In the context of the other imagery they're going to roll out, it's actually pretty cool. It's a very humanizing illustration style that I think will go a long way towards making Symbian feel a lot less borg-like to mainstream folks.<p>Check out the accompanying illustrations at flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/symbianfoundation/sets/72157616422430716/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/symbianfoundation/sets/72157616...</a>
It was well received on a popular brand identity site: <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/open_source_with_a_heart.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/open_sou...</a><p>Aren't you guys sick of gradients and bubble-buttons yet?
They're taking a page out of IBM's "Peace, Love, Linux" campaign. I think nerds are fairly easily appeased. There's nobody that seemed more borg-like than IBM a decade or two ago and they've won over the hearts of lots of geekier folk.<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kino-eye/39036635/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/kino-eye/39036635/</a>
Somehow it gives me the same impression as this: <a href="http://www.boltcity.com/copper/copper_021_happy.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.boltcity.com/copper/copper_021_happy.htm</a>
Sincerely, I think it deserves the right to be included in this: <a href="http://www.grupthink.com/topic/7964/Worst_logos_ever" rel="nofollow">http://www.grupthink.com/topic/7964/Worst_logos_ever</a>