http://www.elischiff.com/blog daily 1.0 2016-01-05 http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2013/12/26/im-a-creative monthly 0.5 2016-01-03 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d112e9e4b087ce29a16975/1422988010674/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2013/12/30/purposeful-writing monthly 0.5 2016-01-03 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d1145fe4b0c5d1fc344ee0/1422988386294/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2013/5/14/identity-bumper monthly 0.5 2016-01-03 http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2014/1/30/unsolicited-uninformed-redesigns monthly 0.5 2016-01-03 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d166b0e4b0535ab80774ab/1423009457245/redesigns.png Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d16740e4b080c2b4694d1c/1423009606775/ Blog Amber Creative’s redesign of the Apple Store website. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d167eae4b0a08a86a64848/1423009773037/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2014/4/16/osx-secret-autocomplete monthly 0.5 2016-01-03 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d1102be4b052944b0fd0a1/1422987315651/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/10/30/mel-brooks-critic monthly 0.5 2015-11-16 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56249625e4b04bb42a1f67d8/1445238312398/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/11/17/fire-em monthly 0.5 2015-11-18 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/564a26d3e4b082647c613f2f/1447700182731/ Blog Which column you fall on determines whether you'll stay at the company. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/564a3909e4b0d4890d13858e/1447704842848/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/564a2778e4b0be3215ab733f/1447700386992/ Blog Seeing design as a cost to be minimized. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/12/15/mel-brooks-the-anticritic monthly 0.5 2015-12-15 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/566fc3111115e08104c1c55a/1450165011811/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/12/9/implausible-hypothetical-eastern-european-app monthly 0.5 2015-12-12 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56662d559cadb6bd74335e2f/1449536861436/OR.png Blog A 100 Days project shot by Nechita. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56662e36bfe87338abb1b49a/1449537083257/ Blog Neon music app by Ukrainian studio, Tubik. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56662db7c647add04883666d/1449536957535/ Blog One of Nechita's 100 Days UI screenshots. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56662e11d8af105622d0131c/1449537044523/ Blog Apple's neon colors and blur. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56662ea6c647add04883723f/1449537192610/82.png Blog Day 82 by Nechita. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56662eb1c647add0488372d2/1449537202487/ Blog Daily Nothing by Axel Herrmann. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56662e57d82d5ed3d73b48a6/1449537112122/ Blog Google's drop shadows (Material Design Guidelines). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56662f15c21b864679ffd1d7/1449537303239/aleelelx.png Blog This shot by Axel Herrmann could fit in well with the 100 Days UI project. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56662d0d69a91a17ec7e3c7c/1449536783656/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/56662deea128e655b451eaf0/1449537010225/uiui.png Blog Nechita's "Soft Material" UI kit based on the 100 Days aesthetic. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/2/12/on-colors-gradients-and-chat-bubbles monthly 0.5 2015-12-16 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54dd8f60e4b0779d1ecda49d/1423806306384/ Blog Giving credit where it's due, Apple's Marketing and Communications department, the team responsible for the aesthetic coup of iOS 7, was late to the garish colors party. Microsoft had been using similar colors on their Zune platform many years earlier, in 2006. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54dd8edce4b0e9d6109a75bc/1423806178127/ Blog If Tiffany is in high school, she's likely having a rough time. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/550c6887e4b08b70c4b5a91b/1426876554991/ Blog Google approves of the same repulsive palettes as Apple and Microsoft. These are from the Android Wear line of watch interfaces. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54dd8f99e4b03b0d7a91148d/1423806363824/ Blog Apple's palette on iCloud. It looks pretty similar to a default Photoshop gradient. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54dd8eaee4b08da1d4608ff7/1423806131095/ Blog On the left is what shows up when iPhone users text Android users. On the right is how iMessages are displayed. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54dd8f45e4b03b0d7a9112f4/1423806279431/ Blog This is the exact color palette that Apple proudly displays, as color sampled from icons throughout Apple's product lines. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54dd8f27e4b0c54ef85bcd35/1423806249266/ Blog Apple's much-reviled green and blue gradients are not used in isolation. They are strewn around their platforms. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54dd8face4b018ea61d05d03/1423806384481/ Blog This is how colors are displayed on iOS. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54dd8f02e4b0aa612e8e196e/1423806213254/ Blog Apple’s blue screen of death icon represented Windows computers. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54dd8f7ce4b034c8e90a0849/1423806337545/ Blog Android users are apparently supposed to be envious of these blue text messages. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/2/12/thisweekinpixels monthly 0.5 2015-03-25 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d92e80e4b05cea9950d244/1423519365164/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d8185ae4b068adb1211550/1423448155845/ Blog Countless man-hours went into the design and development needed to produce this answer. