[18:51] <troy_s> Interesting
[18:51] <troy_s> That icon set I assume is the new Ubuntu look correct?
[18:51] <troy_s> Props if it is. Which I'm willing to bet it is. ;)
[18:52] <troy_s> thorwil: Confirm or deny?
[18:53] <thorwil> troy_s: in that case, i pick "or"
[18:53] <troy_s> thorwil: Hrm. You have seen it yes?
[18:53] <thorwil> no
[18:53] <troy_s> thorwil: Little bit of fluke, but I'm willing to wager money it's the target.
[18:54] <troy_s> Let's see if the bet turns out correct.
[18:55] <troy_s> The folder perpetuates that sort of legacy looking folder that I've never been a huge fan of, but alas, all in all quite tight if you look at the forest.
[18:55] <thorwil> the folders look blurry
[18:56] <troy_s> thorwil: Your eyes are crossed.
[18:57] <troy_s> thorwil: Pretty sure there will be much blah blah blah once they are released.
[18:58] <thorwil> that stuff makes me as excited as a tree in the forrest
[18:58] <troy_s> thorwil: Well... I guess I'd call the overall thing quite positve. Can't see any other way to describe it.
[18:59] <troy_s> I could probably say that "Egads they kept that damn rounded corner folder donkey from the early era" but that's really probably a minor bump.
[18:59] <troy_s> The postage stamp, albeit more mimesis of the banned-in-court variety, is well crafted.
[19:00] <troy_s> At least there is some semblance of craftsmanship in there. That's got to be positive thorwil, no?
[19:00] <thorwil> back when i experimented with translucent orange folders, i found it very hard to avoid dirty colors due the other side of the folder pretty much having to be grayish. this problem hasn't been solved, here
[19:00] <troy_s> thorwil: That and the linear light fact unless you properly deal with it in compositing. You can never properly compose in sRGB.
[19:00] <thorwil> sure, everything that is not a folder looks much more convincing
[19:01] <troy_s> thorwil: But really, still feels like a moot point. Would it be nice if there was some interesting design approach to abandon 1960 office folders? Hell yes. Will we see it? Uh... no.
[19:01] <troy_s> thorwil: I suspect Voldemort had a sizable impact on the look of that default folder.
[19:02] <troy_s> thorwil: It's got cliche and similar trends going on.
[19:02] <troy_s> thorwil: Cliche and tack.
[19:02] <troy_s> thorwil: The earmarks of Voldemort.
[19:02] <troy_s> thorwil: But again, as a whole, I can't see how you could make a case against it.
[19:03] <troy_s> thorwil: It's a vast leap forward from that outline, outline, outline, inset, outline, outline, outline, HUGE OUTLINE uh... project that shall remain nameless.
[19:03] <thorwil> troy_s: you can dance a tango around naming it, i guess everyone here knows who, anyway ;)
[19:04] <troy_s> thorwil: There are actually people that prefer the old brown paper bag icon too. _That_ utterly shocks me. But alas, I suppose that is more proof that the culture of aesthetic is pretty much busted.
[19:04] <troy_s> thorwil: Cute though. I wonder if it is the set. That's where my money is. Too many overlaps.
[19:21] <thorwil> http://vimeo.com/26633949
[19:26] <troy_s> thorwil: Don't get it.
[19:26] <troy_s> thorwil: At all.
[19:27] <troy_s> thorwil: Head smack dont-get-it.
[19:28] <thorwil> troy_s: late in the video, they mention the setup causes a double image of the pen, so you see it both on the paper and in the open slot
[19:28] <troy_s> thorwil: I just am struck by the lack of "Why the hell"
[19:28] <troy_s> thorwil: Don't get it. At all.
[19:31] <thorwil> artistically, it's just tracing. but an interesting experiment regarding perception. if only that would be explained better, instead of this comment-salad
[19:32] <troy_s> thorwil: I guess I don't get it because it tends toward some notion that physiological mimesis is bliss, which in my estimation is just pure tripe. You get it a bit with motion pictures and such where some people become zealots of the 50mm lens to replicate the sensation of view blah blah.
[19:32] <troy_s> thorwil: Just makes me ill when I read that cruft or see the bubbling of it.
[19:34] <thorwil> troy_s: but, but ... physiological mimesis is the bee's knee! pure awesome, with only one down-side: not enough double outlines!!
[19:35] <troy_s> thorwil: Lulz.
[19:35] <troy_s> thorwil: Just take a photo and kill yourself.
[19:35] <troy_s> thorwil: Be done with it.
[19:35] <troy_s> thorwil: Yay bliss.