Promo/Old/Swag

It's been discussed that the promo team should have a list of goodies like shirts, hats, mugs, pens, stickers, etc. It was decided that we could achieve this with the creation of a KDE storefront that sells these things.

What's been done

Sebas and others have registered a storefront on Spreadshirt which you can see at http://gearwear.spreadshirt.com
Sebas designed 2 shirts and posted them
Sebas asked for volunteers to help with getting this going and Justin agreed to lend a hand
Justin sent out several calls for help in designing shirts in blog entries on Planet KDE but got little to no response
Jos spurred a discussion about the status of this in which Stu suggested brainstorming for ideas on specific designs which we could then ask artists to act upon for us

Design proposals

Idea	Description	Proposed by	Designs submitted by	Approved?
PC v Mac v KDE	3 people standing next to each other saying, "I'm a PC" (or "I'm Windows" in box w/ window, "I'm a Mac" tied up in mouse cord/ipod earphone cable, "I'm free" standing happy/unbound. Add KDE logo and "Be Free" slogan.	Stu	n/a	n/a
What is KDE?	Konqui, looking confused, asking "What is KDE?" with KDE.org and/or "Ask me"	Stu	n/a	n/a
I am KDE	"I am KDE" (optionally with "are you?") + some KDE logos or konqui	Stu	n/a	n/a
KDE logo "in progress"	KDE oxygen logo, with part starting out as a "blueprint" design (no colors, etc), but you have parts of the logo colored in and then part that is totally finished w/ gradient colors/details/etc. Transition of "in progress" to finished product type of idea.	Celeste Paul	n/a	n/a
KDE art past and present	Chronological design that showcases KDE artwork past & present	p.daniels (@teeahr1) on Identi.ca	n/a	n/a
KDE people	K logo (or Konqui) made up of faces of KDE contributors/users/anyone - slogan "KDE: The sum of its parts"	Stu	n/a	n/a
Part of the KDE Family	Konqi and Katie high fiving or engaging in other team/family activities with the text "Part of the KDE Family" (taken from our suggested branding for third party apps) at the front and the KDE Logo and a link to the "Get Involed" page.	Ryan Rix	Ryan Rix	n/a
Application Specific	Designs including app-specific logos or text (perhaps get feedback from each team)	Justin Kirby	n/a	n/a
Team specific	Designs geared towards certain teams in community, e.g. Promo team shirts or Artist team shirts, etc	Justin Kirby	n/a	n/a

Design Development

Work in progress designs to be built upon

PC vs Mac vs KDE

Obviously needs a lot of work from someone who can do computer graphics (that's supposed to be an apple next to the second guy). We can change sex/race etc. Alternative metaphor for Mac would be to put the guy in a big rain coat. We want to avoid direct use of words like Windows and Mac or any of the trademarked logos.

Updated. This is front. Back could just be "Be Free", perhaps with KDE logo and certainly with web address. Probably I prefer the original Windows guy Stu

This is another graphic based on the idea. I think we should honor the community by saying 'we' instead of 'I'. If you have a question or are interessted in the svg source, just contact me Kame2

KDE Logo in progress

Ingo's, based on Celeste's suggestion:

Ingo's alternative take:

(This one could even work with a headline like "connect the pieces", which is indeed a nice ad - courtesy of Nightrose) --Neverendingo 00:45, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Here's another idea for "In Progress" based on Celeste's suggestion: --Leeolson

What still needs to happen

Identify artists willing to create designs based on these ideas (or based on ideas of their own)
Collect these designs here on the wiki
Obtain e.V. Board approval on proposed designs
Upload them to Spreadshirt
Ensure accounting/billing details are properly arranged and configured
Advertise the existence of the store to the community

Longer term plans

Work with sprint/conference organizers to provide event related designs
Work with event sponsors to get them to order KDE gear through our store rather than going through some other channel to have them made