GraphicDesignDesign on the go

The advent of mobile applications

Lesson Objectives

List of mobile apps for graphic design

Designing with mobile apps

The advent ofmobile apps

The origin ofmobile phones

The first mobile phone was created by Motorola in 1973!

This phone weighed a whopping 1.1kg (2,43lb)

The first mobile phone only sold in 1983 for $ 4 000

• The first smartphone was known as the Simon

Personal Computer

• It was available commercially in 1994

• It had a touch screen, could send/receive

emails & fax messages, had a note and calendar

function as well as apps

• It had a monochrome LCD screen and only one

hour battery life

The origin ofsmartphones

What is amobile app?• Software for small, wireless devices

• It considers the demands andconstraints of these devices

• Mobile apps offer features thatcomputers don’t offer

• Makes our lives easier

Did youknow?

Your mobile phone has

more computer power

than the computer used

for the Apollo 11 moon

landing in 1972!

Whenwas the first smartphoneavailable to the public?

1994 1987 1999

Mobile vs Desktop

Mobile devices& apps

• Easy to use• Accessible anywhere• Free to use

• One-purpose• Small scale• Limited functionality• Weak processor• Low storage• Difficult to replicateadvanced userinteraction

Computer&software

• Web access notalways necessary

• Great functionality• Fast processor• Good storage capacity• Easily upgradehardware

• Durable

• Not always free• Bulky & big• Not accessibleanywhere

Mobile apps for graphic design

Mobile apps forgraphic design

Canva Adobe Capture Adobe Spark Post Resplash

Canva demo

Adobe Capture

Spark Post demo

Resplash demo

There is room formobile apps in

the designworld

ChallengeExplore and research designapps that you cam make use ofon your mobile device