf10/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20000_mobilis_in_mobili.jpg> > **** > > The motto <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motto> of the *Nautilus***** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* qwa...@gmail.com [mailto:qwa...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 11 September, 2012 21:18 > *To:* mer-general@lists.merproject.org > *Subject:* Re: [mer-general] [NEMO] Social presence and branding**** > > ** ** > > I second the motion to pick a logo, so that branding can be based on it. > We also need a paragraph which describes the philosophy of nemo branding > and a choice of colors.**** > > ** ** > > Some things to stir up some creative thinking.**** > > ** ** > > How do we want nemo to feel? Serious, playful, cute, minimal?**** > > ** ** > > Nemo already has a variation of colors in the application title bars (and > qt components). Thus there isn't a dominant nemo color.**** > > ** ** > > The darko theme plays with very subtle gradients, and shallow 3D effects. > Low contrast textures go very well with this design style.**** > > ** ** > > Mer, nemo, are sea themed names and obviously blue is the first thing that > comes to mind.**** > > ** ** > > Would we like to see nemo in high, mid or low end devices? Or all? Should > marketing material look premium, or accessible to all?**** > > ** ** > > That is all that comes to my mind right now, but more of these generic > questions always help when creating a brand, so if you got one shoot it, > even if it seems obvious, or trivial.**** > > ** ** > > Michael**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On 5/9/12 13:08 Timur Kristóf wrote:**** > > There have been some logo suggestions too lately. Those are worth to check > out.**** > > ** ** > > It would also be nice to finally pick an official logo. **** > > **** > > --**** > > **** > > Timur**** > > **** > > Sent from my Nokia N9**** > > **** > > ** ** > > On 2012.09.05. 10:56 Sivan Greenberg wrote:**** > > Dear All, > > Coming back from being under the weather, I'd like to update on this: > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Simonas Leleiva > <simonas.lele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > * Write up an introductory text and review it here on ML > > ACTION: Sivan Greenberg(sivang) to follow-up > > Will follow up during the weekend most prolly. > > > * Create page design (banner and profile images) > > Re-use existing Nemo resources from the Mer Artwork Repo [1] > > ACTION: Sivan Greenberg(sivang) to lead this > > Ditto, weekend to investigate. Regarding the banner, this will be used > as well for social networks id's or more to share as an 'ad' to spread > the word about Nemo/Mer ? Also, I think it is wise to create presences > for both Nemo and Mer in separation for all networks, but perhaps Mer > will be better served in "technical" oriented one where as Nemo could > benefit more from more "relaxed" networks like Facebook for fan pages > etc? (sorry if we've had this discussion before, I'd like to recoup) > > Best and thanks! > > -Sivan > > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** >
