Mikio Inose

Visual Designer

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About

Designer at Apple Inc. Helped design Calendar, Emoji, Game Center, Maps, Notes, etc. at Human Interface Group '09-'14. Making icons and designing the map content at Maps '14-Present.

Work Experience

Designer

Apple Inc.

Oct 2009 - Present

Cupertino, California

Designer

Self-employed

Jun 1998 - Sep 2009

Tochigi, Japan

Projects

Dark Map - iOS 15~

Sep 2021 - Present

Art direction and color design for every map mode in the dark appearance in iOS 15.

Dark Map - macOS Mojave

Sep 2018 - Aug 2021

Art direction, color design, and icon design for every map mode. From design to produce the assets. Shipped the Mac version first in 2018 (Mojave) and then iOS 13 in 2019.

Answers

Application icon design

Times

Application icon design

Icons for Pixbyte applications

Application/toolbar icon design

32x32 and 16x16 pix formats.

Zenrin Zi Maps POI Icons

Icon design

16×16 pix. These also appeared on Google Maps Japan region.

Awards

D693833 | US Patent

D800143 | US Patent

D743988 | US Patent

D719973 | US Patent

D769324 | US Patent

D671126 | US Patent

D707246 | US Patent

D763876 | US Patent

D719578 | US Patent

D705223 | US Patent

D937314 | US Patent

Jun 2019

D882588 | US Patent

May 2018

US10170084B2 | US Patent

Jan 2018

20180211636 | US Patent

Jan 2018

D861705 | US Patent

Oct 2017

D851096 | US Patent

Feb 2017

D818473 | US Patent

Oct 2016

D823299 | US Patent

Jul 2016

20160365072 | US Patent

Jul 2016

9911400 | US Patent

Jul 2016

D765712 | US Patent

Jan 2016

D793404 | US Patent

Sep 2015

D769924 | US Patent

Jul 2015

D790560 | US Patent

Mar 2015

D748146 | US Patent

Jan 2015

D783631 | US Patent

Aug 2014

20150369623 | US Patent

Aug 2014

9423268 | US Patent

Aug 2014

D743438 | US Patent

Jun 2014

D762208 | US Patent

May 2014

D750669 | US Patent

Mar 2014

D701234 | US Patent

Oct 2012

D709915 | US Patent

Jun 2012

D712421 | US Patent

Jun 2012

D740832 | US Patent

Jun 2012

D739859 | US Patent

Jun 2012

D711910 | US Patent

Jun 2012

D711895 | US Patent

Jun 2012

D730364 | US Patent

Jun 2012

D710370 | US Patent

Jun 2012

D771638 | US Patent

Apr 2012

D702709 | US Patent

Oct 2011

D669906 | US Patent

May 2011

D676858 | US Patent

Sep 2010

D683730 | US Patent

Jul 2010

Skills

Design

  • User Interface Design
  • Icon Design
  • Art Direction
  • Color Design
  • Asset Production

Software & Tools

  • iOS
  • macOS
  • Apple Maps
  • Calendar
  • Emoji
  • Game Center
  • Notes