I don't want to come across crass, but to be honest most professional designers find this sort of contest rather offensive, as it trivializes the design process and asks for spec work. A very large part of successful design is communication with the client. It would be better to instead receive previous work samples from UI designers/studios interested in participating in the project and select a few to present their ideas in proposal format. This will allow for them to have the proper time to ask questions and get a real feel for what is needed, rather than simply putting together pretty pictures. It will also increase the amount of qualified responses.
Regards, Kris -----Original message----- From: Yvan Barthélemy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:52:22 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [art] OOo design contest targetted to users and designers in the Mac community > Hello, > > I has a discussion with Bernhard Dippold and Florent Effenberger > about a contest that I want to organize in order to promote > OpenOffice.org to the Mac community. > > I would like to have your opinion about the current draft. > > The title of the contest might be : > "Design the best interface mockup ever for Aqua version of > OpenOffice.org" > > What would be expected to be provided by participants : > Screens of their wanted UI for the main windows and interface > elements of OpenOffice (i.e. for the main window will be a drawing of > the entire window, how it looks like, what there is in it, how the > user interact with, etc.) > > I am aware that more details should be added here. > > This contest is firstly marketing, and then a source of idea that > should be profitable for OpenOffice.org on all platforms, not only > Aqua, even if the contest is mainly targetted to Aqua peoples. > > The criterias for selection might be : > - Aqua Integration > - Innovation > - Productivity > - Appeal > - Work licensed under LGPL > > The process might be : > - Mockup submission for two weeks (mainly general and functional > ideas) > - Jury deliberating for selection of the 3, 5 of 10 best mockups > - User vote > > The objectives are the following : > - Communicate on the Aqua OpenOffice.org port differently than > using the traditionnal developement/update announces > - Communicate about our willing to have the best interface for our > Office suite. > > There is no any warranty for the winner. And I believe that the whole > set of ideas of the winner won't be integrated, but mostly part of it > (and probably not only the ideas of the winner). However, this should > be discussed with the UI team. > > What would be possible: An Aqua theme for the UI (and behaviours) - > as an alternative to the "official" one. In fact, I just intend to > collect ideas. I am not in a position to impose anything to any > development team. > > In order that project reach its goal, I need some help : > - Any idea is welcome ! > - A list of person to notify for contest promotion > - I need some prizes or some money for prizes > - Volunteers for jury members > > Thanks for your interest, > Yvan BARTHELEMY > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
