Adaptive Path‘s Kumi Akiyoshi blogged a quick piece about the visual design of Aurora. I really love the exploratory designs that were created before deciding on the one we saw in the videos. I don’t necessarily love all of the features within them, but it is so important to create multiple design options before settling on the one that will be developed.

A visual design option for Adaptive Path’s Aurora, by Kumi Akiyoshi

Another design option (see more)

These examples show different options for the visual design, but you can generate ideas for anything you design. I do this all the time when I’m designing exactly how a feature will work. Anyway, go check out Kumi’s post. There’s lots more to see.