Google tasked San Francisco design studio Manual with interpreting its Material Design design language in print form. The results are beautiful, at least insofar as it’s novel to see digital design translated into tactile form. Which is to say, these are nicely done, but I’m not sure they would attract much notice apart from the Material Design connection, just as I’m not sure Material Design would attract much notice apart from the Google connection. For the record, I find Material Design to be a nice bit of work and it’s certainly attractive, but the rhetoric around it strikes me as a lot of hot air.
More images at manualcreative.com.
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