[IAEP] Branding and mascot (Was: Re: Color combos for the logo)

[Erik Blankinship]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Eben Eliason <eben.eliason at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Eben Eliason <eben.eliason at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Kevin Cole <dc.loco at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:45, Eben Eliason <eben.eliason at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'd strongly recommend against eliminating the XO as the core element
> >>> of the UI.  It was chosen specifically to represent children, and to
> >>> maintain the human/body metaphors where appropriate.  Substituting it
> >>> with anything other than a human likeness would be counterproductive,
> >>> I fear.
> >>
> >> Is it possible to "split the difference"?  It seems to me that by
> >> adding "wings" of a sort to the XO figure, you'd be able to
> >> approximate something that still looks human, yet also looks like a
> >> sugar glider -- or a kid with a hang glider.  Clearly related to the
> >> original, but like the Red Bull commercials say "Sugar gives you
> >> wings!" ;-)
> >
> > I don't think so.  That misses the point, which is that the children
> > themselves—not flying squirrels, however cute ;) —are represented as a
>
> My apologies extend to the marsupials, should I have offended them
> with my ignorance. =)
>

Then again...

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