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Today’s iOS 7 announcement leaves me disappointed. On one hand I’m very excited about the direction the new design is going, on the other hand there are many design details that are just not there yet. Besides the notorious new app icons, another piece of iOS 7 that makes me cringe whenever I look at it is the new Control Center (left). It’s visually very noisy and feels very crowded, so tonight I took some time to re-imagine it a bit (right), leaving the layout alone for now and simply focusing on the visual treatments.

For his new photography series titled “The Pantone Project”, Chicago-based photographer Paul Octavious captured images of his hand holding up a Pantone swatch to match the scene in the background. The project started out as a series of instagram posts trying to “match all the PANTONE colors to things I find in everyday life.” For those unfamiliar with the The Pantone Color Matching System, it is the industry standard system of coded colors used in printing and design so that manufacturers, screenprinters, and designers can guarantee that their colors are accurate and precise. Paul Octavious has taken this system and cleverly turned it on it’s head.

My two seconds of fame. Can you spot me?