If the reclined dude has to go, why not someone of indeterminate gender on a Lotus pose? Nothing says 'relax' like yoga, at least in the popular imagination (I tried yoga once, and I was sweating inside 30 seconds).
J On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Dan Santner <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually like the current logo as is. > > >> On Oct 27, 2014, at 8:49 PM, Manokaran K <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Bryan Green <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I am not sure the logo has to have the meaning be so obvious. Looking at >>> the world of other logos, it doesn't seem that meaning is that important to >>> branding. The two primary uses of a couch is to have people sit on it or >>> lay on it. I am not sure showing someone sprawled on a couch helps anyone >>> make the connection to Relax anymore than the couch itself. >> >> If we accept that meaning should not be read in a logo, then we can >> just ignore that the pose means anything :-) >> >> If we also accept that 'no publicity is bad publicity', then kicking >> up a controversy like this can actually be good for CouchDB! >> >> Cheers, >> mano >> >> -- >> Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. >> ~ Pablo Picasso
