I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the impending iOS 7 design and flat appearance of icons, menus, and the absence of perspective. And the more I think about it, the more turned off I am about the idea of it all.
This is in contrast to the fact that I do like the look of some of my frequently-used apps that are flat. After all, several Google’s iOS apps (except Gmail oddly) are two-dimensional and simplistic, right? But Google has been touting simplicity since its inception so that doesn’t surprise me.
Any.Do? Flat. Skype? Flat. Feedly? Mailbox? RunKeeper? Flat, flat, FLAT!
Ok. So the 2-dimensional appearance has earned its rightful place in my iOS world. But here’s the deal for me: it’s the contrast between the larger print, flatly designed appearance of those apps and Apple’s classy, 3-dimensional style with light and mirrored reflections that make the experience of using an iPhone visually satiating.
Without this contrast, I feel as if we’ve returned too far to Apple’s 1980’s roots, and that visual experience will also fall… well… flat.
In a single iOS 7 upgrade, the debate (48 sec) will go from “Look King, [the world] she’s a round like this apple” (58sec) back to “She is flat like your head” (1:08)
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TAGS: flat, flat concept, flat design, icons, iOS 7
