Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 24th Jan 2013 17:43 UTC
Fantastic article by The Verge: "Something strange and remarkable started happening at Google immediately after Larry Page took full control as CEO in 2011: it started designing good-looking apps. [...] We went to Google looking for the person responsible for the new design direction, but the strange answer we got is that such a person doesn't exist. Instead, thanks to a vision laid out by a small team of Google designers, each product team is finding its way to a consistent and forward-looking design language thanks to a surprising process. They're talking to each other." I think Google's recent complete design transformation is one of the most remarkable shifts this industry has seen post-iPhone. I think the importance and possible ramifications of this shift are best captured by Tom Dale: Google is getting better at design faster than Apple is getting better at web services.
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2010-12-16
What a title:
true to Steve Jobs!
- he really learn worst thing from Jobs, very good 
"How Larry Page engineered a beautiful revolution"
Larry Page even shameless copy SENTENCES (?!?!) from his mentor, Steve J.:
"For us to succeed, is it necessary for some other company to fail? No. We’re actually doing something different." (Larry P. from Wired interview, 5 days ago...)
awful PR.
POINT: "How Larry Page engineered..."
try: "https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=andy+hertzfeld+... third link:
Why Google+ Looks Good: Original Macintosh Team Member Andy Hertzfeld
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/28/google-plus-design-andy-hertzfeld/
"That’s no surprise since the key interface designer was legendary software artist Andy Hertzfeld."...
"While traditionally, Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page has been opposed to lavish designs because he’s obsessed with product speed, he signed off on Hertzfeld’s work."
yesterday it was Andy achievement, today is Larry
Edited 2013-01-24 22:54 UTC