[UX][DESIGN EXPLORATION] - flat application icons

2013-06-26 Thread Kevin Grignon
Hello all, I've updated my flat application icons design exploration to show the icons adjacent to the new flat logo. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO4+-+Desktop+Icons Scroll to end of page to see the flat icons. Thoughts? Regards, Kevin

Re: Next steps for AOO 4.0 Logo Selection

2013-05-28 Thread Kevin Grignon
I like the darker font colour for Apache, but prefer all caps as it supports a more balanced layout. The descender or long leg of the Apache letter "p" when rendered in lowercase causes tension as it stabs the openOffice logo type. Thoughts? Kevin On May 28, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Kadal Amutham

Re: Next steps for AOO 4.0 Logo Selection

2013-05-28 Thread Kevin Grignon
Hello all, I wanted to share some design rationale for the gull/book pages enhancement in my logo. In my design I wanted to make the "gulls" into flying books. I made them broader and more active. I was going for the whole, "OpenOffice helps give my thoughts and ideas wings", versus "gills at

Re: Next steps for AOO 4.0 Logo Selection

2013-05-28 Thread Kevin Grignon
Hello All, I propose we get feedback on second round and identify what aspects of each we like. Let's converge on a design which reflects the best if each. Regards, Kevin On May 28, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Kadal Amutham wrote: > Looks like we are retaining almost the current logo with some sma

Re: Branding Refresh For AOO 4.0 [Closing in 72hrs]

2013-03-06 Thread Kevin Grignon
Hello all, Recruiting designers is great, and if we start to refine our current design submissions, we can leverage any additional support to accelerate the design avtivity As a reminder, we have a number of submissions that we should start considering. Design is iterative, we need to revi

Re: Branding Refresh For AOO 4.0 [Closing in 72hrs]

2013-02-26 Thread Kevin Grignon
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Kevin Grignon wrote: > My pleasure. > > On Feb 25, 2013, at 4:26 AM, Samer Mansour wrote: > > > Kevin Grignon if you have spare time and experience in the area of design > > language and messaging your help would be really appreciat

Re: Branding Refresh For AOO 4.0 [Closing in 72hrs]

2013-02-24 Thread Kevin Grignon
My pleasure. On Feb 25, 2013, at 4:26 AM, Samer Mansour wrote: > Kevin Grignon if you have spare time and experience in the area of design > language and messaging your help would be really appreciated as I have > limited experience in this area. If you have a cwiki account, I don&#x