[9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[Rob Pike]

http://flickr.com/photos/redlense/2429073822/

Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[Pietro Gagliardi]

On Jun 27, 2008, at 11:11 PM, Rob Pike wrote:
> http://flickr.com/photos/redlense/2429073822/

Cute. Shame I can't draw for my life :-)

Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[kix]

Great!

T-shirts???? I need a new Plan9 t-shirts.

--
kix - http://www.kix.es

On Jun 28, 2008, at 5:11, "Rob Pike" <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:

> http://flickr.com/photos/redlense/2429073822/
>

Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[Lorenzo Fernando Bivens de la Fuente]

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 <kix@kix.es> 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" <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://flickr.com/photos/redlense/2429073822/
>>
>
>

Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[John Waters]

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
<lorenzobivens@gmail.com> 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 <kix@kix.es> 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" <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> http://flickr.com/photos/redlense/2429073822/
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[underspecified]

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 <jcwjr215@gmail.com> 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
> <lorenzobivens@gmail.com> 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 <kix@kix.es> 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" <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://flickr.com/photos/redlense/2429073822/
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[Rob Pike]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 1:55 AM, underspecified
<underspecified@gmail.com> 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

Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[Peter Penzin]

2008/6/29, underspecified <underspecified@gmail.com>:
> 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

The last one's just became a wallpaper ;)

Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[Michaelian Ennis]

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http://www.cafepress.com/leetchic

Here my 9 stuff.

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Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[Harri Haataja]

2008/6/29 Lorenzo Fernando Bivens de la Fuente <lorenzobivens@gmail.com>:
> Perhaps some glenda stickers too... I am sure there is enough artwork
> to have some nice "merchandise"

Flickr will pass pictures to moo.com so anyone could order their own
pretty easily. Unless there's some permission things in place. I don't
know if you can prepare a set and let other people order it.

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Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[Anant Narayanan]

On 28-Jun-08, at 9:46 AM, kix wrote:
> Great!
>
> T-shirts???? I need a new Plan9 t-shirts.

http://www.cafepress.com/9fans

--
Anant

Re: [9fans] space glenda - in acrylic

[kix]

Anant Narayanan wrote:
> On 28-Jun-08, at 9:46 AM, kix wrote:
>> Great!
>>
>> T-shirts???? I need a new Plan9 t-shirts.
>
> http://www.cafepress.com/9fans
>
> --
> Anant
>
Yeah! I will order some items.

Thanks kix(.in) ;-)

kix