[linky url=”https://www.subtraction.com/2018/05/22/illustration-in-the-app-store/” title”Illustration in the App Store “]Illustration in the App Store [/linky] We don’t see this particular flavor of artistic ambition from many companies today, especially tech companies. The predominant mode of product design almost exclusively favors templates and automation, what can be done without human intervention. The very idea of asking living, breathing art directors who need to be paid real salaries to hire living, breathing illustrators who also need to be paid a living wage in order to create so-called works of art that have no demonstrably reproducible effect on actual profits is outlandish, absurd even. The…
Author: Mikhail Madnani
Mikhail Madnani
Mikhail Madnani is the acting Editor-in-Chief of Beautiful Pixels. He’s usually the one making sure so many weather apps get reviewed when he isn’t playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 or Hearthstone.
Over the last few versions of iOS, Apple has been using bolder typography for some of the interface elements, but the usage throughout the system has been quite inconsistent. Many of the screens/views in Apple’s own apps feel like a mish-mash of modern elements and old legacy design. A long time ago, Mike Rundle had an app out called Interesting and it felt like a modern iOS app at the time. Step Two from Neil Sardesai is a two-step verification (two-factor authentication) app that not only does “one thing well” but looks beautiful and exemplifies what a modern iOS app…
[linky url=”https://medium.com/google-design/evolution-of-android-homescreen-and-navigation-bad189d536f2″ title”Google Looks Back at the Evolution of the Android Homescreen and Navigation “]The Evolution of the Android Homescreen and Navigation[/linky] For Android’s 10th anniversary, we thought it’d be cool to look back and see how it’s evolved. As you can imagine, the operating system has had quite a transformation since 2008 — the year that Twilight hit theaters and Beyoncé’s Single Ladies was topping the charts. You’ve probably noticed that over the last few weeks, there has been more Google coverage than usual. I’m a big fan of Google’s design philosophy and ever since I/O 2018, they’ve been releasing various…
Every year Google’s I/O event brings interesting things to the view of millions. The last two years have had some notable things announced, but not a lot of interesting things when it comes to apps and design in the actual keynote. Last night, Google announced a lot of new things not just for the design world or app world, but also things that further highlight Google’s commitment to using machine learning and AI to improve their products. We’re big fans of Material Design and seeing a big update to it was great. You should read our interview with Matias Duarte…
.app domain names are now in the General Availability phase, meaning you can now go ahead and register any available .app domain at standard pricing. If you’re a developer or someone who’s been waiting for that perfect domain name, now’s a good time to go register it before anyone else takes it away. As part of Google’s Registry, the .app domain names have been available in the Landrush and Early Access phases for the last 8 days at very exorbitant prices of $1000 and above. Many app developers and companies did manage to grab the domain names that they wanted,…
[linky url=”http://benjaminmayo.co.uk/ios-11-design-inconsistencies” title”Apple seems to be forgetting its own rules”]Apple’s Inconsistencies in its own iOS apps[/linky] Benjamin Mayo takes a look at how inconsistent Apple is with its own design guidelines through iconography of the share sheet icon: My gripe is there is no consistency, no structure or logic to this. Apps introduced later sometimes use rounded icons, sometimes not, sometimes create all-new custom glyphs of their own. Incredulously, you could open flagship apps like Messages, Mail and Safari1 and have no idea Apple was even playing with bold icons as a conceptual change. These apps adopted the iOS 11…