Sieht und staunt:

Canonical schreibt selber in ihrem Wiki, das sie möchtem, dass das neue Theme „ultra-cool“ sein soll.

Anbei noch die neue Farbpalette von Hary Heron

Der Original-Wortlaut ihres Design-Konzeptes:

“The “Basic Ideals” concept is not the search for an ultra-cool theme that blows away ‘competition’. The idea of this theme and the upgrades that would become necessary for it to be supported only have the purpose to create the most usable user interface. Elements of cool and amazing designs are only second to ease-of-use.

Each element in the theme, from buttons to scrollbars, should be self explanatory. Everything should be considered in the design of an element. Should a button be pill shaped, like OS X? Should they be square with rounded corners, like Windows? Should they change colour, light up, cast shadows? Reflect? Glow? Have markings or decals? What will feel natural, what would feel unnatural?

Going to the bare basics, how to elements compare to their real-life counterparts? Where does light come from? How will your grandmother interpret it? How will you interpret it? If sounds are present, what would it sound like? If animations are present, how would they move?

Hopefully, with solid guidelines and coherence, the theme will look good on it’s own, without needing to resort to gimmicks. Additionally, some of the effects mentioned also require Compiz and Emerald; So an alternate version of this theme would need to be made for lower-spec computers.”

Quelle: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/BasicIdeals