Guidelines are an obstacle for innovation ;)
Yes and no. There are always real limitations - ink, pixels, formats and other physical requirements. I was quite surprised when the printing limitations on the conference Tshirts were described late in the design process. These sorts of things need to be known to designers who will work within them. Creatively, limitations can also be inspiring. Think of the Haiku - a few syllables in strict order. Or the longer Sonnet form of poetry. Or the musical forms like a Rondo. Working up against the boundaries of a format can actually allow an artist to be creative in surprising ways. They force you to get the most out of your creative capacities - in the haiku, every word, every part of that word, must be loaded with meaning - there is no pages of adjectives and adverbs. Artists regularly limit their palettes to create unity and consistency throughout a work. I'm sure there's room for innovation that bounces off guidelines, too. If we have a set of design with a very consistently organized layout of logo and geeko on glossy green which are familiar to people, then suddenly they see the very same layout, with the same shine and same typeface - but it's a clockwork geeko on a Steampunk brown and brass color scheme - it's going to be very surprising, because of the contrast with the standard. If the usual design is constantly changing, there's no impact when things are different. cheers Helen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org