Selecting a Plasma logo

[Alessandro Longo]

Il 26-07-2016 14:23 Olivier Churlaud ha scritto:
>> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:54:14 +0200
>> From: Thomas Pfeiffer <thomas.pfeiffer at kde.org>
>> To: plasma-devel at kde.org, visual-design at kde.org
>> Subject: Selecting a Plasma logo
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>> Dear Plasma development team, dear VDG,
>> the official deadline for the Plasma logo contest has passed
>> yesterday.
>> We have five entries into the contest, with one actually consisting
>> of five
>> different mash-ups and modifications of the other entries, and one
>> being
>> Plasma's current logo.
>> You can find all the proposals here:
>> https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=285&t=133836 [1]
>> I think we have quite a good selection here, and hope that we can
>> find something
>> here which we can agree on.
>> In the contest thread, I promised a jury consisting of VDG members
>> and Plasma
>> team members.
>> Now I've decided that since the whole Plasma team has to be able to
>> identify
>> themselves with the logo, and all VDG members should have the
>> possibility to
>> chip in as well, everyone who participates in the discussion is part
>> of the jury.
>> There won't be a voting process. Either we can agree on a logo, or
>> everything
>> stays like it is (the official Plasma logo still being what we have
>> now, and the
>> K logo being used for the launchers).
>> I'd give us a discussion period until Sunday, unless a clear
>> agreement can be
>> reached before that.
>> Please refer to the logo proposals by the creator's forum name
>> (remember that
>> our current logo is Uri's, not mine ;) ), and for Ken's just say
>> e.g. "Ken's
>> fourth logo".
>> Happy discussions, here is to us finding a logo we can all (at least
>> more or
>> less) identify with!
>> 
>> Thomas
>  Hum, I was not aware of this...
>  I just checked and I must say I really like anditosan idea and the
> one 4th of Ken, but I'm afraid that it looks too much like a IM logo
> (specially Ken's version). I'm not sure it really fits the breeze
> theme as well (more what I expect for elementary OS)
> 
>  Out of this, I find very interesting the Gears + '>', specially the
> 2nd of Ken. It's more like the continuity of what was before, and
> therefore makes maybe more sense? or does it? :)
> 
>  I'm just afraid that a totally new logo in version 5.7 is strange.
> 
>  But that's very personal I guess.
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=285&t=133836
> 
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But if we will use the Ken's 2nd (2 pieces of gear + >) we will lose the 
reference to Sun I put in my logo. Why the gear would be better in 2 
pieces instead of one?

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Alessandro Longo