Google Announces New Tools for Creating Material Design Apps

In a new article this week, Google tells us that design is never done, because it's the art of continuous problem solving. Even if you optimize a user interface element for today's world, something will change that will require you to go back and work on it at a later date. To support this, Google has just announced some new tools for designers who want to collaborate with other's who practice the Material Design philosophy.

The first new tool that Google tells us about is called Gallery, and it works similar to how GitHub is currently set up, but specifically for designers. So those who are creating Material Design interfaces for applications can upload their designs, share a design that's currently on the website, and comment on them as well. The system is said to have version control as well so that you can upload new versions of the project you're currently working on.

The next Material Design tool that Google announced this week is called Stage. The goal of this tool is to help designers speed up the prototyping process. With Stage, application developers can test various elements of their project. This will also give developers a way to demonstrate how movement and animations work in applications much earlier. The quicker you can get a demo out to show your vision, the easier it is to communicate the idea to your team.

Last up, we have a new Material Design tool that Google is calling Remixer. This tool also helps with the prototyping process, but this one will actually get you a demo in your hand that you can interact with directly. Remixer will allow you to demonstrate the design of your application and even make changes to the app right on the smartphone/tablet, or even on a website.

Learn more about these new collaborative tools, and other Material Design articles on Google's Material.io website.

Source: Google Design

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