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

How about a tardigrade for a mascot?
What is a tardigrade you ask? Also known as water bears, they are adorable,
and also perhaps the most indestructable creatures known to man.
https://youtu.be/6H0E77TdYnY
https://www.tumblr.com/search/tardigrade%20gif



On Apr 26, 2017 3:26 AM, "Stefan Weiberg" <stefan.weiberg@germandev.org>
wrote:

> To put my two cents in.
>
> The dragonfly is already used by DragonFly BSD and Opera Dragonfly.
>
> On 26/04/17 10:57, Heiko Tietze wrote:
> > 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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