[Mageia-discuss] Artwork - Mageia Logo contest

Thu Sep 23 13:18:36 CEST 2010

+Le 23/09/2010 13:10, Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
+> 02010/9/23 Graham Lauder<yorick_ at openoffice.org>:
+>> Decisions need to be made with regard to pallett and style.  Graphic artists
+>> and Marketing will need a style manual first before there is a decision about
+>> the logo.  To do that there needs to be an identifying of target market
+>> because different pallets appeal to different demographics and engender
+>> different reactions.  We need to identify the sort of emotions we want to
+>> engender in that target market.
+>>
+>> We need to go to the market determined to succeed, so that when the world
+>> hears Linux they see and think and feel Mageia.  Choosing logos and pallets
+>> and marketing materials is not something you leave to a lottery.
+>>
+> + 100 !
+>
+> That's what we need and what Mandriva lacked all the time : a marketing expert
+> Thx for bringing this topic to a professional level.
+>
+> I do not regard the current work as minor, pls don't get me wrong.
+> There are some nice looking ones, no doubt. But for a project logo for
+> a worldwide player (even if not in the business world) it needs a bit
+> more professionality in the whole process.
+>
+> wobo
+Completely agree with Graham and Wolfgang. Despite I'm far from being a 
+marketing guy, my profesionnal experience taught me
+that marketing stuff is quite as important as technical one (hey not as 
+much, I'm still a tech guy ;) )
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+cheers
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