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d81900e4b07462f19fed8b/1423448323117/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d8195be4b0ba465b77c9f6/1423448417062/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d817d4e4b0b474c08550e0/1423448035353/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d81921e4b05b17981b2e2a/1423448363212/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d8194de4b0ba465b77c99e/1423448403208/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/2/18/the-entrenchment-of-modern-minimalism monthly 0.5 2015-03-27 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54e3de7be4b0b2f20e696e24/1424219774689/Rectangle+1+%2B+Picasso-Two-Characters1+%2B+Bitmap.png Blog Picasso's Two Characters (1934) is referenced in Apple's OS X Finder icon. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54e3e75fe4b034ab8e8058cb/1424222055268/ Blog La Gerbe by Matisse (1953) and Macintosh advertising (1984). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54e3e1fee4b06e0409150b03/1424220675001/bullshit.jpg Blog Picasso, Bull Lithographs (1945). Apple uses this particular modern minimalist piece in their internal trainings for designers. The name of the training in reduction is, "What Makes Apple, Apple." http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54e3e80ae4b0af154d15ebd6/1424222230762/licht.png Blog Roy Lichtenstein, Bull I-VI (1973). These paintings were influenced by both Picasso and van Doesburg. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54e3e772e4b034ab8e805968/1424222069490/ Blog Oskar Schlemmer's Bauhaus Emblem (1922) provided inspiration for Susan Kare's Macintosh notification icon (1984). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54e3e824e4b0af154d15ec4e/1424222248627/licht.png Blog De Stijl painter Theo van Doesburg, Varius studies for The Cow (1917-1918) http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54e3e8d2e4b0b2f20e69a7c5/1424222425067/minimal+and+flat.png Blog This is a highly exaggerated illustration of flat design shadows – made in 3D of course, because how else would one render shadows in a "flat" world? In practice, Material Design shadows are much less realistic than this. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54e3e87de4b0c276fdf4a8c1/1424222338584/ Blog De Stijl painter Piet Mondrian produced Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue in 1921. His work had an immense impact on design thought. Notice the similarity to the original Windows Logo and the aesthetic of Windows Modern. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/2/2/humanistintroduction monthly 0.5 2015-03-11 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d02479e4b08eff64e92f22/1422926986580/ Blog Paul Miller using an “honest” computer interface http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d022d8e4b06b7d5c3506e4/1422926554240/cappp.png Blog It goes without saying that it is a "herculean task" to refresh an OS. Whether one should be proud of said redesign should both depend on whether the changes were justified in theory and whether they came with better practical outcomes. To be clear, the tomes of design guidelines provided by the Big Three, with their indiscriminate plastering of design jargon, do not stand as sufficiently justified positions of argumentation in favor of flat modern minimalism. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d023fee4b07c569cdf7041/1422926850542/ Blog “Visual masturbation,” according to a modern minimalist at Apple. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d02427e4b0488c074adb39/1422926893625/ Blog It is popular in the design industry today to hold the second view. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d023b7e4b0b749e7521fe6/1422926777424/ Blog This is a more accurate depiction of the dimensional aesthetic. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d02554e4b018314b85a349/1422927195248/ Blog Which of these two elements looks like a button to you? This distinction lies at the heart of the debate between expressive designers and the modern minimalists who dominate interface design today. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d0233ee4b0b57aa33364e9/1422926656959/ Blog An Apple intern was subjected to producing this straw-man of the dimensional, textured aesthetic for their design guidelines in order to dissuade designers from using dimension. It certainly is hideous, but it’s also not at all representative of dimensional design. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/2/25/the-mental-model monthly 0.5 2015-09-27 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54edab6ee4b0360a499315fd/1424862064214/ Blog Consumers may require a bit more handholding than you might think, and that’s okay. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54edabbee4b0b080e16e05f0/1424862145518/ Blog Comparison of iOS keyboards. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54edaafbe4b05bee3a133202/1424861949520/ Blog Reinterpretation of Don Norman’s Mental Model Diagram. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54edb277e4b0d7bc31269fee/1424863866039/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54edac03e4b0cc380c7dde87/1424862214125/ Blog It tells us a lot that illustrated advertisements for keyboard themes on the App Store better convey their ability to be pressed than Apple’s UI keyboard does. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/2/4/criticism-and-the-armchair-fallacy monthly 0.5 2016-01-04 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54f0e81be4b0a7bce1ae6c8f/1425074264155/ Blog The middle ground fallacy does not get you closer to truth, it just leads to compromised mediocrity. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54d28d69e4b0067946c3bae3/1423084910146/ Blog Apple's deprecated armchair icon for the Front Row app. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/3/10/critical-sharks-part-ii-schmearing-colored-paint monthly 0.5 2015-03-20 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54ffad0fe4b08df2bf4df997/1426042128958/ Blog These modernist-inspired scrawlings are what passes for illustration today. (From Facebook's Year in Review.) http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54ffab6be4b03d3ffb372ea1/1426041710842/ Blog Apple paid homage to Jackson Pollack's drip painting by spoiling the public scenery with their new Jiefangbei, China "About the Artists" Apple Store. In doing so, they make the smoggy, polluted air look good in comparison. