On 12/26/2012 11:07 PM, Michael Acevedo wrote:
Greetings to all in the mailing list and those in this AOO Logo Proposal
subject,
In this email, I would like to mention that I have added two new logo
proposals to the Apache OpenOffice Logo exploration wiki article. Now let
me explain what this new logo it's all about.
The new logo design does away with the orb and changes it for a gull ring
that rests under a blue background which itself rests on circles which are
inspired on the Adobe Flex logo multicolor scheme. The new gull ring while
being new, retains the familiar circular shape of the current OpenOffice
logo, but at the same time is a new take that pays respect to the orb. All
of these elements are wrapped in a modern black gradient icon than makes
the logo stand out. Furthermore, the new logo actually changes the look of
the word OpenOffice into a more modern non-capitalized "openoffice" word
design (also an inspiration from the Adobe Flex project logo). The latter
serves the function of highlighting Apache as the owner of the project
(whose name is in capital letters), yet the non-capitalized "openoffice"
names takes presence by being written in a larger size font. Overall, the
new logo design is simple, clean, and modern.
Now that I have given a sense of the new logo, I would like to show you a
reveal video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC-tOuhTm9Y
But there is one last detail, which actually is a testament to the power of
OpenOffice. The detail is that the logo that you see at the end of the
video was 99% made in Apache OpenOffice Draw.
Hope you liked the logo and the reveal video.
Happy Holidays!
You can see the formal proposal in the Cwiki at Apache:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.x+-+Logo+Explorations
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Michael Acevedo <vea1...@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings Kevin, I would not mind posting the logos to that AOO UX wiki.
Thing is I don't know where it is or whether it is on the cwiki or mwiki
(if it is on the latter, I need to request an account).
Let me know.
On Saturday, December 22, 2012, Kevin Grignon wrote:
Michael,
Great work. Design is very iterative. Keep pushing!
Using the design explorations is a great way to stimulate a conversation
which can help us better understand the requirements. Perhaps we could
harvest the criteria for success in the thread and capture in the wiki
Then we can make the design review process less subjective by having
people review design explorations relative to stated goals.
Also, the mailing list is tough place to review designs, can you post the
design explorations to the AOO UX wiki?
Regards,
Kevin
On Dec 23, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Michael Acevedo <vea1...@gmail.com> wrote:
I think I've come up with something that is simplistic on the eye but
beautiful an lively.
Still working on it but stay tuned.
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Michael Acevedo <vea1...@gmail.com>
wrote:
RGB,
I see the ring as something different. The blue to me represents the
open
blue sky, and the ring around it as a frame to an opening of an open
world.
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 8:16 AM, RGB ES <rgb.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
2012/12/22 janI <j...@apache.org>
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.
+1. The ring around the orb give the idea of boundaries, limits, and
we
are
trying to go beyond every limit ;)
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
I like the idea. No sure if it fits well on a page header,
but definitely is a good idea for announcements, t-shirts and a lot of
other situations where a big logo is needed.
Regards
Ricardo
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/>
--
Best,
Michael
Michael,
I Love the video!
I like the lettering portion of the logo but I'm fond of orb the way it
is now and I'm not sure why we need to change it.
However, If the consensus is to change the orb I think this is a nice
alternative.
Disclaimer: I know nothing about art :)
Thanks for the hard work !
Carl
