Apple's Revamped Apple Music for Artists Icon Leads to Speculation About iOS 15 Design Plans

[DeepIn2U]

Nice! I like the added depth. Looks like Apple is taking inspiration from the Big Sur icons - which has to be a first, macOS inspiring iOS.

honestly finally Apple is done with the FLAT icon stupidity, imho. we’re on iOS and iPad OS 14, even back with iOS 7 the devices graphical capabilities were so much more capable than what iOS 7 from Ive offered.

this brings me back to iOS 6 giving us 3D like depth and realism. The Sku is still cool boys n girls.

 

[ThomasJL]

I don’t like it. It looks like a halfway point between flat design and skeuomorphism. I want a return to full-blown skeuomorphism. Bring back the iOS 6 icons and design.

 

[abhibeckert]

Can we just get Aqua back?!
Brushed aluminum and all?!
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I'd rather go back to System 7 myself. A simple high contrast interface is clearly the way to go - with a few tweaks for modern high dpi screens of course.

 

[ErikGrim]

I'd rather go back to System 7 myself. A simple high contrast interface is clearly the way to go - with a few tweaks for modern high dpi screens of course.

You mean something like this?

 

[TimFL1]

I love the design I think they are going back to skeuomorphism, really hated the lazy flat design

That‘s not skeuomorphism in the article though.

 

[555gallardo]

I wonder if the white color would change to black when using Dark Mode.

 

[one more]

I do not like the look of that border around the icons, as it reduces the space available for the icons themselves. For example, if we look at Photos or Calendar apps, their icons fill up their tiles almost completely. If they add that border, the icons will need to be reduced in size to fit in proportionally as well. If other developers need/want to follow the same style, we will just end up with smaller icons surrounded by borders all around. And what’s the point of that, as each tile is already quite a distinct space as it is? 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[ChrisMoBro]

So many people seem to be dismissive of flat design but it’s not just a trend. It puts function over form and that stripped back aesthetic allows for clearer, less battery intensive designs. It blows my mind that people hate it so much and yearn for the days of skeuomorphic design. I guess there’s no accounting for taste...

 

[myrtlebee]

I don't care for it. I see this design language becoming dated and tired quickly.

 

[Asaf Navon]

I think its just a way to differentiate the "pro" - "behind the scenes" apps, especially when they looked very similar to their corresponding apps.
the current design of the regular logos is totally fine and if anything I think they will take the ones from Big Sur to make the ecosystem more unified. not saying I liked those tho 😅

 

[LV426]

I love the design I think they are going back to skeuomorphism, really hated the lazy flat design

Skeuomorphism really bugs me. I was looking on the iOS App Store the other day for a clean 2D good-looking chess game, and I basically gave up. Too many apps with ugly controls/decorations more suitable to a casino table, uninspired pieces, or pointless 3D graphics.

Really Bad Chess looked like it would fit the bill. Nicely designed pieces with a clean uncluttered UI. Ironically, the UI looks Really Good, but I want to play a proper game of chess, not a tongue-in-cheek version with random pieces.

Maybe I’m too fussy. That’s why I have a really small number of installed apps.

 

[Powerbooky]

I would like to see a drastic drop in saturation. It feels like PowerPuff Girl's UI. So tiering for my eyes.
I don't care for customization of the UI just to have the option at least to drop saturation on those Icons and remove the pure white dominating elements so that my eyes don't get tired so easily when in Light Mode.

Honestly, the UI looked better in the "Aqua" years. But I agree, the saturation can be lowered a bit.
Maybe even close to greyscale when elements / icons are not in focus. And remove all the flat look. Same for iOS.

Back in the day I adjusted iTunes 10.7 UI elements to low coloured version, just because I didn't like the all grey and flat UI.

 

[Bawstun]

I love the design I think they are going back to skeuomorphism, really hated the lazy flat design

Same, I miss the depth of design of the iOS 6 days or whatever it was before they went to the flat design.

 

[patent10021]

Forestall approves

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

You mean something like this? View attachment 1754701

If the white point was reduced, I'd have high contrast mode on all the time.

 

[m4mario]

When enlarged and displayed as in this article, it looks ugly. But I went to the Apple website, it looks nice. Downloaded the image from there and added to Home Screen as a shortcut, looks ok. Not that ugly! The border could have been skipped though.

 

[RedWeasel]

Is it actually debossed or embossed? I cannot tell. The Music app looks more like debossed at first glance, while the App Store icon clearly looks embossed to me.

I can see the "the Internet is going crazy over this image" already

 

[mazz0]

Finally. The flat design trend of the last 8 years has been awful. Glad to see some depth returning to the UI.

All that being said, the shadows on the App Store icon are a bit much. The Music icon looks fantastic though!

I don't think the problem is that the shadows on that one are too much, I think it's just a crap icon. I mean what even is it?

 

[Eightarmedpet]

Superfluous border line (on something that has limited space) and light inconsistent light sources, lets see how it plays out across the UI on a larger scale but this snippet isnt looking great.

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Not sure what to think here. I need more to make up my mind, but at first glance I don't like the line around the icons.

Seems a bit busy to me.

 

[tomtad]

Not sure what to think here. I need more to make up my mind, but at first glance I don't like the line around the icons.

Seems a bit busy to me.

This just matches it up with the Developer app which has had a common iOS/MacOS icon for some time now.

It seems the outer line is for Apple's "back end" apps.

 

[MacBH928]

Finally. The flat design trend of the last 8 years has been awful. Glad to see some depth returning to the UI.

All that being said, the shadows on the App Store icon are a bit much. The Music icon looks fantastic though!

idk, I remember people were excited for the flat design 8 years ago and hated skeuomorphia

 

[qoop]

Good god these comments are cringe. Half are would-be graphic designers who pretend to know anything, and the other half are lame-brained dweebs getting themselves off over the same “bevel and emboss” joke.

We take things very very seriously at MacRumors.

 

[qoop]

I'd rather go back to System 7 myself. A simple high contrast interface is clearly the way to go - with a few tweaks for modern high dpi screens of course.

Well said. I'd love that!

 

[Appleman3546]

I personally prefer the minimalist flat approach of the last few years, instead of a return to the og border and gloss. But gotta make people feel like things have changed somehow between major updates...