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54ffabb5e4b04427a1d24364/1426041785354/ Blog Left: Jackson Pollock, One: Number 31, 1950. Right: Aelita Andre. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54ffad62e4b0492fa84c4b4f/1426042212561/ Blog It appears that designers at large corporations are in a mad competition to see who can make the most hideous and infantile illustration. Notice the phallic approach to drawing noses that Dropbox designers take on the right. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54ffae1ee4b07869ba2a5d4c/1426042420152/ Blog Pundits have reason to celebrate, one of only a few places that Apple kept any remnant of the dimensional Aqua aesthetic was Game Center. Of course they made a complete mockery of everything that Aqua stood for by presenting it in this awful palette. Bold indeed. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54ffabebe4b0423a67236681/1426041837982/ Blog Andre's influence, Pollock, was himself highly inspired by Picasso's work. Left: Pablo Picasso. Girl Before a Mirror. 1932. Right: Jackson Pollock. Echo: Number 25, 1951. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54ffac4ee4b0564d4c22f746/1426041946821/ Blog Many people have been led to believe that if you stare at a Pollock long enough, you will begin to see patterns emerge. The truth is you would probably see more coherent patterns if you licked lead paint off the nearest wall. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54ffacdae4b0423a67236bdd/1426042076220/ Blog Take note of the human blob that Google designers drew in the middle. Such modernist illustration techniques emerge directly from picture books inflicted on children. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54ffadd9e4b0edb2623d7b29/1426042333440/ Blog On the left is Takashi Murakami with his superflat artwork. On the right stands Matias Duarte, proudly paying homage to his influencer in Google's Material Design. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/3/17/critical-sharks-part-iii-design-fallacies monthly 0.5 2015-03-25 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/550794c5e4b0dd7b4a74888f/1426560199649/ Blog Yosemite’s volume indicator corner rendering error. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5507939ee4b083a3cc70cfec/1426559904763/ Blog It must not be very powerful then. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5507941be4b0dd7b4a748584/1426560031591/ Blog Material Design rests on much the same core philosophy as Holo. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5507958fe4b0eea2b3cb3ed9/1426560408623/ Blog At Google I/O Alex Faaborg, Staff Designer for Android, made sure to impress on his fellow employees how much “smarter than most people” they are. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55079405e4b0dd7b4a74851a/1426560007577/ Blog I could not have put it better myself. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/550794a0e4b0a98d731fdd5f/1426560164990/ Blog Jony Ive’s iOS 7 was introduced with many visual bugs that left a sour taste in the mouths of those expecting fit and finish from Apple. iOS 8 still contains many visual design bugs. In this example, bookmarks in Safari inexplicably overlap with each other. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/550793bde4b03d87d0cdd043/1426559938585/profdoc.png Blog An example of Prof. Dr. Style. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/550794dde4b0c945f1a2b17f/1426560227862/explain+ios7.png Blog If there truly were one thousand no’s at Apple for every yes, then iOS 7 would not exist. (The irony of this short commercial, entitled “Designed by Apple” is that it wasn’t even designed by Apple. It was outsourced to an external animation agency. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/3/24/fear-of-apple monthly 0.5 2015-08-01 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5510da87e4b0ce924f04f5f8/1427167881203/ Blog Apple warns developers not to talk publicly about app review difficulties. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5510d914e4b0d71a8ce9a30e/1427167510683/ Blog Marco Arment's blog post: "Apple has lost the functional high ground." http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5510d862e4b04012df2b53e0/1427167331516/ Blog Think twice. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5510d95fe4b0d224ccb2c64d/1427167584920/Profitable.png Blog On episode 89 of the Release Notes podcast, the hosts, both iOS developers, discussed App Store profitability, or lack thereof. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5510d89ce4b0fda1fcf4a144/1427167390317/ Blog While Cabel Sasser of Panic is proud to hide his criticism in dense blog posts, Marco Arment of Instapaper and Overcast prefers to package his criticism in hard-to-reach places like podcasts. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5510d9fde4b0561371d811a4/1427167743203/ Blog With the reach he has, John Gruber can afford to list his app Vesper at a price that will sustain its development. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5510da29e4b054c2c84f3046/1427167787424/losingireligion.png Blog Ged Maheux and Craig Hockenberry's early blog posts about App Store incentives. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5510dae3e4b047c716324957/1427167973251/ Blog Gruber accuses Lyons of being an ignorant sensationalist. