[ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

2006-10-01 Thread rob
All the times I've tried to get people who don't really know much about designing get involved with any work, whether it's print, web or art, I've been let down because even though you'd expect those people to be able to give a fully unbiased review from an outsider's point of view,

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

2006-06-02 Thread Troy James Sobotka
On Thu, 2006-01-06 at 09:17 -0700, Chuck Huber wrote: Hopefully what comes from the Paris meeting will be rather broad style guidelines and not a ton of overly confining details. I'm sure we all appreciate that as artists we need room for creativity or else Bad Art happens. Details are the

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

2006-06-02 Thread j Mak
Julian Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ..on Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 06:30:20PM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 1-jun-2006, om 18:27 heeft Tom Moitie het volgende geschreven: Julian isn't saying that the users should be choosing the direction that the Ubuntu artwork should go, but to gain critique

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

2006-06-01 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 02:26:29PM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: I don't think that's a very good idea. We need to select a theme based on good discussion about the propositions in which we provide good arguments. We're all graphic designers, so we know what usability means and what

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

2006-06-01 Thread Michiel Sikma
Op 1-jun-2006, om 15:04 heeft Julian Oliver het volgende geschreven: ..on Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 02:26:29PM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: I don't think that's a very good idea. We need to select a theme based on good discussion about the propositions in which we provide good arguments. We're all

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

2006-06-01 Thread Chuck Huber
Public feedback should be looked at as a tool. It certainly should not be the only tool guiding design decision but used wisely(some would say sparingly) it can prove helpful. The least inspiring art I've seen was produced by well thought out and very democratic community decision. Isn't there

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

2006-06-01 Thread Tom Moitie
I'm not a graphical designer, but I'm just kind of reading in on these discussions. Hope you don't mind my input. On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 17:01 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: No. Thinking that it's a good idea to listen to people who don't know anything about designing is a foolish thing. People

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

2006-06-01 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 06:30:20PM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 1-jun-2006, om 18:27 heeft Tom Moitie het volgende geschreven: Julian isn't saying that the users should be choosing the direction that the Ubuntu artwork should go, but to gain critique from them, so that you, as the

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

2006-06-01 Thread Michiel Sikma
Julian Oliver wrote: ..on Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 06:30:20PM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 1-jun-2006, om 18:27 heeft Tom Moitie het volgende geschreven: Julian isn't saying that the users should be choosing the direction that the Ubuntu artwork should go, but to gain critique from them, so