Observed Experience: Thoughts by Harley Jebens

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My name is Harley Jebens. I am currently a User Experience Strategist for BBDO Atlanta, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This is a site I've set up to post my occasional User Experience-related thoughts or observations. I hope it will prove useful to you.

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June 3, 2014

Apple Design Awards 2014

Apple has handed out its design awards to apps that the company judged to be “exceptional (in combining) design and technology in creative, compelling, and powerful ways.” This site gives info on the winning  apps of 2014 and the developers behind them.

https://developer.apple.com/design/awards/

Some of the apps that caught my eye:

Device 6 - https://developer.apple.com/design/awards/2014/DEVICE-6/

A surreal and thrilling game in which the written word is both your map and your narrator.

Device 6

Monument Valley - https://developer.apple.com/design/awards/2014/Monument-Valley/

Guide a silent princess through a fantasy world by manipulating unique architectural monuments.

Monument Valley

All of the apps are worth checking out, for inspiration and a view into what Apple perceives at the best work going on in the app development and design space.