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/3/25/feedback-on-critical-sharks monthly 0.5 2015-04-12 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5513290fe4b080ca0b418856/1427319057185/feedback.png Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/3/31/this-week-in-pixels monthly 0.5 2015-04-18 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/551a5dfde4b0b640db3f61e9/1427791365104/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/551a454fe4b06a100281da58/1427785044724/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55230937e4b0c8f3afdda2d1/1428359489787/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/551a4594e4b00bb34093794f/1427785113012/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/551a44f9e4b0b640db3f2c73/1427784956378/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/551a44cde4b059b63b1aaf17/1427784912748/ Blog Apple Watch rips PolarClock http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/3/4/critical-sharks-part-i-you-cant-say-that monthly 0.5 2015-05-30 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54f6bedae4b002bbf3233aa9/1425456859786/ Blog Again on the right is the redesigned icon I made in reference to MetaLab’s Flow app. Notice how reminiscent Metalab’s icon is of Steven Frank from Panic’s Cloud to Butt extension. On the original icon, the border is incorrectly rendered, with grey around the entire circumference. On my version, the blue area has the correct blue border. I also improved the glyph shape and the proportions of the cloud. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54f6c401e4b00ed7135619f7/1425458179901/cursor.png Blog OS X used to have a unique and visceral ‘poof’ animation (left) when you would remove an icon from the dock. Today it simply has an ‘x’. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54f6bf41e4b016a7c95882cc/1425456963070/ Blog Mike Monteiro and others roundly condemned the constructive icon redesigns by visual designers in response to iOS 7. (Clarification: Daniel Waldron had not made a redesign, but was discussing the matter with Monteiro). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54f6bfc4e4b0053c22dab351/1425457095795/ Blog Jony Ive is the preeminent expert in artspeak. Here he is deeply engaged in it. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54f6bf1be4b05c13a44d652f/1425456926586/ Blog The redesigns from the community exhibited the worst in Apple’s design choices without any semblance of critical thought as to why they should accept Apple’s premises. It was taken as a given that Apple’s decisions were justified. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54f6bea4e4b0d3690343dc32/1425456807059/ Blog On the right is a redesign of the iOS phone icon that I produced with harmonious, muted colors and improved shading and proportions. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/54f6be2ce4b03766696ac1aa/1425456686983/ Blog Julie Zhuo's critique of design criticism. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/4/13/2015/subjective-interview monthly 0.5 2015-09-29 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c16c9e4b0c44a4d0f5183/1428952779138/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/4/14/fall-of-the-designer-part-ii-pixel-pushers monthly 0.5 2015-04-24 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c24f9e4b0905aa2b1f44c/1428956412446/ Blog A very pressing question in the industry. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552db3c7e4b006558d7d7379/1429058507184/ Blog Apple doesn't recognize designers in the Apple Design Awards, but instead honors developers. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c26ade4b0f4c182b3ad07/1428956846465/ Blog The Xerox Star was built with the intention that interface design was of the highest priority. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c2678e4b08bf9c2691bda/1428956796353/ Blog Bjango's upcoming visual design tool, Skala. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c2628e4b08f5bedcc0ed0/1428956751391/ Blog This Dribbble comment went without a response after being seen by 6000 visual designers. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c260be4b09005d453c368/1428956690680/ Blog With developers doing all the design, who needs a designer? http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c2553e4b0b39dd1f84d51/1428956511732/ Blog Softfaçade's new "mature" minimalist aesthetic, which they are careful to note is "inspired by Dieter Rams." http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c24c6e4b08f5bedcc04fd/1428956359698/ Blog According to current dogma, visual design must necessarily take a back seat. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c250be4b0905aa2b1f4be/1428956429159/ Blog This is how visual design tool-makers feel about their customers. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552cc361e4b0d22c750dfbc4/1428996963596/ Blog Jason Fried's sophisticated Draft app for iPad, ideal for kindergarteners. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c26f9e4b08bf9c2691f43/1428956957435/ Blog Andrew Holt of Pixate exhibits well how static visual design is now considered unimportant in comparison to animation. He makes a false dichotomy between behavior and visuals: firstly preposterously implying that animation isn't visual, and then wrongly implying that static visuals do not communicate the behavior they will invoke. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c25efe4b0ee19d26f6611/1428956657275/ Blog Mike Rundle's "Design then Code." http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c257fe4b006e61d7748db/1428956546405/ Blog Cap Watkins is on a quest to hire as many boring designers as possible. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552c2544e4b0906acfe40837/1428956487769/ Blog The sophisticated icons that Softfaçade is proud to no longer make. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/4/21/fall-of-the-designer-part-iii-responsive-design monthly 0.5 2015-07-09 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553574c9e4b0b678155a03f3/1429566669648/ Blog If Apple's product line is this fragmented, one can only imagine how many screen sizes and densities there are on the Android platform. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/559dc9dae4b0538926258514/1436404191457/ Blog Update 7/7/15: In the months since this article was posted, Twitter has further whitewashed their app. Now one would be hard pressed to tell a significant difference in their design languages. