RE: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Change icon?

Love the paper plane idea.

Brenden



-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Lauder [mailto:yorick_@openoffice.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 2:25 PM
To: marketing@libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Change icon?

On Thursday 04 Nov 2010 04:56:55 Benjamin Horst wrote:
> On Nov 2, 2010, at 10:27 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
> > Le 2010-11-02 19:58, David Nelson a écrit :
> > > Your paper plane fits in superbly with the paper sheet, as a 
> > > natural development thereof. The possibilities are many. It can be 
> > > made into something that fires empathy in the young and old, the 
> > > simple and the sophisticated.
> > >
> > > What do you think about the idea of giving it eyes, or some kind of 
> > > face? Can you find a way to breathe life into it, like the old man 
> > > into Pinnochio?
> > >
> > > David Nelson
> >
> > I don't think you would need to personify it.
> >
> > How about when you start a document, the logo starts off with the 
> > LibO logo that we have worked on and the more you type, the more the 
> > folds of a paper plane appear, and then the logo shows a paper plane 
> > outline to finally its final shape of a paper plane ready to fly ... it is done!
>
> I am liking the paper plane icon concept more and more, as well.
>
> To go along with the icon, we could create various folding templates 
> for different paper plane designs, put a LibO icon on them in 
> prominent places, and distribute them digitally as ODGs and PDFs. We 
> could print them out for conferences, and let people pick them up and 
> fold them using instructions printed as part of the template.
>
> There are many great designs to be found online, such as these:
> http://www.funpaperairplanes.com/Plane%20Downloads.html
>
> -Ben
>
> Benjamin Horst
> bhorst@mac.com
> 646-464-2314 (Eastern)
> www.solidoffice.com

This could be the basis of an extremely good marketing campaign.

"LibreO -Fly the Plane" or something similar, paper plane designs on line, in templates and 
extensions.

I'm coming round, I like it a lot, certainly as a launch platform.
  "LibreO takes Flight"

and so on

cheers
GL

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