Apple Watch have appeared thanks to the flat design

Over the past year to a flat design of iOS most Yabloko already accustomed to, although all remember well how acute was the first reaction to the iOS 7 design. :) To a large extent, befallen Apple fans disappointment was due to a misunderstanding: what the company has gone on so radical a solution, what is the point? Perhaps only with the release of "apple" hours it becomes more or less clear.

As long as you read our translation of the text from the Apple presentationIn the "telegram" seething internal chat wording "MakRadara". And then, when about Apple Watch almost all told, I was suddenly struck by the thought: how it looks cool user interface hours in a flat style of iOS 7 - and whatever it was the ad, stay true to Apple skevomorfichnoy nature visually overloaded iOS 6! It seems that Johnny Ive knew perfectly well why he throws skeuomorph in the dustbin of history (that's really amazing).

Similar conclusions have been drawn and independent columnist John Brownlee. Drawing attention to the round icons Apple Watch the home screen, he said to himself that this form of icons is most suitable for such a small display: The information on them is both legible and easy available. And therein lies the strategic value of a flat design.

Stripped effects that create three-dimensional effect (the shadow, gradients, texture, chamfer, the specific animation and m. N.) slim design greatly simplifies the translation of the multimedia project from one carrier to another, including paper. In the case of iOS transition took place from a smartphone on smartchasy.

John last year speculatedThat radical redesign iOS 7 is due to Apple's plans to prepare the system for tomorrow's devices. The company's designers have moved not only aesthetic considerations - removing all unnecessary, Apple has created a new design language that could be easily adapted to the screens of different sizes and shapes.

Here is a quote from the same notes:

Think how much easier it is Apple working to transfer its visual language to the new device. If the company ever release its long-awaited HD-TV, it certainly pictograms will be used, which can easily be read from any angle of the room. But Apple's new interface will not need to come up with these icons from scratch - flat design allows companies (almost automatically) to extend the use of existing icons in any base form. If Apple did not iOS 7 flat, such a simple transition would be impossible. Icons, which are heavily used by sophisticated textures, shadows, light sources and gradients should be rethought and recreated for each new device. But because iOS 7 is flat, such a problem does not arise at all.

There is one more advantage. Now all the displays are flat, but in the future they may find any shape, size and profile. On the example of its Galaxy Round, the first smartphone in the world with a curved OLED-screen, the Samsung has already shown how it can be implemented. A iWatch, reportedly, will also be equipped with a similar display. On curved screens skevomorfichny design looked strange, as if in a distorting mirror. But the flat design elements are not affected so much. Ironically, by making its mobile OSes flat, Apple prepare for the transition to a real 3D, when she mastered a new type of display.

While Apple Watch is not equipped with a 3D-display, but Apple Watch appeared thanks to the flat design, to create a team Jony Ive. It is a flat design has become a secret weapon iWatch, and he could easily get used to the Apple products that we do not even dream of.

- A source: Co. Design.