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Google Material Design and The Story of Shape System

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Google Material Design and The Story of Shape System

Google Material Design and The Story of Shape System

In 2014, Google took a bold move with a new design initiative that’s Material design to weave a visual language in the app’s UI which is based on ethical design principles.

The latest update to Google Material design includes- ‘Shape’, which is most often remain unnoticed when it comes to expressing hierarchy and the brand in the application design.

The use of the different shapes helps the developers in directing the user’s attention, encouraging communication, expressing brand, or easy recognition of the things.

It also aids in communicating the relationships between the various UI elements and highlight the action that you want the users to perform.

A large number of shapes can be used to express brand visual language, but they must be used in tandem with other customizations (Use of text or icons) and applied strategically in a consistent manner through an app.

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