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55357995e4b0611f40455e82/1429567894885/ Blog A brilliant modification of an XKCD cartoon by iOS developer Jordan Kay. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55357538e4b0b3c77cb2269a/1429566779943/ Blog Twitter, Tweetbot and Twitteriffic all used to stand out from each other, and from their competition. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/559ca828e4b0e8026eae0360/1436330026338/ Blog Now, these same respective apps are, for all practical purposes, visually indistinguishable from each other and are illegible on their own due to their low contrast in hierarchy. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55356c7be4b0866b2c1b394e/1429564546360/ Blog Google uses responsive techniques so that their interfaces can adapt to a variety of form factors in their Material Design framework. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5536451de4b03685f61bf8ec/1429620000696/ Blog Jardine's expressive designs brought Tapbots to prominence. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55357692e4b0b0fbe03784b0/1429567124133/ Blog This diagram in the Aqua HIG illustrates a longstanding slicing technique to scale buttons. The end-caps are pre-drawn and the middle section scales as necessary to accommodate text placed on top of the button. This is all done using raster images. This is but one of many techniques to render scalable dimensional elements. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55356cafe4b033c3e0d4b08e/1429564627564/ Blog As websites became responsive, they became a mess of flat colors. For the truly adventurous designer today, the most that can be done to spice up a website is to insert an Instagram photo that has little or nothing to do with the company’s product. If lucky, that is paired with a translucent overlay so that the text is legible. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55356c36e4b0b546116d036e/1429564471778/ Blog One can find operating systems like iOS powering car dashboard UIs. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553577d6e4b0c84f6e5a6e27/1429567461720/ Blog On the left is Apple's design for Apple Watch. On the right is a dimensional rendering I made. It takes up the exact same amount of space but conveys that the element is clickable. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553575c4e4b0b85613f7969c/1429566917505/ Blog Calcbot for Apple Watch takes the non-branded brand to a whole new level: Tapbots does not even include their one remaining signature: the Tapbots blue. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55357831e4b0e68395f547ae/1429567594013/ Blog Apple takes a non-responsive approach to their visual design. These are renderings of each platform's music player interfaces. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55357622e4b0b85613f79910/1429567035180/ Blog Mark Jardine of Tapbots created this dimensional design in 2010. He has since expressed his complete disapproval of what it stands for. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55357749e4b0b85613f7a063/1429567307301/ Blog High resolution screens dramatically increased the potential for detail in the design of interfaces – a capability that has been neglected with the advent of flat design. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55357576e4b072049fcb4143/1429566846938/ Blog Calcbot for iOS used to have a distinctive flavor that set it apart from the competition. Today it looks eerily similar to the default calculator app. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5535759ce4b02d14b4657006/1429566883352/ Blog Tapbots' desktop calculator of course follows the same logic: reference Apple's bland design and slightly shift some hues. The extent to which branding occurs is applying a shade of blue to a few areas of the screen. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55357721e4b0b7c76463c11f/1429567268985/ Blog One can find modern minimalist creativity displayed throughout the industry. In order: Heroku, Palantir, Google, Thoughtbot, Treehouse, MailChimp, Box, Intel, Dropbox, Facebook, Campaign Monitor and InVision. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/4/28/fall-of-the-designer-part-iv-credible-threats monthly 0.5 2015-05-05 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553f0861e4b022eadbaed222/1430194275440/ Blog It should go without saying, but the limitations of automated design tools often lead to subpar results compared to designs made by experienced professional designers. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553f0989e4b0ba16e1fef491/1430194579376/ Blog Preset CSS style guides for Yelp and Heroku. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553f093ee4b0c0667be6f8e7/1430194499585/ Blog Playing on Magritte's Pipe, Print Magazine in 1991 lamented the death of the print designer. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553f090fe4b0c9767d53d465/1430194465165/ Blog The dreaded Windows 10 beta icons. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553f08bbe4b037292cde31ab/1430194364848/ Blog Paul Rand's NeXT logo and Paula Scher's Citi logo. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553f089fe4b07e354a6a2aab/1430194341969/ Blog A logo made in Squarespace Logo. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553f08dae4b0bcaa5285522c/1430194395870/ Blog On the left is Iconfactory's traditional approach to icon design. On the right is an icon approached through the lens of iOS 7, in order to fit the modern minimalist aesthetic. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/553f1b53e4b01ceff8d9d18f/1430199128869/ Blog Iconic creations by the Iconfactory. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/4/7/fall-of-the-designer-part-i-fashionable-nonsense monthly 0.5 2015-04-14 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55237ac0e4b041667bbff4d5/1428388546454/Black+and+White+2.png Blog iOS 7 and 8 are dominated by vast canvases of white. Needless to say they are entirely sterile. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55237bf5e4b0a2b6ab3a818f/1428388855909/ Blog The "greater expressive range" of Google's Material Design amounts to a change in UI tint color between one app and the next. