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INDEX Page numbers of illustrations appear in italics. Agile, 149, 163 Airbnb, 46, 47–48 airports, UX design and, 91–92, 168–69 Android, 37, 55, 56, 60, 65, 68, 138, 171 Angeles, Michael, 98–99, 101 animation, 11, 58, 59, 60, 61, 78, 83–84, 89, 91, 126, 145, 155 Apple, 9, 32, 45, 50, 76, 166–67 App Store, 138 iPad, 31, 32, 34, 78, 155, 171 iPhone, 37–38, 46, 47, 53–54, 72, 118, 152 Newsstand, 155–56 Apple iOS, 61, 65, 68, 68, 89, 140, 145, 171 Mail app, 37–39, 38 UIAlertView notification, 59, 59–60 apps, 11, 12, 26–27, 40–41, 88, 127. See also specific apps author’s use of, for reference, 56–58, 57 failures, 117–18 reverse engineering, 58 standard vs. custom designs for, 58–61 web vs., design choice, 64–67, 67 back-end development, 3, 42, 49, 54, 62, 69, 148, 156–57, 162 Balsamiq Mockups, 98–99 Benyus, Janine, 168 Bezos, Jeff, 136 biomimicry, 168 Blue Apron, 121 Bootstrap (design framework), 60 Boston Globe, 66 Boxes and Arrows website, 97 brand elements, 75–78, 77, 107, 111, 153 Brichter, Loren, 14, 146 Brook, Jennifer, 153
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