Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

Hi all!

 I don't know if it could be a real issue for a horse as a mascot, but the
EuroOffice (based on OpenOffice/LibreOffice) already uses a horse in its
logo:
 http://www.multiracio.com/index.php?lang=en&style=eurooffice&page=eo

Best!
Gustavo.



On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Tim-L--Elmira-NY <
webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:

> 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/du
> > ke/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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