The iOS App Icon Book by Michael Flarup is a publication focused on digital design that will provide smartphone aficionados with a way to explore technology iconography a bit deeper. The publication focuses squarely on app icon design and covers popular app icons as well as their various iterations over the years along with design analyses and more. The book focuses on how the smartphone changed the game for design, and covers both what was changed in terms of aesthetics and what was created as a result.
The iOS App Icon Book is a coffee table book meant to be explored and flipped through, and is well-suited for a wide range of demographics and ages in addition to digital design creatives alike.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Smartphone App Iconography
- Opportunity for designers to create new and visually appealing app icons.
- Digital Design
- Potential to explore and create new design principles specifically tailored to smartphone app iconography.
- Coffee Table Books
- Opportunity to create and market more visually rich, coffee table books targeted at a digitally-inclined audience.
Where This Applies
- Publishing
- Opportunity for publishers to cater to the growing demand for digital design content and reach a broader range of readership.
- Graphic Design
- Opportunity for graphic designers to specialize in creating unique and eye-catching smartphone app icons.
- Mobile App Development
- Opportunity to incorporate new and innovative design principles into mobile app development to create more aesthetically pleasing products.
