On 12/23/2015 09:35 AM, Diana Connolly wrote: > Warm grey is available in women's. >
Oh yeah! I guess the thing about that was that it was an alternate dark color, and the cool blue was definitely a *good* option we want to emphasize. I'd be fine with highlighting Warm Gray as an option with a mock-up alongside the cool blue if people think that' preferable. > > > On 12/23/2015 04:17 AM, mray wrote: >> Aaron and I came to the conclusion that there are just too many factors >> that play into how we present colors on our shirts. >> >> The angles in question are: >> * what ink/shirt combination work at all? >> * what combinations match the official snowdrift.coop > <http://snowdrift.coop> style? >> * what combinations look great? >> * what combinations do we want to offer? >> * what combinations are available for which sex? >> * in how far do we let people make own choices >> >> Our conclusion is to just go for a combination of snowdrift.coop > <http://snowdrift.coop> colors >> now – and link to all respective avilable shirt colors. Once we have >> actual prints of alternate combinations, and we are convinced that they >> work great, we can put them next to the current shirts on the homepage >> with actual photos. >> >> For now this is a trade-off in favor of our promotion goals and at the >> expense of the fashion aware approach and effort from everybody, >> especially Diana. I think this is just a save answer on how to proceed >> now, and I'm honestly looking forward to see what other combinations >> will get your approval. >> >> This is how the page would look like now: https://imgur.com/a/PhOl1 >> >> What are your opinions? >> >> >> Greetings, >> Robert >> >> > > I'm looking forward to hearing other people's thoughts, but my view: > > I like the light gray (warmer looking), but it's men's only, same with > Warm Gray (dark, warm color). Maybe some women will prefer that and want > to order a men's shirt to get that color? Confusing though. > Unfortunately, most people getting shirts at this time are men, but we > don't want to reinforce that trend. > > The one other shirt that is available for both is Heather Gray. There's > a real risk that the ink colors against Heather Gray will be unacceptable. > > So, for the initial order, I plan to *definitely* order at least one > each of Light Gray, Warm Gray, and Heather Gray so that we at least see > how they turn out in reality. If Heather Gray is good, we have another > possible option that isn't different for men's and women's. If the other > men's ones are good, we can take photos of them and show that by the > options link with label, although it's still quite unfortunate that > there's no women's cut of those colors. > > Obviously, anyone here who wants to choose a different color is welcome > to do so. Incidentally, we need to decide something about the extent of > offering shirts to volunteers who didn't donate financially at the shirt > level but who may like shirts and are putting in good volunteer time, > and whether we want to mention a shirt-for-volunteering option in some > public statement. > > Cheers, > Aaron > > -- > Aaron Wolf Snowdrift.coop <https://snowdrift.coop> > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > Design@lists.snowdrift.coop <mailto:Design@lists.snowdrift.coop> > https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/design -- Aaron Wolf Snowdrift.coop <https://snowdrift.coop> _______________________________________________ Design mailing list Design@lists.snowdrift.coop https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/design
