I think for the immediate future (2+ years or so?) that Trinity should not get fancy with logos or cuteness. Tim has already modified the traditional KDE3 logos and substituted the K with a T. That provides acknowledgment of roots distinguishes Trinity from KDE3. Simple and straightforward. In two to three years, if Trinity is alive and well, then perhaps a new logo should be considered. Darrell --- On Thu, 3/17/11, jamesg@... <jamesg@...> wrote: > From: jamesg@... <jamesg@...> > Subject: Re: [trinity-devel] Mascot and logo, Proposal 1 > To: trinity-devel@... > Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 12:08 PM > David C. Rankin wrote: > >I also tossed out the idea of a Phoenix as a > logo/mascot "A phoenix dies > a fiery death but then rises again from the ashes." A good > KDE3-Trinity > analogy. (plus a pretty cool looking logo)< > > Questions: Does the Phoenix represent what we will be in 5+ > years? Do we > want to be known for rising up from ashes; do we want to be > known for what > we aspire to? Is the Phoenix overused? Is there > something similar to a > phoenix that might accurately represent what we aspire to? > > Questions for the Potato Head concept: does the abstract > concept of > something fun (possibly even silly) and highly configurable > fail to > represent what we will be in 5+ years? Does it fail > to clearly describe > what we might aspire to? Is there something that > might be similar to this > with more possibilities that I've not thought of? > > Questions for this guy: http://imagebin.org/143360 > Does it look too alien? Is it uninteresting when it stands > at attention > like this? Does ambiguity about whether it's a robot or > something else > make it less memorable? Is there a better way to > implement the Mr Potato > Head concept? > > > I'm pushing for the mascot before a logo because I believe > it to be the > less challenging problem to. I definitely am not > seeking any sort of > commitment at this stage, lest we get locked into a > suboptimal choice. > > I presented L315 as something to throw tomatoes at. > 8) Tell me what's > wrong, boring, irritating, or whatever with it. I > need to know so I can > present a better idea. It might even inspire someone > else to iteratively > piece together a better solution. Admittedly as this > is a marketing > problem rather than an engineering one, what's good and bad > can run the > risk of being too subjective... > > http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2001-01-17/ > > > Discussion from IRC indicates the possibility of exploring > the idea of a > robot that already has all the features the user might be > wanting. It may > take a few days for me to come up with something for > that. Obviously an > open brainstorm for possible directions might also help > with results. > > > Our mascot might not convey everything I'm hoping for in > the end, but it > would be good for it to have a hopefully inspiring meaning > behind it. > > > If we come up with something that would look good playing > tennis with Tux, > that's obviously a bonus... 8) > > > James Gholston (Strangelv) > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-devel-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-devel-help@... > Read list messsages on the Web archive: http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > >