I tried to make one wallpaper for windows.
It is also on my github repo.
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I will try to rotate the entire thing upright more so people can tell itâs actually a framework.
It doesnât have to be the logo.
This, for example, is the wallpaper that absolutely everyone have seen (I think used before 2010 on some Dell business machines)
If you still have one of those machines (that runs), man. It can go into a tech museum or something.
After which they made (a extremely small batch) of this
Which I think is also around the same age (given the âinspiron XPS gen 2 markingâ)
And this is their current G3 wallpaper
What Iâm trying to say here is to not just play around with the logo. Itâs only what that we use to identify the brand with, and thereâs no need to glorify it. The principle (of modularity, repairability, and the right to repair) is so much more (beyond the company), and I think there can be some ⌠graphic elements. Beyond the logo (which, really, is optional) to show that.
Ifixit famously made âdevice internal wallpapersâ, but some of them can be quite distracting, and not all devices have one.
Speaking of which.
Framework is the name of the company.
You canât just literally call the laptop âFramework Laptopâ, right?
Cause that would be just ⌠unimpressive.
Dell is the name of the company (and also the name of the founder), and, well, their product have names like âInspironâ, âVostroâ, âPrecisionâ, and iFixit kits have the âMantaâ, âMoorayâ, those cool stuff.
Granted, Framework really have only one model to offer. But I think itâs something that can be considered.
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Can you share it again? Iâd like to tinker around with it
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I have created a plymouth theme (Linux only) with the animations from @sniss. If they allow me I will link back my GitHub repository for it. If no special license is requested by @sniss, I would like to publish the whole theme under the MIT license.
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Why not? Framework hasnât announced model names; so far all the branding is for âFramework Laptopâ.
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It would be nice to come up with names. If they plan on releasing multiple different models.
And even then, you can still name things. Intel famously made a reference design called a XPG or something.
The âPrincipleâ 13 inch
The 15 inch could be âEvoâ or something of that nature. âThe step toward size, weight, cost and performanceâ.
So next time, when the 13 inch is referred, we would say âFramework Principleâ. Instead of saying âFramework 13 inch Gen xyzâ. If we get there, that is.
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Thought Iâd share some of my framework pixel art ^^
Canât wait for my framework laptop to arrive!
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Touch Sensor is not as clear as Fingerprint Reader.
Otherwise great retro art.
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âI recon I could do better on that logo.â
Which oneâs better?
Right is final result.
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You guys please remember who were using this fist in the past. It brings me bad memories⌠Raised fist - Wikipedia
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So does it refer to some communist politically orientated country that you were bound to?
Although the symbol is used to represent âsolidarityâ and that the fist is greater than the sum of the fingers, I agree it is a rather ugly symbol as it refers to the struggle for more power whichever group uses it. It just seems insensitive and I definitely would never use it.
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Exactly. Itâs like swastika - positive symbol used by political agenda, ruining it.
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Umm, the fist is largely used for activist motions fighting opression? While there are bad use cases, I think you all are overreacting? Comparing it to a swastika is pretty ridicuolousâŚ
Also itâs the standard symbol for right to repairâŚ
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Iâm gonna side with @Shiroudan here, if you donât like the fist, thatâs totally fine, but itâs such a ubiquitous symbol that itâs unreasonable to assign it a purely negative meaning.
I donât think I would ever use it, but thereâs really no reason to come to a fan art thread and go âyour art makes me uncomfortableâ, if it makes you uncomfortable, just ignore it.
Itâs not even the fist alone either, itâs the fist with a wrench, which is a different symbol, and one for right to repair to boot, which is kinda the whole selling point of the Framework laptop
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Just be careful what signs you are using⌠I âfeel uncomfortableâ because people using these signs destroyed my country. I am ignoring this art, no problem, but I want to give my 2 cents, consider it history lesson. Itâs important that we remember so we donât fall into the same trap as X years ago.
Be aware. Thatâs all.
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Well the SwastiKa was used quite differenly given it originally meant going with the sun and good luck. That the naziâs used it didnât change itâs meaning but just coloured itâs use for maybe many generations.
The fist may well be used as sign of fighting oppresion but it simply a close fist provoking power.
So in the first case it is about good smooth sunny intentions and the fist is asscocited with violence. That the violence is in support of people deemed oppresed is the same reason no doubt hitler used as his excuse for violence.
The symbols have been used to represent violence and the only two issues are a) the fist was never a sign of love eminating from the soul and b) the fist is more used as a call to fight outwardly
Sure the fist gangs havenât mobilised a national army under a symbol, well not yet anyway. Given the New Naziâs, Nationalist, Fascists, Anti-fascists the symbol isnât really relevant itâs just the fear or loathing of gang warfare which often coems from those who consider themselves desrving of better, which will always be at the expense of others.
Itâs not the symbol that matters but the fear or discomfort that is invoked in the individual.
The right to repair isnât benign to me. I donât need some symbol to show the law that must be obeyed I will repair what I can if I want to. Itâs a privalege and a skill and not a right.
Laws are only laws if they are enforceble and the fist looks like itâs trying to enforce something ~ itâs not for me either. Dontât want some wayving their fistin my face as they have established the right, it just means they have the power. Yuk!
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The fist part do have eerie resemblance to the fist that was shown in the wikipedia page.
HOWEVER:
- Upon closer inspection, the fingers are made more angular, the area near âthenar eminenceâ is also slightly more angular, and the palm âcreaseâ is also different.
- Perhaps more importantly, the hand is holding a adjustable wrench, which, perhaps, have more meanings than the hand itself.
Because a wrench â by and of itself â does not mean anything. Itâs just a common tool in a shop. Perhaps we can understand the fist to be a symbol of âthe peopleâ, which I donât think is a stretch.
Also, this movement is literally called right to repair. Itâs not about if you are able to repair or not. Itâs to put regulations in how companies should support the " repair and modify their own consumer products in ways that would help increase their lifetime and/or performance".
And also, this same graphics (albeit, without the ring, and maybe slightly rotated) is present on effectively every iFixit product. If there is a problem with said graphics, then iFixit would probably have faced a much bigger issue.
Itâs simply a symbol, yes, not unlike Swa[_]ka. However, the latter is related to, well, (mostly) crazy people, but the former isnât.
TL;DR
Itâs like how if your car tire had a puncture you donât have to go to your car dealer to get it fixed, taking three weeks, and all cars effectively use the same wheels. You can change them out yourself or at a local tire repair shop. And attempting to apply this idea to other consumer products (including John Deere tractors).
And locked cellphones tied to a specific carrierâs networks.
I think we have had enough discussion on this matter, and we are getting way off topic and approaching âextreme discussionâ territory.
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