2016
Visual Design - Apple TV Human Interface Guidelines - Apple Developer
Apple TV apps are fully immersive apps with unique design and user experience considerations. These principles help you design an app that reflects your brand and intentions while making a personal connection with people.
tvOS (Apple TV) UI Kit Sketch freebie - Download free resource for Sketch - Sketch App Sources
A free UI Kit / starter kit for tvOS design following Apple's Human Interface Guidelines.
You'll need San Fransisco, Apple's font of choice for everything on the Apple TV:
Prototyping and exploring custom interactions for the Apple TV — Design + Sketch App — Medium
Considerations and thoughts on designing for the 10-foot UI experience
Migrating to Apple TV: The Basics — BPXL Craft — Medium
There is a TON of stuff to say about the new Apple TV release. If you want to skip to the concrete details, jump down to “The Basics” below.
2012
Get ready for the future of TV, in which your living room becomes a movie set, a communication hub and a gaming zone
One delicious anecdote from the recent biography Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson, involved the Apple founder’s decorating problem: It took the Jobs family eight years to buy a sofa.
“We spent a lot of time asking ourselves, What is the purpose of a sofa?” Jobs’ wife told the biographer. To Jobs, the choice about which sofa to buy and where to place it in the home could not be made without a full understanding of exactly what role the object should play in their lives.
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