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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.surnameson@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




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