Fuck flat
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- zombee
Microsoft, Apple and now Google. When will this shit end. In fact fuck it, I'm out.
Thank you and good night.
- inv0
Did you invest a lot of time in skeuomorphism? =)
- GeorgesIV0
it's a trend, so everyone has to do it,
apple jumped on the bandwagon kind of late too and made a horrible job at it,
- fadein110
Flat design isn't new. Really don't get why its such a surprise to people.
Its a more refined and dare I say it purer approach to design than the trends that grew out of a generation of designers who were brought up with Photoshop Effects rather than underlying principles.
It strips away the unnecessary - whcih is pretty essential in UI design.
I am pleased things have gone that way.
- Nathan_Adams0
I'm just sick of people over-using the term "flat". We're now getting articles about branding being flat, and how it's following some kind of trend. It's just fucking inane. We shouldn't be learning how to talk about design from kids on Dribbble.
- let them have their word. but inside, we know they're wrong.doesnotexist
- If there's one thing you will learn from topics like these, it's that designers aren't very good at talking about designukit2
- 90% of the "thinking" behind it is just inane cliches with zero original thinkingukit2
- I think the complaint isn't about the approach. It's the painful use of buzzwords. People won't communicate in simple terms because they want to be cool.CyBrainX
- Pixter0
Google logo has gone flat
- tOki0
Microsoft made a bold move, and google have actually been doing it for years too (around when G+ came out). Apple are very late to the game considering what we've come to expect, and have done a poor job at a purely aesthetic level.
Whilst definitely a trend - "Flat" design is the natural reaction to the excesses of "web 2.0" and rainbow effect ridden space images of wolves and so forth.
It makes sense from a practical perspective too - our layouts are no longer fixed, and must load quickly on mobile devices. Personally I like how it gets down to core principles and draws attention to well thought out information, but think that some people are too purist in their application and this can actually be detrimental to UX. In the same way that some of us went too far with skeumorphism.
For example the new version of facebook, in my opinion, has lost a bit of it's clarity in favour of flatter visuals. I was actually a fan of their increasingly restrained approach but feel they've now gone too far.
I think that there's always going to be a place for gradients and other non flat things, just a lot of designers have "grown up" and hopefully are being a bit more subtle/elegant in their use of such things.
At the end of the day, our job is to communicate and/or provide utility - whatever technique does the job best should be the one you use :)
- Ianbolton1
I agree with fadein, and I don't think it's just a trend. I think it's a movement based around the simplifying of everyday design principles. Surely your job as a designer is to effectively transfer information into the most simplistic visual form? Now we have high-definition lifestyles, why not make everything pixel perfect and clean. Fair enough Apple's new iOS isn't perfect like it should be, but it's a step in the right direction.
- tOki0
Flat design was invented because of that fucking lolcube, QBN you have yourselves to blame.
- zombee0
My problem with flat design isn't the actual look, it's the fact that every fucking company is changing their brand to 'conform' without actually questioning whether this particular look is going to add any worth.
- If the company is moving to responsive design, yes it adds worth.monkeyshine
- ukit20
You could interpret the idea of minimalism and simplicity in many different ways but when people say "flat design" it usually has a particular look to it: similar icon style, similar color schemes, etc. Sometimes it's done well, sometimes not but the particular look is definitely a trend and a year or two from now the trend will be something new. Let's not pretend there's any particularly deep thinking behind it, the ideas of minimalism and so on have been around forever.
- GeorgesIV0
EVERYONNNE,
I'll never get tired of this gif
- sktIII0
The homogenisation of design (specifically digital) is pretty depressing to see. Having reviewed about 4000 portfolios for OnSite, the sheer volume of 'me too' work that is being produced is unbelievable.
- Large Photo (often blurred).
- 3 Meaningless Icons (Yes, you think, you design and you iterate / drink coffee / code / whatever, well done).
- 6 dribbble thumbnails (That link to the same thumbnails on dribbble).
- And then a contact form to hire them (Of course I want to hire you, you mocked up that amazing to-do list).
- Social Icons (I'm not entirely convinced yet, better take a look at your Instagram).
- This could be the beginning of a new LOL Cube. Who's up for it?********
- Sounds a little (just a little) like the onSite design?fadein11
- Haha, fair point. Although that's getting replaced shortly with a proper site.sktIII
- fadein UPPERCUTT!!!!
Daaaaammm!!GeorgesIV - Was going to say the same haha, OnSite fits this mold perfectly.********
- ha - sorry but I did think what's he on about! :)fadein11
- In my defense, onsite is a holding page, not a portfolio site. (and the icons are stacked, not side by side!)sktIII
- pot calling the kettle blackutopian
- Haha fadein! At least sktlll is taking the feedback like a champ!
You also described my site... Fml.Hombre_Lobo
- This could be the beginning of a new LOL Cube. Who's up for it?
- sktIII0
^ already did the app version:
- LOLmoniker
- nice!
LOKi - i like this.
might steal itmikotondria3
- doesnotexist0
BAM
almost 100 yrs ago
- exactlymonospaced
- That's because they had no photoshop filters back then.iCanHazQBN
- Totally - think of all the amazing screen prints, posters, logos....lessfloor
- vaxorcist0
The paradox here is that this ocean of sameness is making the design profession look like a bunch of copiers....
But often it seems we do something very original and the client at the last minute wants it to look more normal, fearing that users won't figure it out...
Sometimes I wonder if they might even be a bit right...
- there is always an ocean of sameness no matter the trenddoesnotexist
- ********0
To the OP.
What would you prefer google have, bevels? Photorealism?
What you call flat is just appropriate for the technology it's applied to.
- utopian0
The zombie Apple design team finally woke up and are still playing catch-up of with the Google and Microsoft innovators that created flat design. Don't count on Apple innovating anything else moving forward. Just look at Apple's non-innovative regurgitated New iPhone, looks and works as it did seven years ago!
- kdoesnotexist
- lol created? lolnumero1
- nice one utrollian™monospaced
- Google and Microsoft created flat design? By themselves? :)jagara
- sktIII0
Google and Microsoft must have created it because they are big companies that I have heard of.
