On 12/21/12 3:47 AM, Michael Acevedo wrote: > Hello again AOO team. > > As promised, I've 5 additional modified logos for the project (the last > jpeg attachment I sent with 4 logos was modified a bit with logos 1 and > 3 being slightly tweaked) and can be found in the Cwiki at: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.x+-+Logo+Explorations > > I've also attached the same logo palletes on this email message. > > Hope you like these new logos.
I think the orb with the mirror and little 3d effect don't fit in all proposals. We should also think about less colors, keeping in mind that we want use it for T-Shirts, mugs, ... and printing/production costs are always higher with many colors as far as know. I don't know if it's really important. Juergen > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Michael Acevedo <vea1...@gmail.com > <mailto:vea1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Here's an additional logo proposal. It has four different designs. > > Hope you like them. > > > On Thursday, December 20, 2012, janI wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- > Best, > Michael > > > > > -- > Best, > Michael
