Promo/Old/Swag
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It's been discussed that the promo team should have a list of goodies like shirts, hats, mugs, pens, stickers, etc. It was decided that we could achieve this with the creation of a KDE storefront that sells these things.
What's been done
- Sebas and others have registered a storefront on Spreadshirt which you can see at http://gearwear.spreadshirt.com
- Sebas designed 2 shirts and posted them
- Sebas asked for volunteers to help with getting this going and Justin agreed to lend a hand
- Justin sent out several calls for help in designing shirts in blog entries on Planet KDE but got little to no response
- Jos spurred a discussion about the status of this in which Stu suggested brainstorming for ideas on specific designs which we could then ask artists to act upon for us
Design proposals
| Idea | Description | Proposed by | Designs submitted by | Approved? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC v Mac v KDE | 3 people standing next to each other saying, "I'm a PC" (or "I'm Windows" in box w/ window, "I'm a Mac" tied up in mouse cord/ipod earphone cable, "I'm free" standing happy/unbound. Add KDE logo and "Be Free" slogan. | Stu | n/a | n/a |
| What is KDE? | Konqui, looking confused, asking "What is KDE?" with KDE.org and/or "Ask me" | Stu | n/a | n/a |
| I am KDE | "I am KDE" (optionally with "are you?") + some KDE logos or konqui | Stu | n/a | n/a |
| KDE logo "in progress" |
KDE oxygen logo, with part starting out as a "blueprint" design (no colors, etc), but you have parts of the logo colored in and then part that is totally finished w/ gradient colors/details/etc. Transition of "in progress" to finished product type of idea. |
Celeste Paul |
n/a |
n/a |
| KDE art past and present |
Chronological design that showcases KDE artwork past & present |
p.daniels (@teeahr1) on Identi.ca |
n/a |
n/a |
| KDE people | K logo (or Konqui) made up of faces of KDE contributors/users/anyone - slogan "KDE: The sum of its parts" | Stu | n/a | n/a |
| Application Specific | Designs including app-specific logos or text (perhaps get feedback from each team) | Justin Kirby | n/a | n/a |
| Team specific | Designs geared towards certain teams in community, e.g. Promo team shirts or Artist team shirts, etc | Justin Kirby | n/a | n/a |
Design Development
Work in progress designs to be built upon
- PC vs Mac vs KDE. Obviously needs a lot of work from someone who can do computer graphics (that's supposed to be an apple next to the second guy). We can change sex/race etc. Alternative metaphor for Mac would be to put the guy in a big rain coat. We want to avoid direct use of words like Windows and Mac or any of the trademarked logos.
What still needs to happen
- Identify artists willing to create designs based on these ideas (or based on ideas of their own)
- Collect these designs here on the wiki
- Obtain e.V. Board approval on proposed designs
- Upload them to Spreadshirt
- Ensure accounting/billing details are properly arranged and configured
- Advertise the existence of the store to the community
Longer term plans
- Work with sprint/conference organizers to provide event related designs
- Work with event sponsors to get them to order KDE gear through our store rather than going through some other channel to have them made