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Google Shares Two Exclusive Material Design Wallpapers You Haven’t Seen Before, Download Them Here

Kellen October 21, 2015 15

Yesterday, on Google's Design site, Rachel Been penned an article that shared the story of the art behind the new wallpapers in Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The story talks of the artist's (Carl Kleiner) use of different types of paper, layering, and lighting to...

2015 Phone Design.

Kellen July 14, 2015 164

Welcome to 2015, where your brand new phone will probably look like that guy's brand new phone and your mom's brand new phone and your co-worker's new phone and the bus driver's new phone and the homeless guy's new phone, all of which are made by different...

Google Introduces 7 New Sections to Its Material Design Guidelines

Kellen April 14, 2015 27

I'm not going to even attempt to claim that I have a good grasp on what Google's Material Design is. I know it's pretty and bold. I know things float. I know that there are ripples reacting to touch. And I understand that there should be layers, lighting, and...

Rumor: Google Once Again Introducing New Design Guidelines, so Developers can Ignore Them Too

Kellen June 11, 2014 55

According to the latest rumor du jour, Google is going to introduce yet another set of design guidelines for not only its apps, but for the rest of the app world too (including iOS). You know, because developers really bought into Holo and hamburger menus and...

Video: Matias Duarte Talks Android Wear, Refuses to Give Us a Sneak Peak in Interview

Kellen April 15, 2014 19

Matias Duarte, Android's design guru, sat down last week at the Accel Design Conference with The Verge's Josh Topolsky to talk what else, about design. In his 37 minutes of time, Duarte covers a range of topics from general, broad design ideas to making better...

Video: Android Design Team Talks Favorite Apps by Design, Including New Newstand and Timely

Kellen November 27, 2013 19

We are suckers for a well designed Android app, so from time to time we watch the Android team's "Android Design in Action" show to see what kinds of tips they can offer to developers, to stay up-to-date on new design guidelines, and also to see what apps they...

Video: Android Team Explains the Design Choices Behind the New Google Play Apps

Kellen June 25, 2013 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA5U_hBw544 In this week's Android Design in Action show, Android team designers Marco Paglia and Owen Otto take us on a tour of the process involved in recreating Google Play (version 4.0) and its accompanying apps. As you know,...

Samsung Calls Galaxy S4 Design Just an “Evolution” and “Like Nothing You Have Ever Seen Before”

Kellen April 29, 2013 31

This morning, Samsung released a 4-minute clip describing the design and inspiration of their new flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, from the viewpoint of the phone's designers. While the design has received mostly mixed reviews over the last week, they managed to...