Mike Matas

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Mike Matas
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Matas, July 2007
Born (1986-03-23) March 23, 1986 (age 35)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Other namesMichael Matas
OccupationUser interface designer
EmployerMicrosoft

Michael Matas (born in Seattle, Washington, March 23, 1986) is a user interface designer and icon artist. He has previously worked at The Omni Group doing interface and graphic design work. Matas co-founded Delicious Monster in 2004 together with Wil Shipley.[1]

He later worked at Apple, Inc. and designed some of the major user interfaces in Mac OS X, iOS for Apple products.[2][3] In addition, he has been listed as the co-inventor on patents Apple has filed.[4]

He later left Apple.[5]

Career[]

Facebook[]

During his time at Facebook he was integral to the design of Facebook Paper (along with Kimon Tsinteris). Facebook Paper's direct descendent was also created by Matas and Tsinteris, Facebook Instant Articles.[6]

Nest[]

After Apple, Matas worked on the team that designed the Nest Learning Thermostat.[7] He then founded Push Pop Press, a digital publishing company that created Al Gore's interactive book Our Choice.[8][9]

Matas presented at TED in 2011 on his work at Push Pop for Al Gore's interactive book Our Choice.[10][11]

Lobe.ai[]

He is currently working with Adam Menges, and Markus Beissinger on a new start-up, Lobe.ai.[12] Lobe.ai is "creating an easy-to-use visual tool to help give people from diverse backgrounds and disciplines the ability to invent with deep learning".[13] It was announced that Lobe would be acquired by Microsoft in September 2018.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Matas, Mike. "Mike Matas | Speaker | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Delicious Monster co-founder joins Apple interface team". AppleInsider. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  3. ^ am, Jay Savage | | July 21, 2005 at 10:30 am July 21, 2005 10:30. "Mike Matas going to Cupertino". Engadget. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  4. ^ Interview: Mike Matas, Cocoia Blog, retrieved July 12, 2010
  5. ^ Mike Matas – About, Mike Matas, retrieved July 12, 2010
  6. ^ Metz, Cade. "How Facebook Turned Unloved 'Paper' Into 'Instant Articles'". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  7. ^ "The Father of the iPod Has Invented The Smartest, Coolest Thermostat You'll Ever See | Cult of Mac". Cult of Mac. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  8. ^ "Al Gore's 'Our Choice' App Reinvents Books, Reading". The Huffington Post. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  9. ^ "Push Pop Press: Al Gore's Our Choice". pushpoppress.com. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  10. ^ "Facebook's Mysterious Hire: The Guy Who Designed Much of the iPhone". readwrite.com. August 3, 2011.
  11. ^ "Mike Matas". Mike Matas. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  12. ^ "Lobe | Deep Learning Made Simple". lobe.ai. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  13. ^ "Mike Matas - About". Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  14. ^ "Microsoft acquires Lobe to help bring AI development capability to everyone". Retrieved September 13, 2018.

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