Material Design

This post was originally published on d1db3k.blogspot.com on 2015-11-29. I migrated this post in January 2026.

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Google announced the Design Language “Material Design” in Summer 2014.

I think I first got in touch with it via the Google Now cards and the Google Keep App.

Now, one and a half years later I am still impressed. For me, it seems to be the right way to present digital content. It doesn’t try to simulate real objects, but it still is understandable - for a digital immigrant, as I am.

This video tries to explain it:

YouTube Video

The Design Principles have also been printed in the SPAN Reader.

Some additional links:

Icons Colors / Style Get Material Design Lite SPAN Reader