Hi Nik, argh, am I late? Or should I ask: am I too late? :-)
Thanks a lot for the summary and making up the wiki page ... I felt free to add the brainstorming proposals I've talked about yesterday. Thus, I'm very sorry for the "late submission". I wasn't able to bring up something really new within the last hours, but I tried to clean up my available stuff to - at least - present it to you. And I felt free to add two things: a triangle pattern that might serve as a "motif", and a large scale motif (is there a better description in English) that serves different document types. Combine the two, and voilà ;-) Here you go: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Motif#Brainstorming Okay, and a small hint for those who want to start to design (see Nik's mail below) in Inkscape - there is an excellent "Lore Ipsum Generator" built in. And to all - thanks for your excellent input! Cheers, Christoph Am Montag, den 07.03.2011, 03:18 +1100 schrieb Nik: > Hullo Design! > > It's open-season on the Motif. *We have hit the week-long > (business-week) Design phase!* > So get your preferred tool of awesome-vector-creation out, whether that > is Inkscape, Illustrator or even pencil+paper (not so scalable =). > > Here is a summary of the ideas resulting from the brainstorming phase; > > * History > * Revival > * People / Community > * Imagination / Creativity > * Possibility > * Freedom > * Openness > * Security > * Individuality > * Professionalism > * Others are listed in more general descriptions on the motif page > > > Here is what our branding specifies; > > * Clean > * Balanced > * Friendly > > > Recommended visual tools; > > * Colour > * Pattern > * Shape > * (I would add: texture) > > > So we have ideas and concepts, *It's time to Design!* > > * Pick a concept you'd like to convey and, while adhering to the > branding, create a first draft of your motif. > * Upload it to the Wiki page > (http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Motif) under the new > "Motif proposals" section (bottom of page). > * Add a preview image (jpeg/gif/png) if possible (svg preview is > quite bad). > * Explain what you were aiming to do with the Design, or more > importantly, what it communicates. > > * If possible, please provide a preview of how the Design would look > in context: it should be the same context to keep everything > consistent.* > So the context should be: An A4-size letterhead for LibreOffice* > (210mmx297mm). This is so you don't have to worry about creating > content. > > > And you can add this letterhead-info to make your life easier; > Name Surnameson > 123 Roadly drive, Suburbia > SinCity, Countria. 54321 > Tel: 9876 54321 Fax: 9876 54322 > Email: name.surname...@generic-co.com > > Just add the logo somewhere on the letterhead too and your Design motif > somewhere on the page. > You can fill the page with Lorem Ipsum dummy-text > (http://lipsum.lipsum.com/) to add realism. > > Head over to this page for more information: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Motif > ... > > > On 3/6/2011 10:32 AM, Christoph Noack wrote: > > Hi Nik! > > > > Am Samstag, den 05.03.2011, 03:33 +1100 schrieb Nik: > >> Hi Design! > >> > >> 2 more days to go until the "brainstorming" of motif ideas is over and > >> we begin design proposals (on Monday). > >> Head over to this page for more information; > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Motif > > I still try to figure out how to catch up with some of the older > > tasks ... if I won't manage that (well), I'll simply upload what I have > > tomorrow evening (my time). > > > >> On 2/28/2011 10:45 AM, Christoph Noack wrote: > > ... > >>> Am Sonntag, den 27.02.2011, 22:36 +0100 schrieb Bernhard Dippold: > > ... > >>> http://luxate.blogspot.com/2010/11/libreoffice-33-artwork-improvements.html > >> I'm glad to include these on the page, but we should expect that these > >> previous elements will have no significant bearing on the Motif > >> yet-to-be-designed. > >> I don't like carrying-over elements just because they have been used, I > >> think it would be better to craft new elements from scratch with clear > >> purpose+intentions+context from the beginning. > > True, but I hope that gives an impression what we've used so far - maybe > > it is inspiring - maybe not :-) I still like it somehow, since the > > show-to-the-upper-right triangle (whether it is varied in size, color, > > position) is still a strong link to the Document Symbol. > Hi Christoph, > I think the triangle is great, but to continue to use it in exactly the > same way as in the logo, I think that would be a mistake. > It seems too obvious and repetitive (not in a consistent way, but in a > tiring way) to use it in many places. > And adding more clipped top-right corners and floating triangles will > reduce the impact of the current logo's appeal. > But that is just my opinion, obviously no-one is restricted from > creating whatever motif they want to propose! > > > And, > > personally, it does have some meaning for me (progress, freedom, > > direction, guidance). > > > > See you tomorrow ... > > > > Cheers, > > Christoph > > > *C'mon crew, let's drop some jaws! =)* > -Nik > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
