Interesting, but those CouchBase jerks already did it: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Couchbase%2C_Inc._official_logo.png
We might own the concept of Couch and the original red couch logo, but I am sure they'll get angry and make our lives difficult if we make ours look similar to theirs. -Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Green" <dbryan.gr...@gmail.com> To: d...@couchdb.apache.org, "Joan Touzet" <woh...@apache.org> Cc: user@couchdb.apache.org Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 9:17:50 PM Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Improved CouchDB logo I think it would be interesting just to get rid of the person altogether and have some sort of stylized couch. Bryan Green aka "lispyone" On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 7:27 PM, Joan Touzet < woh...@apache.org > wrote: At 3 different conferences I've attended in 2014: CloudantCON 2014, OSCON 2014 and Velocity NYC 2014, I've been approached by people complaining about the CouchDB logo. The argument is that the logo looks like a man who is posed in a suggestive way, or as one person put it, "showing you his crotch and inviting you over." These were not lighthearted expressions of concern to me over drinks - they were heartfelt complaints from people who care about CouchDB and its image in the open source community. I must admit I didn't think it was an issue at first, but like the saying goes, once you've seen it, you can't un-see it. As a reminder here is our current logo: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/supplement/logo/couchdb-logo.png Or in SVG: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/supplement/logo/couchdb-logo.svg I'd like to propose improving the logo with a new drawing that keeps the same theme - red couch, reclining figure in white - but alters the pose to be a bit less suggestive. Other suggestions are welcome, naturally, but a redrawn current-style logo probably has the least objections. Of course, if we agree to such a change, I'll need your help. I can't draw, and I'm sure many of the rest of you can't either. If you're an artist, and you agree, would you consider posting an altered logo in reply to this thread that fixes the problem? You can find all of the source files (Adobe Illustrator) at: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/supplement/logo/ -Joan
