Meet The Real-World Products That Inspired The iOS 7 Icons

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Here's how to animated iOS's app icons.
Here's how to animated iOS's app icons.
Photo: Apple

When it came time to redesign the UI of iOS 7, Apple decided to buck its love of skeumorphic UIs in favor of a new minimalist look that’s flat and parallaxed all over. The big design updates have been a welcomed improvement because iOS was starting to look a little long in the tooth.

Scott Forstall and his love of skeumorphic elements may be long gone, but closely at iOS 7 you’ll see a couple of skeumorphs are still clinging to. Here are some of the real world products that inspired the new iOS 7 icons.

FaceTime

Facetimeicon

Ever notice how the App Store icon resembles the Anarchy symbol?

appstoreicon

 

Safari

safariiconiOS7

Phone.app

phoneiconiOS7

 

Settings

settingsiOS7

Camera

iOScamera

 

Compass

compassiOS7

 

Maps

i280iconsiOS7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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