Android designer extraordinaire, matias duarte, explains. Meet matias duarte, one of fast companys most creative. It had a spacelike holographic design that traded the platforms. Under the guidance of newly arrived design chief matias duarte, honeycomb introduced a dramatically reimagined ui for android. Matias duarte software engineer turismocity linkedin. Matias duarte, head of design at android, has recently held an interview on software design during accel design. Las vegas matias duarte is a man who loves a challenge.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover matias connections and jobs at similar companies. Matias duarte on android and the future of design business. Android ux design chief matias duarte talks exclusively with wired on design, competitors and the future of mobile. He was responsible for the beautiful and functional aesthetic overhaul in android 3. The man, who was tasked with transforming android from the grotesque monster it. I remember someday you said that you see android design finished for thirty percent. Tablet was the focus, but the changes we did also free it up to be more flexible for other contexts as well, honeycomb lead designer matias duarte told.
In the early stages of android before duarte was hired there was a considerable amount of employee churn, rendering fragmented operating systems and design schema. His most urgent challenge was to excite the android engineers and developers about design and to prove to them its valuein the hopes of improving the. Google is about to take over your whole life, and you won. Googles android design mastermind, matias duarte, was plucked from his role at palm in 2010, weeks after the company was acquired by hp. Android users expect your app to look and behave in a way thats consistent with the platform.
And to extend the metaphor yes, please grant me an indulgence on this, it was also a very restrictive doctrine. Information density is the main problem for me with current material design implemented in android. Duartes response was a list of things i knew were going to be important to get android to be a platform that was good for users, had good design, and could be respected and recognized. It is a sufficiently advanced form of paper as to be indistinguishable from magic.
It breaks wellknown experience to android users and makes life harder. Matias duarte recently sat down with wired for a very interesting interview surrounding his ultimate profession. Googles matias duarte screenshot the bold, colorful new look known as material design is a big part of what makes android 5. Google unveils android design guide digital trends. His team also designed the android auto, android wear, and android tv, software platforms, as well as the nexus phones, tablets and tv player. Content which benefits the community news, rumors, and discussions is valued over content which benefits only the individual technical questions, help buyingselling, rants, selfpromotion, etc. Apr 16, 2014 matias duarte, head of design at android, has recently held an interview on software design during accel design conference 2014 underlining the need for a shift in software design approach from separa. Matias duarte talks tablet ui in jelly bean, lack of sd card. Googles matias duarte on the future of software design wired uk. Material design, the highest exponent of android beauty, is matias own brainchild. Matias duarte talks tablet ui in jelly bean, lack of sd. In the years that followed, he went on to direct many facets of user experience and. Matias duarte answers questions about jelly bean ui and the. Android community hates when ios design is getting ported asis to android platform.
The webos phones had a striking unity between the software and hardware design, with the playful icons and colors and the pebbleinspired design. Googles design mastermind explains the future of android. Googles vp of material design talks about working on an. Meet matias duarte, one of fast companys most creative people. Google updates material design and releases new tools to give developers more flexibility in how apps look. A lot of both the designer and developer community took it as a gospel. Does anyone care that the android holo theme is dead. Googles vp of material design talks about working on an ipad.
Looks like palm is suffering a bit of postacquisition talent drain. Matias duarte thinks its time to ditch archaic design. Android was not always the pretty, refined operating system we know today. Not only should you follow material design guidelines for visual and navigation patterns, but you should also follow quality guidelines for compatibility, performance, security, and more. Switching from droid type face to roboto type face was mainly due in part to the higher pixel density.
Having graduated the magnet program in 1992, duarte went on to study, in tandem, computer science and fine art and art history at the university of maryland terp. Nov 04, 2014 we were thrilled to have matias duarte, the visionary who leads android s design team, present the opening keynote for our 23rd annual international conference. Google design chief would love to work with rim on an android. Google design guidelines and common sense tells you to respect platform you are designing an application for. Google vice president of design matias duarte at his teams office in. Prior to his current role, he was the director of android user experience. Googles matias duarte on material design in android 5.
Googles transformation into a company that creates beautiful software is the story of how tech itself has evolved in the mobile era. Matias duarte, head of design at android, has recently held an interview on software design during accel design conference 2014 underlining the need for a. View matias duartes profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Pre matias duarte, android was a conflicted, hideous mess that drastically changed in color, design, and overall look. When matias duarte starts talking, everybody listens. Googles software design is having a reformation the verge. Even with bigger high res screens, messaging apps and settings waste so much space. Matias duarte answers questions about jelly bean ui and.
Not many software designers are as wellknown as matias duarte. Google duarte, who led development of palms webos ui as the companys senior director of human interface and user experience, has jumped ship, palm palm confirms. Matias duarte, the head of user experience at android, aims to change the way developers design for the platform. In the next ten years he wants to replace the computer on your desk and the phone in your pocket with a. Googles matias duarte on the future of software design. Googles matias duarte reveals design standards for. Mobile user interface master matias duarte has left palm and evidently hired on at the most obvious of places. Jun 27, 2014 it is a sufficiently advanced form of paper as to be indistinguishable from magic.
Googles vp for design matias duarte talks about future of. Googles matias duarte reveals design standards for android 4. We were thrilled to have matias duarte, the visionary who leads androids design team, present the opening keynote for our 23rd annual international conference. Duartes instructions were to design a more beautiful and intuitive tablet platform, restitch it with the phone os carrying forward his design changes for android 4. On the subject of the decision to change the ui on the nexus 10 to be more in line with. Googles vision for the future of smartphone design. Material design, the highest exponent of android beauty, is. Duartes objective, however, was to frame a team around purely design philosophy. Prematias duarte, android was a conflicted, hideous mess that drastically changed in color, design, and overall look.
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