From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <7359f0490806290835r41c5dd74wb40e1b2eab4ccafc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:35:15 -0700 From: "Rob Pike" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <7359f0490806272011m5941dfdw3f37c6be048434c8@mail.gmail.com> <0E5DB9F5-874A-4FD8-85C2-44892FF7AE82@kix.es> Subject: Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic Topicbox-Message-UUID: cb8398be-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 1:55 AM, underspecified wrote: > I second the Acme window t-shirt idea :-) > > By the upper-left of an acme window, I assume you mean something like this: > > http://cl.naist.jp/~eric-n/osx/acme-sac.tiff > > I can't recall for certain, but I believe at some point Caerwyn may > have been using something similar as an icon for Acme SAC. > > As an aside, the color selection and geometric layout of acme always > reminded me of the works of Piet Mondrian: > > http://cl.naist.jp/~eric-n/osx/acme-stijl.png > > I wonder if he was an influence of Rob's or Renee's. Not directly. Gerard's designs for the cover of the last published Plan 9 manual were more strongly influenced. The color scheme was an attempt to honor a point made originally in a little brochure by Edward Tufte that the colors of nature are soft and quiet and peaceful to look at, while most computer screens are covered in glaring bright colors. When color came to the system I wanted it to be pleasant. Mondrian used only the primaries so in that regard he's definitely not the man. -rob