The winners of the Apple Design Awards 2009 have been announced. To my excitement, two applications whose UI, design, and functionality I love were among the winners: Things and Versions.
While I haven’t bought the desktop version of Things yet (it’s a bit too pricey), I have bought the iPhone version and it is beautiful! I am very fussy with the user experience of iPhone apps (in fact, all applications), and there is not a single thing I can complain about with the iPhone version of Things.

When Versions came out of beta, I, like many, had to decide which Subversion GUI I was going to use: Versions or Cornerstone? After testing the two, I chose the former because its icons were beautiful and because, as well as being functional, the whole application felt lightweight. Everything—the user interface, the user experience, and the functionality—was beautifully crafted.

So, congratulations to these two, and to all the ADA winners!