My new iPhone homescreen background.
I always leave the bottom row of icons empty on my phone so there’s a visual break between the dock and the apps above (and also because 20 apps in a 4x5 feels overwhelming to me). I also like using this area to swipe between screens because it bugs me to swipe on top of apps. I know, weird.
Anyway, I had promised myself that I would immediately set my background back to pure black once iOS 4 came out. I didn’t want extra visual noise distracting from the beautiful simplicity Apple had kindly and wisely forced us into these past years.
But I couldn’t resist, so I thought maybe I can make something that’s simple, low-contrast, and that uses the negative space for something fun.
I made this church-lobby letter-board design and it hides all the high-contrast elements behind the icon grid so it looks cool as a lock-screen, but doesn’t distract as a home-screen.
