[libreoffice-design] Re: LibreOffice Mascot

Since today is world penguin day [1] some journals reported about Tux,
which is a good reminder to keep our discussion boiling with the
reference how Linux found its mascot [2]. To summarize the discussion
I created a pad [3]. Anything to add?

[1] https://www.awarenessdays.co.uk/awareness-days-calendar/world-penguin-day-2017/
[2] http://www.gregroelofs.com/greg_lnxpeng.html
[3] https://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/UX-mascot

2017-03-31 9:51 GMT+02:00 Heiko Tietze <tietze.heiko@googlemail.com>:
> 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
> --
> Dr. Heiko Tietze
> UX Designer
> Tel. +49 (0)179/1268509

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