Mobile Design Inspiration
Before I start sketching I like to look at a lot of designs to get inspiration for what I’m building. Here are a few resources I use.
TapFancy
A great showcase of iPhone and iPod touch app design. Cool way to see screens without necessarily having to download the app.
Useful Design Tips for your iPad App
A great article from Smashing Magazine. It focuses on the iPad but has great tips throughout. Something I like to read and re-read before I start a design. Good reinforcement.
34 Inspiring iPad Application Websites
Sometimes it’s great to start at the end and see how the promotion of the app on the developer’s Web site looks. I enjoy these sites to see how the design of the application influenced the design of the site.
Apple Design Awards
It’s good to know who’s winning awards out there. Especially when the award is from Apple!
20 Examples of Stunning iPad App Interface Design
The title kind of says it all. Again, always good to gather inspiration from others work.
Inside the design process for NPR’s iPad app
A wonderful story about NPR’s design approach for their iPad app. Bask stories can be great inspiration as you find others have probably struggled with the same things you are.
