Behind the scenes of Circle app design

No, it isn't. "Nice girls"?

Models are attractive people. The terms works for both sexes. Ask yourself why there has to be any reference at all to the fact that the pictures are of females. Your placeholder image leaves little doubt about that fact.

I'm trying to get an idea across to you: it isn't okay to use women as sex objects in public conversation like your site. It isn't okay to single women out, even as "nice girls." Both your image and your text make it about their sex and sexuality. Use whatever images you like on your own computer, but when it comes time to share with the internet, have some tact. Lie a little and choose something less offensive when sharing a story like this. A quick flickr search found the following pictures of attractive, presentable women:

* http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamespicsatflickr/3531188607/ * http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamespicsatflickr/4327536639/ * http://www.flickr.com/photos/chamberimages/4489201274/

Without any emphasis on women in your text, you'd still have a great contrast to the photo of your cofounder with any of these images, with none of the sexual overtones.

I wouldn't take the time to respond if I didn't care—you have some truly great design work that deserves to be shared. I'm trying to help you see the parts of it which are unacceptable, so you know not to make the same mistake next time.

And for now, seriously, just remove "nice girls". It's awkward English, regardless.

Yeah, I was put off by "nice girls". first of all, they're "women". Second, yeah....just "models" will do fine. "Models" are attractive to any gender..."nice girls" caters to a male audience. Which I guess is the right assumption, and will continue to be, sadly.

Thank you. Before someone chimes in calling you a PC prick, it should be pointed out that sexism concerns aside, using "nice girls" is redundant and a waste of copy. Hopefully that appeals to the naysayers practical sense.

Idan's talking about this still being up:

"All concepts and screens looks great when you insert pics of models [strike]& nice girls[/strike], so here comes a part of my secret sauce:"

There may be others I didn't catch. Thanks for fixing some of it, it stops the copy from distracting from the content.

The persentation's design looks nice and clean to me. However, the icon looks kind of dull. I can't see it reaching out to me or many others as an entity isolated from its context, nothing urges me to click on it to find out more if I were to notice it while on a smartphone.

I think the logo has too much useless eye candy going on. You could allocate the resources of attention that are now going to multiple gradients to something which would tell more about its actual function. Something to indicate the fact that its you and your phone within the circle, etc.

That might spark an inkling of interest in more people: In the middle of what circle? What does the circle indicate then? Could me having this circle around be a viable thing?

Also, the checks and crosses beside the icons are a bit messed up logically. Why does 'Blue is a cool color of the sky, ocean, sleep' have a cross next to it?

The references to personal opinions feel out of place in the list, although in general I can see the value in making the product's creators closer to the reader, it's just not the right place for that in my opinion. The persnal preferences surely consist of a logic that you can put your finger on. Add more actual points there instead, that would be much more informative to everyone.