[Freedombox-discuss] "Promotion and Visual Identity"

[Andrew Miller]

I love the butterfly.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Weaver <weaver at riseup.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:49:38 -0400
> Deborah Nicholson <deb at eximiousproductions.com> wrote:
>
> > > > If this is an example of the quality of your work, thank you for
> > > > joining the project.  You just raised the value of the brand.
> > >
> >
> > Absolutely! This is a very thorough style guide. I really like the
> > colors and typography. The logo may need more workshopping. Sadly the
> > first thing I think of when I see the butterfly is the MSN logo. We'd
> > end up having a more conversations about how we haven't got anything
> > to do with windows than we'd want.
> >
> > > The butterfly does convey freedom to a larger audience than a Gnu
> > > > reference does.  Thank you for that suggestion.
> > > > The butterfly does carry a notion of fragility which people should
> > > > recognize is an intrinsic feature of Freedom.  Again, thank you.
>
> I like the bumble bee, even though I haven't seen one in decades.
> Are they officially recognised as extinct yet? I'll know the world is
> going in the right direction when I see the next one.
>
> I like the butterfly concept, but to remove it from negative
> connotations that others have mentioned, perhaps we could have it on a
> tsunami background or something that would convey 'the butterfly
> effect'? If that could be achieved, it would be an image that would
> match the aims of the project and then some.
> Regards,
>
> Weaver.
> --
> "In a world without walls and fences,
> what need have we for Windows or Gates?"
> -Anon.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Freedombox-discuss mailing list
> Freedombox-discuss at lists.alioth.debian.org
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
>



-- 
Andrew Miller
Dapper Vision Inc.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/attachments/20111103/62c8eeb9/attachment.html>