Hi I tested the different logo examples as kicker icon in the panel and best fit's the "old" plasma icon from uri.
2016-08-05 15:40 GMT+02:00 Andres Betts <andres.be...@gmail.com>: > Hey Sebas, > > Thanks for understanding. As I mentioned before my intention is not > necessarily that don't change my proposal but that we can create more > proposals to show variety. We cannot settle just on 2 orignal proposals and > then merge the two to see what comes out. I am pretty sure there many other > ways of giving Plasma an identity and I would love to see more. > > My thoughts are that we keep on getting proposals, we don't really have a > deadline and we can probably get many more people to come up with ideas. > Art contests are generally about original artwork. > > It is not about "my way or the highway" but rather, "my way or any other > highway." Because I am sure that there are more options than just two. > > Should we past this and not start an argument by requesting more logo > proposals? We need to move forward. > > > > On August 5, 2016 at 7:07:17 AM, Sebastian Kügler (se...@kde.org) wrote: > >> Hi Andres, >> >> Sorry it took a few days to reply. >> >> On dinsdag 2 augustus 2016 07:45:10 CEST Andres Betts wrote: >> >> Let me explain the reasons about changing the logo and what stage this is >> at. In my personal view, after working for some time on coming up with a >> new logo proposal, we received a few comments and changes to it that, to >> me, had no backing. One idea was shared that others wanted my proposal to >> look closer, or have characteristics from the KDE logo. >> >> However, I am not of the preference of changing my proposal and adding >> more >> elements to it, because I thought about this long and hard and reduced >> the >> proposal to the simplest of forms that conveyed a meaning. Adding >> elements >> from the KDE logo, or the last Plasma logo doesn’t seem logical given >> that >> the last logo really had no meaning behind it, so there is not much that >> justifies its presence there. Some might argue that it is also about the >> public not recognizing the logo and what it belongs to. >> >> >> Well, that's not quite true. Especially the simplified arrow indicated >> "shell", >> something Plasma is all about. The three dots are elements for plugins, >> scripting and (I think) containments. So the elements *do* have a >> meaning. >> >> “Changes” or modifications that happen “after” the contest is over are >> all >> about simple edits. I consider my current logo to be in “beta” and only >> bugs and simple edits could be made. For example, the thickness of a >> border, or the sizes of the circles. I am not looking to strikingly >> change >> or modify the logo I created because I consider it to be near final. >> >> >> That's of course fine. My point was that if we pick a logo, and then >> change it >> afterwards, it's not the logo we picked. (I agree, simple edits are fine, >> but >> the comments weren't about simple edits, as far as understand.) >> >> However, if others want to make proposals that the Plasma team might like >> better, maybe it is a better thing to create original proposals and not >> change my proposal to be what you think should be there. If the Plasma >> team >> feels that my logo is not what they would like to have, then let’s not >> modify it and find an original alternative created by different artists. >> >> >> I disagree there. Plasma is a collaborative project, we do things >> together. My >> way of the highway is generally not the way we work, and I think it's >> quite >> natural to suggest changes, that is how we usually work. >> >> I think people may have been confused by you making the logo available >> under a >> license that allows changes, so we thought that it's OK to polish it some >> more. If it isn't, that's also fine, but it explains where this confusion >> comes >> from. >> >> Personally, I find it unfortunate that you do not want any changes to the >> logo. >> I can undestand it, but given its basic design is quite popular, I think >> it's >> a shame to ask people not to change it. I respect your choice, however, >> so I >> guess that's how it is. >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> sebas >> >> Sebastian Kügler • http://vizZzion.org • http://www.kde.org >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Visual-design mailing list > visual-des...@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/visual-design > >
