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Android Design: Beyond the Guidelines (short version)

Kevin Grant
March 12, 2014

Android Design: Beyond the Guidelines (short version)

A high level overview on putting your companies brand front and center, and how to approach unique and modern design in your Android applications.

Note: This deck was originally composed with animated content on almost every screen. Unfortunately, animated content is not available on SpeakerDeck as of the time of publishing this deck.

Kevin Grant

March 12, 2014
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  1. A N D R O I D D E S

    I G N : B E Y O N D T H E G U I D E L I N E S P U T T I N G Y O U R B R A N D B E F O R E T H E S Y S T E M
  2. K E V I N G R A N T

    A N D R O I D E N G I N E E R
  3. O U T L I N E • S AY

    Y E S • T H I N K D I F F E R E N T LY • B E A D E S I G N L E A D E R
  4. – E V E RY D E S I G

    N E R E V E R “How hard would it be to…”
  5. N O B O D Y L I K E

    S S O M E O N E W H O I S D W I G H T A L L T H E T I M E .
  6. • Designers aren’t trying to ruin the product (just your

    life) • Requests are usually reasonable • Even the unreasonable requests are still doable • Remember - You’re designing the app for your company (or client), not for Google.
  7. T H I N K D I F F E

    R E N T LY
  8. – S O M E P E O P L

    E I N T H I S R O O M “But I can’t design good”
  9. – S A LVA D O R D A L

    Í “Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.”
  10. G E T I N S P I R E

    D B Y A P P S Y O U L O V E
  11. E V E RY T H I N G S

    TA R T E D O U T A S S O M E O N E S I D E A
  12. V I E W PA G E R S O

    M E O N E S I D E A
  13. D O U B L E - TA P T

    O Z O O M S O M E O N E S I D E A
  14. P U L L T O R E F R

    E S H S O M E O N E S I D E A aw no snaps =(
  15. W H AT A B O U T T H

    E D R A W E R ? shoutout https://github.com/jfeinstein10/SlidingMenu
  16. – R I G H T LY S K E

    P T I C A L A U D I E N C E “Im hearin’ a lot of talk…”
  17. O U T L I N E • W E

    S A I D Y E S • W E T H O U G H T D I F F E R E N T LY • W E B E C A M E D E S I G N L E A D E R S