"To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit; it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to modify, to dignify, to dramatize, to persuade, and perhaps even to amuse." - Paul Rand

Interfaces exist to enable interaction
Interfaces exist to enable interaction between humans and our world. They can help clarify, illuminate, enable, show relationships, bring us together, pull us apart, manage our expectations, and give us access to services. The act of designing interfaces is not art and they are not monuments unto themselves. Interfaces do a job and their effectiveness can be measured. They are not just utilitarian, however. The best interfaces can inspire, evoke, mystify, and intensify our relationship with the world.

Clarity is job #1
Clarity is the first and most important job of any interface. To be effective using an interface you've designed, people must be able to recognize what it is, care about why they would use it, understand what the interface is helping them interact with, predict what will happen when they use it, and then successfully interact with it. While there is room for mystery and delayed gratification in interfaces, there is no room for confusion. Clarity inspires confidence and leads to further use. One hundred clear screens is preferable to a single cluttered one.

Android 的桌面是一个千变万化的地方，光 Launcher 就有好几种。最近发现一个以 Android 桌面为主题的网站 myColorscreen，里面有很多风格迥异，美观的桌面，都是来自网友的智慧。

分享我从这上面发掘到的美丽桌面：

1.Simplistic，极简主义风格：

There are several minor user interface design changes on iOS 5, but only designer will notice about these.

Official user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) guidelines from the manufacturers, links to which you can find below, are a source of inspiration for mobile web and app design. Here, you will find guidelines, samples, tips, and descriptions of common mistakes. Many of the guidelines focus on native application development, but we can apply most parts of them to mobile web design too.

如果你是苹果用户，那么 Mac 和 iPhone 中的图标可谓早已司空见惯，但是你知道这些图标中隐藏的秘密么？这些看过之后就被忽略的东西，却在细节之中体现了科技产品中蕴含的人性和趣味。Electricpig 最近一篇文章，列举了苹果的程序中一些内含深意的图标 。我们一起来看一看这些图标背后的故事：

北京时间1月6日早间消息，星巴克(Starbucks Corp)(SBUX)周三展示了一个新的商标，其设计是将老商标中原本环绕在圆形海妖图标以外的外圈拿掉，并去掉原本位于内圈和外圈之间的“Starbucks Coffee”(星巴克咖啡)字样。