[libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

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Subject:        Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot
Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:23:19 -0400
From:   Tim-L--Elmira-NY <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
Reply-To:       webmaster@krackedpress.com
To:     marketing@global.libreoffice.org



I liked the Duke Java mascot.  The other two seemed too cartoon-ish for me.

I have seen many horse mascots - not for any computer field item - and
those looked nice.  I fear that if the mascot is too cartoon-ish, then
it might give some people the idea of LO being non-professional.  Tux,
Duke, Firefox, Thunderbird, and some other mascots do not look too much
like a catroon as some others do.

Google "horse mascots logos" in their image section.  There are a lot of
them, including some nice ones. Maybe we could use some African animal
like a gazelle or similar looking animal.


On 03/31/2017 10:22 AM, Edwin Lee wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How about a mascot based on a horse, signifying freedom for OSS and ODF, speed for a rapid release 
> cycle, many breeds for the different versions available on a variety of platforms.
>
> Best,
> Edwin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heiko Tietze [mailto:tietze.heiko@googlemail.com]
> Sent: Friday, 31 March 2017 3:51 PM
> To: LibO Marketing <marketing@global.libreoffice.org>; LibO Design <design@global.libreoffice.org>; LibO 
> Project <projects@global.libreoffice.org>
> Cc: TDF BoD <bod@documentfoundation.org>
> Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot
>
> Hello all,
>
> additional to the unique branding of LibreOffice today, we want to introduce an alternative to 
> TDF's trademarked logo/icon elements that can be used by the community with minimal restrictions: a 
> mascot.
>
> The idea is similar to "Duke" from Java (https://kenai.com/projects/duke/pages/Home), SuSE's chameleon "Geeko", Mozilla has a 
> lizard/godzilla/tyrannosaurus, Linux' "Tux" is famous, KDE is going with the dragon "Konqi" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqi) 
> and Krita has "Kiki" (https://krita.org/en/kiki/).
>
> The first step would be to find some metaphors that enables designs to be creative. Something like 
> Freedom, Documents, Openness etc. Ideas for the realization are of course also welcome. The mascot 
> could be an animal like a (grumpy old) cat to refer to the seven lives of LibreOffice or something 
> more symbolic.
>
> Based on your input we would later start the actual design task, and ideally have a few options 
> where the community can choose the best.
>
> Cheers,
> Heiko



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