On Nov 25, 2007 10:54 PM, Troy James Sobotka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Perhaps a few questions and you can evaluate it yourself: > > 1) Do you feel gloss is contemporary? Can you site any > contemporary trend from a designer / art / photography > magazine that would suggest that glossy / shiny is > heading back into mainstream? Are there perhaps other > styles that might be not only more fresh but more evocative > of a potential Ubuntu 'identity'? > > 2) Does green feel close to Ubuntu's lineage considering > its brown hues of past? > > 3) Does grass seem distinctive and innovative considering > the operating system landscape? Leopard pre-releases and > Vista have both featured grass wallpapers. Is duplication > and imitation something that you wish Ubuntu to forward > as a trend? > > 4) Ubuntu has strict rules regarding the presentation of > its official logo. Were you aware that there are rules > governing the colours laid out in the official logo? Do > you think that Mark Shuttlworth would be willing to stray > from the default logo colours presented in the past three > to four years? Do you think it would be wise for a company > such as Coca-Cola to stray from their brand logo of red and > white? Pepsi to stray from their brand logo of blue, white, > and red? > > 5) On a technological note, is the mock you presented viable? > Does translucency currently exist as you have it presented? > Is the visual styling of the menu etc. currently attainable > with the codebase? > > 6) Having considered the audience you are designing this for, > do you believe it helps to create an emotional attachment to > the Ubuntu identity? Does it have a clear voice or tepid > delivery? Does it have enough body to create a full fledged > motif from for marketing and further material? Is the palette > rounded out enough to support such a presentation? > > Hope these questions help to illuminate possible future direction. > > Sincerely, > TJS >
Is it just me or did anyone else find this message a little rude and rather intimidating? Philip -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
