Design your way

Monday, October 14, 2013

iOS 7 is a big design change for Apple, an expected one, which in many ways satisfies the customers, but in some it hasn’t, particularly when we’re talking about icons.


The overall design of the new iOS has grown up and it looks now like an interface for an audience that is technologically mature.


However, the icons problem is one that most designers can’t forgive. As Ian Storm Taylor puts it, the icons feel rushed, like the first sketch was thrown right into the keynote. They all look childish and primitive, like a newbie designer would have made them on his lunch break. They have colors that don’t even have to be there and the icon execution is miserable.


The thing that annoys most designers is that Apple tried to make iOS7 flat, but not quite flat, flat… ish. You can see that their version of flat has subtle shadows, various lighting effects and gradients. Yes, gradients and flat in the same sentence.


The same style that is specific for iOS native app icons has been picked up by UI designers who are working on adapting apps for iOS7 and the transformation from iOS6 to iOS7 is what you will see in this article with image comparisons created by Kee Yen Yeo on a tumblr site called After iOS7 icons.


Twitter


Twitter icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Evernote


Evernote icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Sunrise


Sunrise icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Skitch


Skitch icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Instapaper


Instapaper icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Find my iPhone


Find my iPhone icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Alien Blue


Alien Blue icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Vine


Vine icon iOS6 vs iOS7


TiltShift Video


TiltShift Video icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Mailbox


Mailbox icon iOS6 vs iOS7


phonetrait


phonetrait icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Reeder 2


Reeder 2 icon iOS6 vs iOS7


TaskAgent 3 for Dropbox


TaskAgent 3 for Dropbox icon iOS6 vs iOS7


PCalc


PCalc icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Instacast 4


Instacast 4 icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Pack The Bag


Pack The Bag icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Write for iPhone


Write for iPhone icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Foursquare


Foursquare icon iOS6 vs iOS7


WishOnList


WishOnList icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Runkeeper


Runkeeper icon iOS6 vs iOS7


CARROT To – Do


CARROT To - Do icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Tappd That


Tappd That icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Pocket


Pocket icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Geohopper iOS icon


Geohopper iOS icon icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Momento (Diary/Journal)


Momento (Diary/Journal) icon iOS6 vs iOS7


Lift


Lift icon iOS6 vs iOS7








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