I am no designer, but I have tried to make a suggestion to better explain what I mean.
The current proposals all have squares / circles etc. and apart from the original similarity with windows8 that has a special signal value. A surface (square/circle etc) especially with a border, signal: - limitation or positive a product that fullfills a single purpose - closeness or positive a product the specialize in one function AOO is in my mind much more, we are open at levels where normal products can only dream to go: - AOO is used in nearly every corner of the earth. - AOO is open for translation to no matter how small a language group - AOO is open for developers who want to hack their own specialized versions - AOO is open for repackaging supplying the core of a wider extented product. I could go on..... I think it is important that our logo signals this freedom and openess after all we are OPEN office. I know my design is not professional, it is NOT meant to be so please dont judge it on that. It is simply a "thought out of the box", and hopefully it can trigger some ideas. You can see my "proposal" here: http://people.apache.org/~jani/aoo.png Have a nice christmas, whereever you are in the world. Jan I. On 21 December 2012 20:56, Michael Acevedo <vea1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the links with logos Armin, I will examine them shortly... > > Have a good afternoon... > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Armin Le Grand <armin.le.gr...@me.com > >wrote: > > > Hi Michael, > > > > this (https://svn.apache.org/repos/**asf/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/** > > content/images/AOO_logos/< > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/images/AOO_logos/ > >) > > might help, these are the checked-in logos. You can access it with a > > browser. Look at the SVG directory there; I am not sure if the complete > > gulls will be extractable; I fear they are 'cut', but maybe repaired by > > using the other wing. > > > > Looking forward to your suggestions :) > > > > Sincerely, > > Armin > > > > > > On 21.12.2012 17:48, Michael Acevedo wrote: > > > >> Hello Armin, > >> > >> I was tempted to make a rounded corner marquee for the current logo but > >> desisted of the idea after the vereditct of the Apple v. Samsung case > >> where > >> they were able to sue Samsung on using rounded corners for apps on their > >> flavor of android. Still I find the rounded corners tempting and is > >> actually reflected on the second logo that appeared on the last jpeg > file > >> I > >> sent yesterday. > >> > >> All of these are good suggestions and I am now thinking of something on > >> updating the orb, maybe keeping the basic shape of the logo which is a > >> circle. I am rambbling here but I might be able to come up with > something > >> tangible during the next few hours. > >> > >> Now the only thing I would need to find is an EPS or PSD > >> high-res version of the AOO gulls. Where can I find that? > >> > >> Thanks for the suggestions. > >> > >> > >> On Friday, December 21, 2012, Armin Le Grand wrote: > >> > >> Hi Michael, > >>> > >>> thanks for investigating here. While I like the original orb and the > >>> colored rects seem to lead to windows trademark stuff, what about: > >>> > >>> - only slightly changing the AOO logo > >>> - replacing the orb with a shape also very popular today > >>> - keeping the color, keeping the seagulls > >>> ...but as shape, take the now famous 'app' form - a rounded rectangle > >>> instead of the orb, using exactly the dimensions of app logos, and the > >>> color blending of app logos (they use some 'bow' on the middle, making > >>> the > >>> upper half slightly lighter than the lower one). > >>> Just as on iOS devices. Maybe looking nice ;-) Will look modern :-) > >>> > >>> HTH! > >>> Sincerely, > >>> Armin > >>> > >>> On 20.12.2012 02:33, Michael Acevedo wrote: > >>> > >>> 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<https:/**/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-** > >>>> lETVSrwcgJc/UNJpH6G1sxI/**AAAAAAAAABg/JnpNrXdRgUo/s653/** > >>>> AOO%25204%2520LOGO%2520v2-5%**2520Small%2520copy.jpg< > 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< > >>>> https://lh4.**googleusercontent.com/-**uy8gU24uBZw/UNJpH8UiKiI/** > >>>> AAAAAAAAABk/xfXTQjO8iQg/s912/**AOO%25204%2520LOGO%2520v2-2.**png< > https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uy8gU24uBZw/UNJpH8UiKiI/AAAAAAAAABk/xfXTQjO8iQg/s912/AOO%25204%2520LOGO%2520v2-2.png > > > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hope you guys like it and Happy holidays! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > > > > -- > Best, > Michael >
