Android has been around for a while now and in that time, it has seen some significant changes. A couple of years ago, Google introduced us to its ‘material design’ vision for what modern apps should ...

Customers are picky about their apps. U.S. consumers have an average of 20 apps on their phone (subscription required), but today's savvy consumers install and delete ...

If you follow Google at all, you’ve probably heard this “Material Design 2” buzzword that’s been going around since February. At that point it was little more than just number, but as I mentioned, we ...

Update: Following some great feedback in the comments, I have updated this article with some more awesome examples of material design: Textra, Fabulous: Motivate Me, and Material Design Lite. I have ...

Businesses are often advised to “meet customers where they are,” and when it comes to apps, where they are is on their mobile devices. Most people always have their cellphones with them, so a ...

It’s not just you: TikTok and Snapchat are harder – or at least weirder to use than other apps. Open up TikTok, and a video will immediately start playing, a random teenager singing along to a pop ...

What if designing a full app UI was as simple as describing it in plain words? Imagine sketching a rough idea or typing a quick description, like “a sleek login screen with a username and password ...

Native app UI design doesn’t give you much room to work with. When designing for smaller screens and shorter attention spans, your UI design must work at the speed of thought. Ideally, you want to ...

What separates a good app from a great one? It’s not just functionality, it’s the way users feel when they interact with it. A clunky, inconsistent interface can frustrate users, no matter how ...

Every design tells a story. Every story has a design. It’s your job to connect the two. It takes planning and thoughtful design every step along the way. Effective storytelling requires that you use ...