Flexing the rules of material design
summary
Carbon Five lays out a five‑step method: reset your thinking, inventory existing brand assets, sketch widely (six‑up exercises), respect material’s grid/shadow ratios, then ship a minimum viable design customization—change colors, swap fonts, tweak buttons, add one delight. Examples: New York Times wins Material Awards for breaking Roboto, Airbnb gets Editor’s Choice after ditching the nav drawer, Weather Timeline uses four primaries instead of two. Claims: quick two‑minute restyles prove many apps treat Material as a coloring book; selective rule‑breaking wins attention.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Flexing Material Design rules
- 1:32First Android project
- 3:21Rigid guidelines limitations
- 4:04Apps breaking rules
- 6:18Resetting brand thinking
- 9:15Working with brand assets
- 11:45Paper for your brand
- 15:37Minimum customization steps
- 17:25Adding delight to product
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