holtmann needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 136 designs submitted by 45 freelance designers.
iBattery
The application icon will be used to represent and promote iBattery – a tool displaying the current battery level of iPhones and IPod Touches using a percentage output and bar indicator.
iBattery additionally displays the remaining time in hours and minutes for the most common usage scenarios of your device:
- Standby (iPhone only)
- Internet (Wifi)
- Internet (3G, iPhone 3G, 3GS only)
- Talk (3G, iPhone 3G, 3GS only)
- Talk (2G, iPhone only)
- Video
All iPhone/iPod touch users who want to get more detailed information on their iPhone battery
-Two icons sizes needed:
>> 512x512 (for the AppStore/iTunes)
>>57x57 (for running on the iPhone) itself
- Icon must visually denote
>> Battery
>> Measurement
- Icon should visually represent the iBattery application (http://files.getdropbox.com/u/36324…ad/app.png)
- Icon must use colours (or shades of them) as specified in colour palette (http://files.getdropbox.com/u/36324…hment2.png)
- Icon does not have to use ALL colors in the colour palette (http://files.getdropbox.com/u/36324…hment2.png)
- Icon must look good against the specified background colours (http://files.getdropbox.com/u/36324…hment3.png)
- Icon must be attractive, modern and noticeable
Icon should NOT contain text