From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:55:58 +0900 From: underspecified 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: cb206bcc-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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. --underspecified On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 4:22 PM, John Waters wrote: > I would like to see a plain white and otherwise unadorned T-shirt with > the upper-left corner of an Acme window on the front. I often describe > Plan9 (and its fuzzy little mascot) as having an "audi like" > aesthetic. While I admit that the painting is cute I prefer the > original in soft pencil on paper. For me painting Glenda in color > would be akin to hanging a huge carbon fiber wing on an S4, like > adding flashing LEDs to a Karim Rashid table lamp.... > > My wife and I were just admiring the other works by Renee French, we > decided that we would have to go ahead and buy up as much of her > published materials as possible once we return home from "The > Kingdom". > > jcw > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Lorenzo Fernando Bivens de la Fuente > wrote: >> I love it... >> >> I am waiting to see that on Guggenheim Museoa soon... ;) >> >> Perhaps some glenda stickers too... I am sure there is enough artwork >> to have some nice "merchandise" >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:46 AM, kix wrote: >>> Great! >>> >>> T-shirts???? I need a new Plan9 t-shirts. >>> >>> -- >>> kix - http://www.kix.es >>> >>> On Jun 28, 2008, at 5:11, "Rob Pike" wrote: >>> >>>> http://flickr.com/photos/redlense/2429073822/ >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >