Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

Hi Nik:

Le 2011-02-20 09:18, Nik a écrit :
> I will respectfully disagree on this point. If we have a Design motif,
> we won't /have/ to "answer" the outstanding requests: we will empower
> the community to do it themselves in a manner more consistent to the way
> we would do it if we had the time. Having it as a basis will prevent
> many community members thinking about creating a new Design from
> scratch. I think this currently happens because there is a lack of
> graphic resources for people to use if they have to make, for example, a
> CD label. But with an easily available motif, we would be addressing
> that shortage.
>
> And I don't think its a matter of restriction, its a matter of
> facilitation. It will help US as much as the community...
> Imagine we are asked to make business cards tomorrow, urgently;
> - We will use the logo, that is the one fixed element
> - The rest is up to the Designer really, they will probably use the
> "borders" from the icons because that is consistent with all the Designs
> so far, but realistically, what good are borders on a business card?
> especially when bleed is so crucial.
> - They might use the vignette, but radial gradients "band" on poor printers
> - They might use a corner, that would be nice, but overall the card
> would look bland and unexciting.
>
> Having a Design motif (or a few variations of one style) would give us
> immediately an additional resource to use when tackling every new Design
> task.
> It will also mean that every task will look more consistent than if
> there were no recurring motif.

My apologies for butting in:

This is exactly what is happening. This is the reason why I started 
organising the Marketing resources wiki pages[1] so that we could 
eventually start being more consistent. Once the design motif is 
completed it will certainly help the marketing team.

Keep up the great work people!

Cheers

Marc

[1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing


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