I really like the pinwheel...and combine it with the suggestion of replacing the flat color with small text, would just make it perfect.
I also think it is ok, that blue is in 3d and the pins flats, that seems quite natural to me. Jan. On 20 December 2012 19:51, imacat <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> wrote: > On 2012/12/20 13:06, Michael Acevedo said: > > Here's my personal insight on the logo decisions when it comes to > the > > amount of squares and coloring scheme. The first is that I tried for > hours > > how to integrate six squares into the logo and the problem that arose was > > that the logo looked too crowded. As a result I had to strike a > compromise, > > pick the four applications or modules that embody an office suite in > > general which are the word processor, spreadsheet, presentation module, > and > > database creator. OpenOffice is the only office suite that comes to > memory > > that does have a formula editor and a radically unique graphics drawing > > program (closest analogue is Microsoft Publisher but Draw is a different > > animal). > > I see. But there are other ways of representing the OpenOffice > components instead of the square boxes. I tried to make some as > attached, although they are not finished works. Please forgive me that > I'm not a designer. We can have a more lively design than square boxes. > > We can give up this idea of showing the components if that is too > difficult. But for some people, draw is more important than base. It > is simply not right to show only four components. > > > Moving now to the color scheme, the colors for the squares that > > represent the office suite core components were inspired upon the AOO > start > > center which has icons for the word, spreadsheet, presentation, and > > database modules. If you look closely, each of the icons there have a > color > > code, the Writer document icon has blue accents, Calc document icon has > > green accents, Impress icon has orange accents, and the Base icon has > > violet accents. Therefore, it was a logical decision to color the squares > > accordingly. > > I know, but these colors do not match the colors of the components. > That's why I said for the missing connection between the components and > the colors. Writer is silver-blue, not blue. Base is dark red, not > purple. Seeing the colors on the four plates cannot remind people about > our four components. > > > When it comes to the lighting of the logo... I beg to differ. I'll > > need to sleep over that to see whether or not it is worth considering > > tweaking the lighting. In my honest opinion, I think the current lighting > > works fine for the logo. > > Please sleep well and take care of yourself. > > We do not have to stick on the lights of the orb. My original point > was about the contrary between the lights and the view angle of the orb > and the plates. I did not mean the plates need to follow the orb. I > just meant that the logo needs a consistent look and feel, consistent > lights and view angles. Or it is simply just not right. > > If the orb is 3-D with the focused light, all other parts has to be > 3-D with focused light. If the plate is flat, all other parts has to be > flat. > > Actually, we may give up or tweak the orb when necessary. If we > have to retain the old design for every logo revision, the only thing we > can do is adding. Then, we will have a very complicated logo in less > than 3 years. That is not right for the design work. > > I personally like the 3-D and focused light effect. If it is too > hard to apply the 3-D and focused light effect on other parts of the > logo, we can simply remove the existing lights and apply new light and > view angle on everything. The only point is consistent. > > > > > Thanks for the feedback. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:31 PM, imacat <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> > wrote: > > > >> Some honest thoughts: > >> > >> 1. These flat 3D plates feel a little weird. The lights of the > >> plates has the focus effect, but the lights of the plates have not. > >> > >> 2. I cannot see the connection of these plates with our four > >> components easily, as the colors of Writer, Calc, Impress and Base are > >> not Blue, Orange, Green and Purple. And we have other components such > >> as Math and Draw. > >> > >> 3. The directions of the lights are contradictory. The lights of > >> the orb come from above, while the lights of the plates (and also the > >> plate of the orb) come from right. > >> > >> But still, thanks you very much for this great effort. > >> > >> On 2012/12/20 09:33, Michael Acevedo said: > >>> Greetings to the AOO Team! > >>> > >>> Hello, after a few months of inactivity I've decided to get back in > touch > >>> with the AOO community. First, congratulations to the AOO team on > >>> a successful graduation into a top-level Apache project from the Apache > >>> Incubator. > >>> > >>> Now the reason on why I am writing this email is to formally submit a > >> logo > >>> proposal for the next version of the Apache OpenOffice 4.X logo. > >>> Previously, I submitted an initial logo on the Apache OpenOffice > Google+ > >>> community but I went back to the drawing board and created a second > >> version > >>> of the logo that both pays respect to the previous Apache OpenOffice > orb, > >>> but modernizes the look of the overall logo by adding 4 colored squares > >>> that represent the four corners of our office suite (Writer, Calc, > >> Impress, > >>> and Base) and utilizing a streamlined font. > >>> > >>> Without further introductions, below I present my official submission > for > >>> the Apache OpenOffice 4.X logo. > >>> > >>> This first logo, is the proposed official logo for the project that > would > >>> be used for our webpage and some other materials. > >>> > >>> > >> > https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lETVSrwcgJc/UNJpH6G1sxI/AAAAAAAAABg/JnpNrXdRgUo/s653/AOO%25204%2520LOGO%2520v2-5%2520Small%2520copy.jpg > >>> > >>> There's a secondary logo, which is basically the same logo but changes > >> the > >>> proportion of the OpenOffice orb making it better suited for the splash > >>> screen that appears at the launch of the application. > >>> > >>> > >> > https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uy8gU24uBZw/UNJpH8UiKiI/AAAAAAAAABk/xfXTQjO8iQg/s912/AOO%25204%2520LOGO%2520v2-2.png > >>> > >>> Hope you guys like it and Happy holidays! > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> imacat ^_*' <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> > >> PGP Key http://www.imacat.idv.tw/me/pgpkey.asc > >> > >> <<Woman's Voice>> News: http://www.wov.idv.tw/ > >> Tavern IMACAT's http://www.imacat.idv.tw/ > >> Woman in FOSS in Taiwan http://wofoss.blogspot.com/ > >> OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org/ > >> EducOO/OOo4Kids <http://www.openoffice.org/EducOO/OOo4Kids> Taiwan > >> http://www.educoo.tw/ > >> Greenfoot Taiwan http://greenfoot.westart.tw/ > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > imacat ^_*' <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> > PGP Key http://www.imacat.idv.tw/me/pgpkey.asc > > <<Woman's Voice>> News: http://www.wov.idv.tw/ > Tavern IMACAT's http://www.imacat.idv.tw/ > Woman in FOSS in Taiwan http://wofoss.blogspot.com/ > OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org/ > EducOO/OOo4Kids Taiwan http://www.educoo.tw/ > Greenfoot Taiwan http://greenfoot.westart.tw/ >
