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Design proposals

Idea Description Proposed by Designs submitted by Approved?
KDE logo "in progress"
Celeste Paul
Lee Olson
KDE art past and present
Chronological design that showcases KDE artwork past & present
p.daniels (@teeahr1) on Identi.ca
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
It's Time A merging of the gear logo and an analog clock (plasma?) with the K lying fully inside the clock as the hands of the clock, and the gear teeth running around the outside of the clock. Text above logo "It's Time", optional text below logo "For Linux on the desktop". Because Plasma is all about clocks :-) John Layt Lee Olson n/a
Mass Appeal A Shirt that will appeal to people that might not have even heard of KDE, a design that is not overtly technical but should be able to show some geek cred (for people in the know.) Something that could be used as a conversation starter about what KDE is. Saleel Velankar Saleel Velankar n/a

Design requirements for Spreadshirt

If you upload it in PNG format (pixel based) then it can have a zillion colors and it doesn't seem to matter. If you make one in this format I suggest something very high resolution and high DPI. Things still look good when you make them smaller but stretching pixel based images is bad I think. In general this format seems OK for something like Ryan's design I think.

The vector designs are supposed to be EPS format (I think?). I need to investigate this a little more. In the vector designs it does matter how many colors you use and using more does change the price. This seems to only be important if you want to use the design on some of the fancier items like baseball caps or laptop bags or something. It may also just be generally higher quality printing on the shirt but it's hard for me to tell from the info on the web site. We might need to just try having a shirt or two printed to see what the quality is like and make a decision about whether PNG uploads turn out decent looking gear or not. Just FYI...the designs Sebas posted are pixel based and seem to look nice on the web site. Maybe he can tell us if they look good in person if he's ordered one?

Pixel based: - use as much colors as you want - it is printed on a transparent film which is glued to the shirt - transparent parts glitter a bit so you can see the rest of the film - with time the transparent parts become a bit grayish - it looses contrast over time

Vector based: - colors don't loose contrast over time - no ghost-borders surrounding the graphic - max three colors - no gradients - all pathes have to be closed - all elements have to be curves (no simple lines, no text) - overlapping elements are not allowed - no element should be smaller than 1.5mm (0.6 inches) - space between elements has to be 1mm (0.4 inches) or more - keep the number of anchor points low (max 2000 per color) - keep the number of holes low (any hole has to be removed by hand) - use eps format

Design Development

Work in progress designs to be built upon

PC vs Mac vs KDE



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:



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


Part of the KDE Family

It's Time

Here's an idea for "It's Time" based on John Layt's suggestion: --Leeolson


We are KDE

The idea is that it is supposed to look like a crowd holding up cards (like you see at football matches sometimes). Initially I think it could do with less cards (3x6, 2x4?) to make it simpler and maybe some hands holding them, or bits of people visible. Stu


Input / Output


Give it almost any device and KDE can open up an amazing array of software and experiences. Designed to be free of text so it's a) International language friendly and b) Can be visually "read" in a glance. Is also deliberately OS agnostic. Why KDE "Vs" Mac and Windows? Don't we want people to use us on these platforms? (Yes, I run Linux :-)


Revised version


Revised version (Stu) using stars instead of brackets


Revised version (Stu) using setting it up as a sum (loses the whole IO thing and probably a lot of the point)

What is KDE


Update with Konqi more confused.

What still needs to happen

  2. Collect these designs here on the wiki
  3. Have the Promo team "approve" designs for publishing on the store
  4. Have Justin or someone else with access upload them to Spreadshirt
  5. Ensure accounting/billing details are properly arranged and configured (maybe? might not be necessary)
  6. Advertise the existence of the store to the community

Longer term plans

