Well, here are some wordy and general questions! - Would you say it's better to have a unique visual identity that people my not necessarily like, but would recognize; or have an identity people love, but is not unique and people would not recognize? - Are there exceptions?
- If you had to go with one or the other, would strong visual presentation at the cost of performance & speed be better than a weak presentation that runs smoothly? Going with the weaker/smoother prsentation will also risk looking outdated, quickly. - If you could do both, and accept that neither would be as polished, would you try to make them as similar as possible, or as unique as possible? - If you design a new, more intuitive user interface: would it be worth alienating users of the old interface to switch to the new one? If you come up with regular innovations, should you add them whenever you get the chance, or allow users to first adjust to previous designs? - If other groups copy your innovation, should you update yours to remain unique? - Common designs & specifications are commonly used in programs that are installed on your system. You have a specification that works much better for you and your users needs, but does not match other specifications. Is it better to design your work around the other specifications and risk monotony, or go with your own design specification and risk fragmentation/inconsistency? - Assuming other specifications are more polished because they've had time to refine, how would that affect your decision? - Assuming other specifications aren't as good as what you could produce, would you update their specifications or create your own? - People complain about one of the design decisions running through your work - but it's part of your core visual identity. Assuming if you change the design you completely lose your products years of built-up identity, would the change be worth it? - Depending on whether or not people like/hate your brand (not necessarily the design, but the underlying product), how would that affect your decision? - Another group has a really great new feature/design in their product, and you know your group needs something similar. Should you quickly copy the exact feature as-is, or should you design something new with similar overall functionality? - What if you already had that feature, but your existing version was somehow crippled? - Another group has a product that dominates the market, and you know you need to take their market share to grow. Should you try to make your product similar (so migrating users are more familiar) and risk duplicating any of the other groups mistakes? - What if people love/hate the competitive product? Hope those are good questions. --Ken Vermette On Dec 22, 2007 12:43 PM, Álvaro Medina Ballester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you said that we can make some questions... here are mines (less > to more important): > > 1.- Andrew, do you think that Ubuntu can have a great design with > brown/orange shades? > > 2.- Do you feel that Tango icons are better than a more-realistic icons? > > 3.- Should Ubuntu has monocrome icons in notification area? > > 4.- This is quite off-topic, sorry. Some gnome developers are thinking > about changing gnome's visual metaphor, what do you think about gnome's > desktop metaphor? In wich ways should be changed in your opinion? And what > do you like about gnome? > > > Thank you very much Andrew. > > Cheers. > > 2007/12/22, Troy James Sobotka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Greetings all. > > > > An art director / designer associate of mine has graciously > > accepted an invitation for an interview. His name is > > Andrew Menzies ( http://imdb.com/name/nm0579980/ ). He > > is formally trained in Architectural design and has extended > > his experience into art direction / design on feature > > films. > > > > Aside from being a great and knowledgeable guy, I thought > > that his insights might be able to elevate some of the > > principles and notions of art / design / etc. in Free Software > > if they were formalized into a 'Question and Answer' format. > > It will be certainly a single person vantage, but one that > > comes with a good deal of experience and training behind > > the offerings. > > > > To this end, I am extending this invitation out to all of > > the readers on the list (and I do mean _all_). If you have > > a question of workflow / approach / etc., please feel > > free to offer it up. > > > > Sincerely, > > TJS > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFHbWiWar0EasPEHjQRApn3AJsGWhG097BoP1pWS57YdbIMVrCZWACfSm7b > > vlKHGcyD7GCP1rq3JCi/Iok= > > =WNxh > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > > -- > Álvaro. > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > -- -Ken Vermette
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