All owners of the Xbox 360 received an extra Christmas present when they updated their console a month ago. I know I am a big fan of the new look and feel. I just ran across a post by the design firm Gridplane that came up with a competing concept for the New Xbox Experience. Behold what might have been:
Update: I have added an image gallery with all the concepts available at Gridplane’s site. You can view the original article here.
While I love the color palette they have chosen, I think they took a few steps back on functionality. The white gradient is very subtle and pleasing, and the shade of green reflects the history of the Xbox color palette while moving forward. Functionally, however, I think the way they present the different groups of information does not give the user enough information about where they are. What comes next? What group were the just viewing?
It is a great attempt, and I appreciate Gridplane sharing it with us.
(via Gizmodo)