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[[Category:DesignTeam]] [[Category:Sugarlabs logo]]
 
[[Category:DesignTeam]] [[Category:Sugarlabs logo]]
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The icon for Sugarlabs should have the following qualities in order to appeal to children
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:: I think this may be both "appeal to children" and "call up childlike images in the minds of adults" - just saying that most of us are not exactly in our target user base. ;) [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 03:00, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
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* Simple
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* bright colors
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* not overly polished
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==== Sun/Starfish/Acorn/Dandelion ====
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Here is a suggestion:
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[[Image:Sugar-icon-v1.png]]
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I like the sun logo because:
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* The sun represents knowledge in many cultures
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* It looks a little bit like a child
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[[Image:Logodraft-starfish.png|300px|frame|none|Inspired by Greg, Caroline, and "The Starfish and the Spider." Also somewhat boring and generic.]]
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[[Image:Logodraft-starfishweb.png|300px|frame|none|The starfish learns to spin a web, the starfish surfs the web, the starfish has a network... unfortunately, this could also be read as "the starfish got stuck in the web."]]
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[[Image:Logodraft-acorn.png|300px|frame|none|Somewhat boring and generic, but acorns are often a symbol for youth, trees a symbol of knowledge.]]
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[[Image:Logodraft-dandelion.png|300px|frame|none|Dandelions sprout just about everywhere. Their flowers and seeds are often played with (and spread by) young children. They are also native to temperate areas of the northern hemisphere.]]
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[[Image:Logodraft-dandelion-seed.png|300px|frame|none|A dandelion seed in flight, one of billions off to explore the world and find a place to grow...]]
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[[Image:Logodraft-dandelion-head.png|300px|frame|none|A dandelion head ready to be picked up and blown on by a child.]]