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+# Last minute proposal
+
+I've been asked to make another design proposal for the
+Minidebconf. People have been brainstorming. I could have
+asked them to do that months ago. I didn't, because I was
+working with my own ideas.
+
+We need to know who and what we are aiming at with the graphic
+communication, as well as with the conference. Who is the design for?
+What should they do? Why? Who is the conference for? Who should
+be interested?
+
+Is the design for people in Barcelona only?
+Is it for women only?
+Is it for current developers?
+Or is it for local politicians? Male or female?
+Students? - only?
+Does the communication have other goals than getting people
+at the venue?
+Should the design reflect the organizers - or rather not?
+Does the geography have to play a role in the visual imagery?
+
+These are questions that should always be asked. I made
+the mistake to answer a lot of the questions myself, based
+on my second hand knowledge and guesses. A common mistake,
+I've made before and will probably make again. I'm used to
+working on my own, that's my poor excuse.
+
+To my mind, the gathering, the meeting in the flesh and the
+communication and sharing of knowledge, is far more important
+than local landmarks.
+
+I don't feel that strongly for a location oriented
+identity design. La Sagrada Familia doesn't have anything to
+do with a gathering for free software development, does it. How?
+
+Oh, that was the minidebconf in Barcelona
+Oh, that was the minidebconf arranged by Debian Women
+Oh, that was the minidebconf that made a point out of being inclusive
+Oh, that was the minidebconf that...
+
+The identity design might have more to do with support to the
+local group than with any of the other aspects of the
+conference. Interesting.
+
+This table of colors shows different ways a blue and a purple
+could go. I put the green colors there to have more options
+covered for the discussion today. You can see how the different
+hues interacts with the red of the logo.
+The colors can be referred to like this: B3, C6, A4 etc.
+[[!img mdcb2014_colors4.png size=600x]]
+
+Click on the image for full size version.
+
+Here is an idea based on all the purple colors. Fun, uplifting,
+feels like many voices. Too many colors for T-shirt print, maybe:
+[[!img mdc2014_banner3.png size=400x]]
+[[!img mdcb2014_t-shirt_mock2.png size=600x]]
+
+Here is some ideas of how to implement a minimalistic
+solution that I recommend for minidebconfs:
+[[!img mdcb2014_t-shirt_mock3.png size=600x]]
+
+My suggestion is that the banner (and everything else
+displaying the event) has the logo of the organizers placed on
+it. The font used for headlines etc is semantically of another
+nature than the logo, though it could be the same. I prefer
+neutral fonts, that can be reused by the next minidebconf, and I
+suggest a sans serif font. A condensed font makes huge display
+easier to fit.
+
+Don't be confused by displayfonts, I aim to show you that type
+alone speaks loudly, and if this typography should be recycled,
+we should not choose one of them, but go with the "neutral" sans
+serif.
+[[!img mdcb2014_bannerhor_mock5.png size=400x]]
+
+I need suggestions of free and good sans serif fonts.
+
+[[!tag english minidebconf color type draft debian]]