iOS 14 icon designer makes $100k from a single tweet

Since its release last month, iOS 14 has been allowing iPhone users to express their creativity like never before. Custom widgets and icons have turned the device's once utilitarian homescreen into a canvas, and users have been busy sharing their super-cool setups online. 

One designer has enjoyed huge success after sharing his own minimalist icons and widgets on Twitter (below), since revealing that he has earned over $100,000 in under a week. The monochrome designs would fit right in on our best iOS app icons list, and it seems hundreds of iPhone users agree.

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Daniel John
Design Editor

Daniel John is Design Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of art, design, branding and lifestyle tech (which often translates to tech made by Apple). He joined in 2020 after working in copywriting and digital marketing with brands including ITV, NBC, Channel 4 and more.