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55237977e4b0cefeaac222cf/1428388220818/ Blog Icon design used to be a specialty at Apple. Today, they encourage app designers to follow their homogenous example. The height of creativity in icon design today is a flat, white super-ellipse with a logo in the middle. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55237bbee4b041888863a016/1428388799895/mediocre+designers.png Blog Jonathan Libov half-joked that "Flat design is for mediocre designers like me." http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55237b30e4b0291ca6392810/1428388659194/jitkoff.png Blog On the left is how Google defines Material for their Inbox for iOS app. On the right is how truly expressive materials could look if they were not considered 'too heavy' by modern minimalists. It's particularly ironic because when describing negative space in application design, lead designer on Material Design, Nicholas Jitkoff said "White space isn't necessarily white." http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55237a1ae4b0950523e31f8e/1428388380160/ Blog Above are icons from iOS prior to their modern minimalist flattening. Below are some iOS 7 counterparts. The icons above reflect well whether they belong to Apple or Facebook. The icons below do no such thing. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55237b4fe4b0d4b6871c10bd/1428388689213/ Blog Two variants of the UMass BusTrack icons I made. Back then, not every icon was white. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55237c0be4b0f8d5ff87686f/1428388877197/ Blog Who cares about visual design? After all, according to OS makers, it is 'just fashion.' http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55237b12e4b031e90a8bc8dc/1428388627790/ Blog Apple also encourages the use of black designs to throw some real variety into the mix. Black and white thinking at its finest. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/552379fae4b04bae57cee3f0/1428388347789/ Blog According to Apple upon the release of Aqua, it was recommended that developers hire a "professional graphic designer" to create their application icon. There's great news for today's developers in 2015—that's no longer the case. (Apple Aqua Guidelines, 2002, 218.) http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55237a40e4b0fda199f4049d/1428388417593/work+is+hard.png Blog Paging Thomas Friedman: The world is flat. Work is hard. Use flat design. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/5/11/on-the-grid-podcast-falling-flat-interview monthly 0.5 2016-01-03 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5550bf9ae4b04e880543f369/1431355291724/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/5/19/hard-drive-icons-through-the-ages monthly 0.5 2015-07-25 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab0c3e4b076c50e0e6ff1/1432006852852/ Blog Hard drive icons by Henri Liriani, Sascha Höhne and Dave Brasgalla. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab36fe4b002f1baef5f67/1432007537897/ Blog Pramod's rendering based on Baumann's drawings. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab598e4b056b14d6fca9f/1432008092997/ Blog OS X Yosemite system HD. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5564ca00e4b0c618e192f0f8/1432668684035/ Blog Halfbit's Disk Cleaner and Drive by Ollin Boer Bohan. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab0afe4b00d0923c26a4f/1432006834678/ Blog The Aqua Hard Drives. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab15ae4b03301931e2967/1432007004133/ Blog Anstat by Philipp Antoni. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab195e4b05222171cb61e/1432007063664/ Blog Alumi by Joy-Vincent Niemantsverdriet. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab523e4b0ca998082995c/1432007974195/ Blog CleanMyDrive icon by Pavlo Grozian of MacPaw (2012). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab33ce4b048c87e195bb8/1432007486668/ Blog Another drive from Susumu Yoshida's 2005 Smooth Leopard icon set. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5564ca30e4b097628cca337f/1432668754860/ Blog .dmg icons for DMG Canvas, Opera and Spotify. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab455e4b0f5685dc0bf46/1432007863255/ Blog ByteDrive design process. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab23fe4b0c61044497237/1432007232527/ Blog Expandrive by Jordan Langilleo. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555b5733e4b055e5ca89ee21/1432049468705/ Blog Baumann's PodDrives and Blend. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab2fce4b0b06c6976ab75/1432007429744/ Blog Yoshida's Smooth Leopard, Lanham's Agua Extras Drive and Wong's DMG Document icon. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab13be4b03301931e28ce/1432006989871/ Blog Ive Drives by Louie Mantia. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555b54a1e4b02ed6b99bbe90/1432048803384/ Blog Wil Nichols' Alumin(i)um, Milk and Dark HDD icon sets (2010). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab394e4b0028387ef6202/1432007575264/ Blog Candybar and ByteDrive. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab35ee4b0dc0d9cbb3a95/1432007520183/ Blog Baumann's SmartBackup sketches and production icon. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab0e3e4b02398ce39a2cb/1432006885180/ Blog The PowerMac G5 and PowerBook G4. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab114e4b06b40850af0e0/1432006940052/ Blog Pry Hardware by Jonas Rask. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab22de4b0c610444971de/1432007216941/ Blog The PodWorks icon by Dave Brasgalla. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab311e4b07e8edfaacd75/1432007446220/ Blog Rick Patrick's HDRV+. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab1a2e4b02398ce39a5c0/1432007077067/ Blog Bach Nguyen's UniDrive. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/555ab537e4b0e1ca79e73a05/1432007992856/ Blog O and O defrag by Nikolay Verin (2009). While this app was for Windows, it has the same roots as the rest of the icons listed. