Selecting a Plasma logo

[Alessandro Longo]

Il 26-07-2016 16:48 Alessandro Longo ha scritto:
> 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
>>> Message-ID: <88820fdf-1f7f-b6c8-e770-5a798a3992de at kde.org>
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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?

Edit: I mixed my logo with Ken's 2 pieces gear. I submitted it in Forums 
thread. I hope you like it, the aim was to keep the Sun recognizable.

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Alessandro Longo