Design your way

Monday, January 12, 2015

Since November when Android Lollipop was released, Google’s Material Design has created waves among the members of our design community. Many have created app designs since then and a lot of them have made really good ones. Not that it would be a surprise.

Almost every top designer wants to use this design language from Google because it looks good, it enhances usability and also because it’s a challenge due to its comprehensive documentation based on a rich set of design styles and principles.

While some may say Google’s Material Design still has room for improvement, this style is something that will not be just a trend; it will stay for a while due to its usability principles that it is based on and not just pretty aesthetics.

Material Design, which was at some point codenamed quantum paper, is a design with increased use of grid-based layouts, responsive animations and transitions, padding, and depth effects such as lighting and shadows. Unlike real paper, the digital material can expand and reform intelligently. Material has physical surfaces and edges. Seams and shadows provide meaning about what you can touch.

I made this inspirational article for you to see how beautiful and smart Material Design can be. You’ll see examples of this interesting design style as you scroll this article. Enjoy!