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/5/26/counter-criticism-fall-of-the-designer monthly 0.5 2015-05-26 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556403ede4b03107de8285d7/1432617967443/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/5/5/fall-of-the-designer-part-v-self-flagellation monthly 0.5 2015-05-30 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55487170e4b03f2155050ae3/1430810993868/ Blog In recent years there have been conferences dedicated to discussing regulation and licensure of the design practice. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55486fa9e4b017412af25b24/1430810538048/ Blog Doing good work apparently was not enough for many agencies. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/554873c6e4b0e5570dcdd6dd/1430811592000/ Blog The "UX is not UI" t-shirt. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55487444e4b070e824125cfd/1430811720626/ Blog Ferro points out "A computer isn't constrained by preconceived notions of what a chair should look like." It may be true that the chair was efficiently produced by a computer, but it still looks incredibly uncomfortable. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55487400e4b05f76c297a840/1430811649749/ Blog If only Flexibits had followed Apple's minimalist example (left) more stringently, they would not have harmed the user experience with their self-indulgent graphics (right). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55486ff5e4b04fcadad8f2ad/1430810619301/ Blog According to self-described "#thoughtleader" and former Googler, Chris Messina, designers should bring the full stack of skills. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55487a37e4b007190fce3115/1430813239905/ Blog According to UX Movement, only certain design roles can claim to be contributing to the user experience. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/554875d7e4b04fcadad901ae/1430812121081/ Blog Andy Budd is ever-optimistic about the state of the design industry. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55486f76e4b05d477e498c51/1430810493545/ Blog A selection of prominent design firms that have closed down in recent years. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55487299e4b0ba4d57446cf7/1430811290170/ Blog Erik Flowers' "UX is not UI" banner. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55487a50e4b01318c0aac3e8/1430813265664/ Blog Industrial design might one day be automated. Perhaps the field is bullshit too. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/554897d4e4b0c6477c90e6c8/1430820822737/ Blog Perhaps this will be the next movement after UX ≠ UI. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/554874a8e4b0b2091800b1e4/1430811817756/ Blog Iconka's designs before and after flat design. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5548726ee4b01ecb63ac7c82/1430811248878/ Blog This box illustrates the high priority Pixelapse places on icon design. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/554871d2e4b06b185ec23ebd/1430811094237/ Blog Articles by UX practitioners attempting to restrict who can and cannot assume the title "UX designer." http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5548719ee4b035e82d595e55/1430811041281/ Blog Zurb and Merholz's articles on the existence of UX. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55487492e4b0520d1fdc3e82/1430811797140/ Blog Iconka's signature style of icon design. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/554874c0e4b0260c0a431285/1430811841661/ Blog Obama trying out the brogrammer look. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/6/17/the-epicenter-of-change-the-new-apple monthly 0.5 2015-06-17 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55810a88e4b09211b68a5fdc/1434520205232/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55810c72e4b09211b68a65ca/1434520692001/ Blog On the release of iOS 7 Apple chose a bizarre beamed eighth note to replace the elegant design that had graced the iTunes icon for over a decade. That June I presented the potential options Apple could have chosen. It should be no surprise they went with the most discordant one. This WWDC that all changed with Apple Music. The good news was unfortunately tempered by the fact that the glyph was adorned in the most hideous muddy tie-dye texture. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55810c40e4b0e45f83de2f6d/1434520643019/ Blog Apple's crack copywriting team is still alive and kicking. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55810ccbe4b0168a3499c232/1434520780559/ Blog Apple has apparently given up on creating a new tie-dye pattern for each iOS release. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55810aa1e4b0fd0298774395/1434520226890/ Blog Apple designers still apparently have a taste for rich corinthian leather, albeit only when it is made abstract (Wallet). They also seem not to care for centering icons (News). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55810ae6e4b0330113d26469/1434520296305/ Blog According to Apple, the App Store is basically the same as the Industrial Revolution. (I'm not sure this was the intended message). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55810d12e4b062304c330eb3/1434520851216/ Blog The "New Apple" still inconsistently applies proper contrast. http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/6/23/apples-indies monthly 0.5 2015-06-30 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5588f19fe4b04e634469663b/1435038113556/ Blog Phil Schiller and John Gruber. Photo by Marco Arment. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5588ece6e4b08c8c8a738915/1435036905506/ Blog Swift's love letter to Apple. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5588eca2e4b062bc4c6bdfac/1435036836339/ Blog http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/6/3/mirror-images monthly 0.5 2015-07-08 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556ea197e4b0fb5970a08fa8/1433313689273/ Blog Stills from the animated sequence for Sunrise app (April '14). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556ea1d2e4b0a6d4da016d2b/1433313751608/ Blog James White's retro-futuristic '80s illustration style. