Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

I am not a LO developer but we use it company-wide.

I'd strongly advise against a horse as a mascot.

Horses are not considered terribly smart, nor are they cute.

You want to convey that LO is the smart choice, and that it works hard
for you. A horse does not convey that message.

If you look at the cuteness factor, then use a baby big cat. Or a puppy
of one of the big dogs.

Best regards,

Axel Kloth

On 4/3/2017 10:08, Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco wrote:
> 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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