Excerpts from Joan Touzet's message of 2014-10-28 01:27:44 +0100: > At 3 different conferences I've attended in 2014: CloudantCON 2014, > OSCON 2014 and Velocity NYC 2014, I've been approached by people > complaining about the CouchDB logo. The argument is that the logo looks > like a man who is posed in a suggestive way, or as one person put it, > "showing you his crotch and inviting you over." > > These were not lighthearted expressions of concern to me over drinks - > they were heartfelt complaints from people who care about CouchDB and > its image in the open source community. > > I must admit I didn't think it was an issue at first, but like the > saying goes, once you've seen it, you can't un-see it. > > As a reminder here is our current logo: > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/supplement/logo/couchdb-logo.png > > Or in SVG: > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/supplement/logo/couchdb-logo.svg > > I'd like to propose improving the logo with a new drawing that keeps the > same theme - red couch, reclining figure in white - but alters the pose > to be a bit less suggestive. Other suggestions are welcome, naturally, > but a redrawn current-style logo probably has the least objections. > > Of course, if we agree to such a change, I'll need your help. I can't > draw, and I'm sure many of the rest of you can't either. If you're an > artist, and you agree, would you consider posting an altered logo in > reply to this thread that fixes the problem? > > You can find all of the source files (Adobe Illustrator) at: > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/supplement/logo/ > > -Joan
Hey all,
Proposal: Put a remote controller in one hand, a bowl of popcorn in the
other. Kind of like this:
http://us.123rf.com/450wm/bst2012/bst20121211/bst2012121112803/16093059-asian-man-eating-popcorn-on-sofa-with-remote-control.jpg
This should make the "relax" part more obvious, at the risk of going all
the way to "lazy", and remove any doubts about creepiness. Unfortunately
I have no graphics skills so I don't have a real svg to show you guys.
OTOH, as Jason said earlier, the appeal of "relax" is not singular to
CouchDB anymore (I'd say MongoDB has filled this niche of "install it
and don't think about it again until you grow"). The new CouchDB motto
is "The database that syncs", which is great. If we're to redesign the
logo, we should put this in some way in the logo. But I must say I have
absolutely no clue how to put this.
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Matthieu Rakotojaona
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