[Sur] [Sugar-devel] Flat design causes uncertainty

[Laura Vargas]

... do we have official permission to use OLPC's logo in our Home View?
James?
Although the intention to put the child at the center is solid design, the
XO logo has grown to signify a brand, so I think we should change it,
regardless.
+1 for updating the main icon.

In my opinion each day more and more countries adopt educational frameworks
aligned with the *Global Development Goals and Sugar Labs should not be
left behind*.

My personal preference would be to modify the child centered concept it
currently has for an icon that represents the concept of *"using technology
for loving Planet Earth"*.

Peace, love, Planet Earth and/or the "sustainable development" concept on
the main icon will resonate easy with a young generation that today witness
the need for this radical change :D

I would like to hear young voices in community for more ideas.


Regards

Laura V
Laura V

[Sebastian Silva]

Hi Laura,

:-)

Post by Laura Vargas
My personal preference would be to modify the child centered concept
it currently has for an icon that represents the concept of *"using
technology for loving Planet Earth"*.
Peace, love, Planet Earth and/or the "sustainable development" concept
on the main icon will resonate easy with a young generation that today
witness the need for this radical change :D

While I see where you're coming from, I think you're proposing a radical
change. The strong idea is to put the learner at the centre of his own
learning, signified in Sugar by the XO's logo prominence.

The fact remains that the XO logo icon is a registered trademark
<http://www.trademarkia.com/xo-78880051.html> and therefore we need to
change it, in order to protect our users and downstream distributors
from any limitations imposed by the trademark owner.

Here's what I have currently merged to solved it for now, and it is
already in the Github repository, where a discussion is being held. I'm
sure it can be improved, from the original by Abdo from Noun Project, I
stretched it sideways. I think it conveys "self" "child" and also has a
bit of "feet touching earth" which is very powerful. Also, it has a
slight resemblance to our bigger brother, Gnome, for good reason.

I hope you like it!



Finally, I think it serves well for the purpose of distancing Sugar from
any particular vendor, as people still seem to be confused.

Warm regards,

Sebastian