I agree with a lot of what So Yeon said, including the comments on secondary colors and the motifs.
I'm an former interaction design/current CS student. Elle On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:12 PM, So Yeon Jeong <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Allan and engagement list! > > I'm So Yeon from NYC studying web and software design, and looking for > experience working on software design. Previously, I worked at a design > studio doing marketing and branding work in Boston. Currently, I'm studying > computer graphics and design at Pratt Institute in New York. > > Having looked at the guidelines and example designs, here are some > comments: > > - Does this style guide apply just to the software design, or to the > marketing/brand content (website, business cards), or both? > - Typography: Is there a reason for the switch from Cantarell (which > is already used throughout the website and such) to Source Sans Pro? Both > are fine and simple sans serifs but if you are already using one, what is > the reason for the switch? > - Secondary colors: It may be useful to see color gradients with > varying saturations and brightnesses. The purple comes off as a bit heavy > to me, for instance. > - Visual motifs: What is the context in which the three motifs in the > first row would be used in? While I understand that the rest of the motifs > are playing off the wallpaper designs, in the actual sample designs, I'm > finding that the simple and strong GNOME logo clashes a bit with the > delicate motifs.Though it does work better, in my opinion, when it is > filling a shape (for example, in website badges or leaflets). Maybe it > would be useful to play around with the motif in different color schemes to > make it stronger and less delicate? > - Generally, it may be useful to explain more contexts within the > style guide. > > > Best, > So Yeon > > Subject: GNOME Style Guide >> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:55:22 +0000 >> From: Allan Day <[email protected]> >> To: engagement-list <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> One of the problems we have in the Engagement Team is that each time >> someone comes to do visual design work, they often pick their own fonts, >> colours and visual style. This means that the project lacks a single visual >> identity. >> >> Last year, Carla Quintana Carrasco did some work to help us with this. >> Over the summer, she helped us evaluate colour schemes, fonts, and visual >> approaches. I've just created some draft guidelines < >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-m >> arketing/master/brand/style-guide.png>, as well as a set of example >> designs <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-m >> arketing/master/brand/style-examples.png>, based on this work. >> >> My view is that it would be extremely advantageous for us to adopt a set >> of guidelines, and encourage their use wherever possible. Not only would >> this help with brand recognition, but it will also make it easier for new >> contributors to develop their own materials, and will allow us to create a >> set of template resources that members of the community can use. >> >> It would be great to hear your thoughts on this, including feedback on >> the guidelines and examples themselves. >> >> Allan >> > > > _______________________________________________ > engagement-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list > >
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