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Fascinating. The new designs seem to look very W8 Metro. I confess an idle curiosity as to why the art style shift and if there's a genuine change in design ph
by pnathan 13y ago
Fascinating. The new designs seem to look very W8 Metro.
I confess an idle curiosity as to why the art style shift and if there's a genuine change in design philosophy (e.g., Modern vs. Romantic type watershed moments) or if it's just a flavor of the day shift (I can often date websites and books by their visual design elements, but it doesn't mean that there was a fundamental philosophy shift).
- achughes 13y agoWith Metro I think that Microsoft did something really unique, it had a digital design language that spoke to a lot of UI designers. Thats not to say they executed it particularly well, because even if it looks good that doesn't mean it is particularly easy to navigate. It didn't look like any UI that had come before it mostly because it striped everything out of the design, and it that way it was really interesting. Designers had still be struggling with the move from page design to digital design and flat seemed like a good answer. Side note: Its interesting that everybody is shouting about it looking like Android when they should really be saying that everything looks like Metro