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

Bram Geenen info at bramgeenen.com
Wed Dec 11 08:01:58 UTC 2013


Yes I would help you out with the draft.


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>wrote:

> 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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