However, the days of pixellated user interface are numbered.
Meanwhile, the expressive range and potential of graphic design remains largely untapped.
We know that we can communicate a great deal through simplified iconography.
But such communication often ends up looking dated.
Hopefully what I'm about to say next won't blow your mind.
In the future, a market will exist for hand-painted user interface.
Consider the XBox Live game Mark Of The Ninja.
Is it a diagram, a painting, or a cartoon?
It's a game.
It's an example of the art form which programmers use to explore the possibilities of user interface.
It is the shape of the future.
