[Mageia-discuss] Artwork - Mageia Logo contest

Thu Sep 23 13:49:31 CEST 2010

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Graham Lauder <yorick_ at openoffice.org> wrote:
+> 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.
+>
+> --
+> Graham Lauder,
+> OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ
+> http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html
+>
+> OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant.
+>
+> INGOTs Assessor Trainer
+> (International Grades in Open Technologies)
+> www.theingots.org
+
+
+Hear! Hear!
+
+Let's first decide on the color pallet and style. Then build a logo
+following those directives.
+
+Current logos could provide a way to test color pallettes, though, so
+the effort is not wasted.
+
+
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