Materialize
About
Learn about Material Design and our Project Team.
The Team
Due to inactivity of the original developers, MaterializeCSS has been forked into MaterializeWeb by a community of enthusiasts, which continues to be fully maintained by open source principes since 2021. Without the many contributors who participated in this fork, this project would probably not have received any updates anymore.
Material Design
Created and designed by Google, Material Design is a design language that combines the classic principles of successful design along with innovation and technology. Google's goal is to develop a system of design that allows for a unified user experience across all their products on any platform.
Principles
Material is the metaphor
The metaphor of material defines the relationship between space and motion. The idea is that the technology is inspired by paper and ink and is utilized to facilitate creativity and innovation. Surfaces and edges provide familiar visual cues that allow users to quickly understand the technology beyond the physical world.
Bold, graphic, intentional
Elements and components such as grids, typography, color, and imagery are not only visually pleasing, but also create a sense of hierarchy, meaning, and focus. Emphasis on different actions and components create a visual guide for users.
Motion provides meaning
Motion allows the user to draw a parallel between what they see on the screen and in real life. By providing both feedback and familiarity, this allows the user to fully immerse him or herself into unfamiliar technology. Motion contains consistency and continuity in addition to giving users additional subconscious information about objects and transformations.