[Open Design + Hardware] Introducing the "Chuff-a-thon"

Fri Dec 6 07:32:09 UTC 2013

Speaking with some mix of WG hat and Open Knowledge Foundation leadership
hat, I'd say you don't need Open Knowledge Foundation leadership on board
for the mascot - our mascot should be whatever the network wants :)

NB: Mascot of the open knowledge network isn't the same as the Open
Knowledge Foundation brand - both can and will exist :)

Hope that helps,

Laura

On 5 December 2013 09:34, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Yes, I actually remember that from colleagues (disclaimer: I also work for
> OKF with other stuff, but volunteer for this working group). The
> discussions we've had this time around (us being me, Primavera and Kat) was
> to perhaps give it a twist - for instance by having this be a hardware
> competition, in which the brief is to build Chuff out of physical
> materials, then submit a photograph and/or create graphical representation
> which could then potentially become the actual mascot later on.
>
> Once fully conceptionalized we would need to get OKF leadership on board
> for the mascot bit, but for now we just wanted to see if anyone would be up
> for helping frame the concept of the competition (could be something
> completely different than what is outlined above) and create a fun, shared
> project for our working group.
>
> Any input is welcome! And I'm hoping we can put together a small group
> around the idea?
>
> -Christian
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Chris Sakkas <sanglorian at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Christian,
>>
>> Did you know that there was a competition to design a Chuff logo about
>> this time last year? It only got one entry (mine), so they decided to hold
>> off for another time.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> *Chris Sakkas**Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki
>> <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/> and the Living Libre blog
>> <http://www.livinglibre.com> and Twitter feed
>> <https://twitter.com/#%21/living_libre>.*
>>
>>
>> On 5 December 2013 02:05, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> As you probably know, the Open Knowledge Foundation has a mascot,
>>> Chuff, pictured here:
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/okfn/8019235389/in/photostream/
>>>
>>> He is a sweet little Okapi that loves loves open knowledge.
>>>
>>> But here is the rub: The fluffy little thing on the picture is a
>>> trademark design, so we started talking about the need to figure out what
>>> Chuff would look like if he was redesigned under open terms. In other words
>>> - Chuff needs to be open!
>>> Maybe we could put together a design competition?
>>>
>>> Would anyone here be interested in helping put something like that
>>> together? It could potentially be called "The Chuff-a-thon"...!
>>>
>>>
>>> -Christian
>>>
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