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556e9f34e4b00e7c5fe591cf/1433313077751/ Blog News apps: Apple Newsstand (2013) and Facebook Instant Articles (2015). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556e9f5de4b0d2ea46ed9c2b/1433313118303/ Blog Mail apps: Campaign Monitor (May 2014) and Google Inbox (Oct 2014). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556e9f9ae4b040bf8bd62cba/1433313179441/ Blog Smart Crash Reports by IconDrawer, MailPlane icon by Susumu Yoshida and Sparrow by Jean Marc Denis. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556e9ffbe4b099ded4a30384/1433313277120/ Blog Calendar apps: Horizon (Jan. 2014) and Sunrise (May 2015). There really is nothing new under the sun. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556e9ee4e4b0662cd83c9643/1433313003484/ Blog Android Jelly Bean lockscreen (2012) and iOS 7 lockscreen (2013). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556e9e03e4b08d611ed49664/1433312772784/ Blog Apple's Touch ID (2013) and Google's Fingerprint (2015). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556e9fabe4b040bf8bd62cfb/1433313197007/ Blog Mail apps: Sparrow icon direction (2012) and Spark (2015). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556eeadce4b0c15f9e38e9b1/1433332445158/ Blog The Android Photos app icon was quietly updated one month after iOS 7 launched. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556ea200e4b040bf8bd633dc/1433313795580/ Blog Tycho's "Dive" album cover (left) and an abstracted interpretation by Duane Dalton for his Album Anatomy project (right). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556e9e20e4b0b790f79c779a/1433312801780/ Blog iOS Photos app (2013) and Google Photos (2015). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556ea0b3e4b099ded4a30562/1433313461512/ Blog The icons for Horizon and Sunrise in 2013. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556ea234e4b0717a82e2c429/1433313846509/ Blog A small selection of illustrations from the recent trend: Stafford (Jun ’14), Sterlini (Jan ’15), Perdana (Feb ’15), Warren (March ’15), Perdana (April ’15) and Joulie (April ’15). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556eab88e4b01f283c9a50d6/1433316234264/ Blog Apple's Game Center (2013) and Facebook Groups (2014). http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/556e9d22e4b0b54303d18af3/1433312549237/ Blog Could the urban planning of La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina have been an influence on the iOS icon grid? http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/7/1/redesigned monthly 0.5 2015-07-20 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55937475e4b0847ca287e86c/1435726967303/capppp.png Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/559371aee4b0b136232be13e/1435726257353/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55937081e4b051859f0e1953/1435725964840/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5593705fe4b03b84d2cd9922/1435725921746/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/5593717ee4b07e383e0ec62d/1435726208086/ Blog 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buttons for the oven. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55a5d2a7e4b0393c96eda14a/1436930743020/ Blog Silva's fantasy interfaces. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55a5d2d5e4b0db10e2391da8/1436930896937/ Blog Spaceship animation by Guido Rosso. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55a5d252e4b07d9706ce0ac4/1436930648720/ Blog An array of Durán's interface art. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55a5d263e4b07d9706ce0afe/1436930666437/ Blog Wildstar installation screen. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55a5cef7e4b058dcba915c4d/1436929788454/ Blog Stripe payments credit card illustration. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/55a5d1cae4b0f979b8e22004/1436930554560/Windy_5f.gif 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(Note: I include the iOS 8 keyboard in this graphic to illustrate that Apple felt it was acceptable for users to use the faulty shift key for two years, despite its ambiguous rendering having provoked confusion among the vast majority of users. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a41f6e4b0dc1dc38e5cdd/1443512824279/ Blog Character Preview disabled. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a4081e4b0225c29230e59/1443512451674/ Blog iOS case-shifting keyboard. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560c597ae4b0853a4ae8337f/1443649919458/ Blog http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a41b1e4b0774c42e0ac0b/1443512754487/ Blog One can change back to the all-caps keyboard in Accessibility settings. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a41d3e4b0dc1dc38e5c6c/1443512790259/ Blog A keyboard with Character Preview enabled. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a3faee4b0a427e3b571a9/1443512239729/ Blog Transition from iOS 8 to iOS 9. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a3f90e4b0d5465deb44ee/1443512211576/ Blog Alternative shift key designs by Geoff Teehan, Allen Pike and me. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a4045e4b005746d9bf9da/1443512393514/ Blog Android case-shifting keyboard. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a422be4b0774c42e0ad94/1443512877292/ Blog The competition. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a406ee4b0e4c1ab55c8cc/1443512431863/ Blog Windows 10 Beta case-shifting keyboard. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a3f64e4b0774c42e0a483/1443512165836/ Blog The shift from iOS 7 to iOS 7.1. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a420be4b0ce38798c49ce/1443512845664/ Blog The character preview, despite Apple's attempts to diminish its visual weight, relies on the illusion of depth. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36f7/54bb4d6ce4b0ff95698dffd8/560a423fe4b0e8c4f373ba35/1443512896431/ Blog Some keys result in a white active state, while others result in a grey one. 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