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Apple and Swiss Federal Railways service reach agreement over iOS 6 clock design
Back in late September, Apple received a lot of criticism after it was discovered that the clock design it used in iOS 6 on the iPad was essentially the same as a Hans Hilfiker design to which both the trademark and copyright were owned by the Swiss Federal Railways service. But this was hardly an […]
Continue reading...Scrollbars through the years
Friday, September 28, 2012
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Thin is in apparently. And grey is back.
Continue reading...Did Apple steal its iPad clock design from a Swiss Railway Company?
Thursday, September 27, 2012
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What you’re looking at on the left is the Apple’s new clock design in iOS 6 for the iPad. And on the right you’re looking at a famous clock design originally designed by Hans Hilfiker, the copyright to which is now owned by the Swiss Federal Railways Service. Note the striking resemblance? Needless to say, […]
Continue reading...Was Apple wrong to sue Samsung if they themselves were inspired by Braun products?
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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Apple’s legal victory over Samsung, and its resulting $1.05 billion judgement, set off a flurry of comments and analysis about a number of broad topics. Of course, one of the major narratives to emerge in the wake of the trial centered on just what exactly should be patentable. After all, the idea that Apple was […]
Continue reading...Absolutely stunning iOS icons
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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Check out this listing of absolutely stunning, downright gorgeous iOS icons. True artists at work, I tell ya! A quick sampling. Check out 43 more beautiful icons over here at DesignMag
Continue reading...Samsung designer claims Samsung Galaxy devices didn’t copy Apple’s iPhone icons
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
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As the Apple and Samsung trial now enters its third week, Samsung’s senior user experience designer Jeeyuen Wang explained via an interpreter that the company did not copy Apple’s own icon designs on its line of Galaxy smartphones. On the contrary, Samsung’s choice of icons – which so closely resemble Apple’s it’s ridiculous – was […]
Continue reading...Industrial Designer praises unibody iPhone 5 construction
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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With so many leaked iPhone parts floating around these days, it was inevitable that we’d eventually see an assembled pre-production iPhone 5 built out of repair parts. Case in point – the photo above which leaked to the web just last week. What’s more, we even have this video which purports to show the iPhone […]
Continue reading...Icon designer Susan Kare on Samsung’s iPhone-esque homescreen icons
Sunday, August 12, 2012
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Last week, famed Apple icon designer Susan Kare took the stand to testify on Apple’s behalf about the striking visual similarities between Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s lineup of accused products. While on the stand, Kare noted how even she herself was prone to confusion over the similarities between the two devices. It is my opinion […]
Continue reading...Liquidmetal co-inventor anticipates technology being used in “breakthrough” Apple product
Monday, May 7, 2012
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A few weeks ago, a report surfaced claiming that Apple’s next-gen iPhone will make use of liquid metal alloys as a means to create a device that’s thinner, lighter, and more robust than previous models. If your recall, Apple back in 2010 signed a deal with Liquidmetal Technologies for the exclusive right to the company’s […]
Continue reading...The New York Times’ horrible article on Apple’s design challenges
Monday, April 9, 2012
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A week ago, I clicked onto a New York Times article detailing how Apple might lose its design edge, much in the way that Braun – once the world’s darling of design in the 60s and 70s – became less and less of a player in the design world. The article ostensibly appeared to be […]
Continue reading...Jony Ive and the underlying principles of Apple’s design philosphy
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
This London, a week ago, conducted a rare interview with Apple’s design chief Jony Ive wherein the influential designer toucheed upon a number of issues, including what makes design at Apple so special and tough for competitors to duplicate. Regarding what makes design at Apple so different, Ive explains that it’s a confluence of design […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 concept photos
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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CiccareseDesign a few weeks ago put together some interesting iPhone 5 mockups. They look pretty sleek, admittedly, but at the risk of being a total and complete buzzkill, it’s essentially just an iPhone UI melded with Apple’s Magic Mouse design. It also borrows heavily from the rumored iPhone 5 teardrop design that many expected to see […]
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Friday, October 12, 2012
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