maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal

	Lord Raiden	2009-06-08 , 19:33
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Originally Posted by lcuk

to get us started, i think whatever we come up with should be available in finger puppet format!

OMG, I just about spewed my lunch all over my screen laughing at that. ^_^ And as funny as that was, I would actually go for something like that if it were made available. No joke!

Originally Posted by krisse

(Just FYI, I started this thread because I mentioned a maemo mascot over in the uniform thread as a joke and got three replies in a row saying it was genuinely a good idea.)

Personally I've always been dubious about the benefit of mascots, BUT... when you think about it they do exist on an awful lot of successful open source projects, and maybe they help to make the projects more noticeable, memorable and approachable.

Given how so many products are identified by their logo, and most closely remembered/associated with it, they are important. And they're growing ever more important for FOSS too.

Originally Posted by totololo

Kawaiiiiiii !

lol. The Nihon is strong with this one.

Originally Posted by penguinbait

It's Linux, shouldn't it be a penguin of some sort? Serious, Tattooed, Branded, tablet in hand, something?

Actually, I would say no. Since Maemo is about community, a people focused logo/mascot would be best. Ubuntu is people focused and has that really weird 3 people in a circle logo (for those who didn't know, yes, that's what it is.) for their logo/mascot. On top of that, so many others have used the penguin by now that it's really become cliche'. So sticking with something a bit more original would be best.

Maybe possibly an idea like this:

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