Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: Re: [libreoffice-design] Motif draft

HI,


I don't understand the rush to find a "motif".


Brainstorming can be very useful to kickstart ideas, but also wrong when you
force implementation.


Deadlines can also be catalytic. But this timeline exclude many good ideas.


This is a big task with small benefit.


I'm afraid we'll end up with a theme or motif that only a few people like. I
don't want to see spirals, waves, animals… everywhere. And If we start using
something - I hope it will be used carefully.


I don't want to be a party pooper. It's exciting to see all ideas. I like
Christoph's triangles. This has stimulated some creativity. I wish more
designers will pump up lots of ideas, drafts, mockups.. to the wiki, not
only on this thread. It's fun to see what people are thinking.


Rick

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Ivan M. <ivanm@patentpending.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi Nik!
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Nik <nik@tdf.nikashsingh.com> wrote:
> > Hi Ivan and Design!
> >
> > Today is the last day for adding motif proposals to the Wiki page;
> > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Motif
> >
> > I've added mine (at the bottom). And a very hasty description because I'm
> > running short on time.
>
> Aren't we all ... regardless, your designs are AMAZING. I just wish
> they were available in a higher resolution (wallpapers, anyone?).
>
> Overall, my favourite is Scatter (#6), but I'll go through them all
> with some feedback. If, at any point, my critique starts sounding
> overly negative, please keep in mind that I'm weighing all the options
> against Scatter, which I will fawn over in due time.
>
> In comparison to MessyStack, OpenBook seems more organised and tidy; I
> don't feel that a messy stack of pages necessarily generates a
> positive feeling for LibreOffice, whereas OpenBook combines
> interesting effects as the transparent pages overlap and limits the
> strong greens to the top of the page. It looks more organised and
> focused. The only thing I don't like on OpenBook is the green used for
> the LibO logo; I would have it in white (with the document icon fill
> set to transparent) and I would suggest that it be left-aligned.
>
> ApplicationCorners is nice, and although it links well to LibreOffice,
> the image on the top-left looks like a log on its own, and I think
> that sends the wrong message, particularly because there are a good
> number of companies that use similar logos. Compared to something more
> unique to LibO, like the document corners used wonderfully in Scatter,
> I think that, despite being lovely to look at, ApplicationCorners
> feels a little out of place with LibO's visual language.
>
> DocumentFlower is a great idea, but the document symbol with the cut
> off corner doesn't appear to lend itself well to this kind of motif -
> it feels unbalanced despite being perfectly arranged.
>
> FoldedPage uses great light greens, but it's very abstract, which
> makes it seem a little incoherent/incongruous  (at least to my eyes).
> If a little order were to be imposed, I think it could work better.
>
> And finally, we come to Scatter. One of many possible interpretations
> of this could be that it looks like something has been set free, and I
> think this fits really well with LibO as a community-driven FLOSS
> office suite. I think this could work really well with alternating
> blues and greens in the scatter design (actually, it would work well
> with almost any color). At the moment, the scatter is also confined to
> a rectangular area, but it could be adapted to various shapes and
> arrangements for use on the website, start/welcome center, etc, and it
> would work really well with a minimalist look-and-feel. Subjectively,
> that's one of my favourite things about this design: it got me
> thinking about how it could be adapted and developed further into
> something great more than any of the others.
>
> Phew, I'm all feedbacked-out. Once again, thank you Nik for this great
> set of proposals. If you could flick me a SVG copy of Scatter, I'd
> love to take a look at it and play around with the colors.
>
> Regards,
> Ivan.
>
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