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

Wed Dec 11 07:02:38 UTC 2013

Jorge, Bram - this is great, really like your ideas here. If I put together
a draft description of the idea, would you perhaps want to help out by
skimming the text and give feedback?

Anyone else who'd like to give feedback?

-Christian

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Bram Geenen <info at bramgeenen.com> wrote:

> Like that idea Jorge, how about an Okapi robot?
>
> I do think that making it into a project that has a strong identity and
> incorporates the ideas of the OKF would help to make it something more
> people could relate to.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Jorge Toledo <jortogar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I like the idea of making it as a physical mascot, like building, sewing
>> or knitting it and then releasing the patterns to the wild :)
>>
>>
>> 2013/12/6 Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>
>>
>>> Even better then :)
>>> Hope there are people out there who'd be up for help putting this idea
>>> more firmly together!
>>>
>>> -Christian
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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