{{short description|American user interface designer and icon artist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Mike Matas | image = Mikematas.jpg | image_size = | caption = Matas, July 2007 | other_names = Michael Matas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|23}} | birth_place = Seattle, Washington, United States | occupation = User interface designer | employer = LoveFrom | spouse = }}

'''Michael Matas''' (born March 23, 1986) is an American user interface designer and icon artist. He has previously worked at The Omni Group doing interface and graphic design work. Matas co-founded Delicious Monster. In 2005 he went to work for Apple, where he designed user interfaces and artwork for the iPhone, the iPad and Mac OS X.

Now, he's the co-founder of Push Pop Press, a digital publishing company just purchased by Facebook. Push Pop's first title is Al Gore's "Our Choice" in 2004 together with Wil Shipley<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matas |first=Mike |title=Mike Matas {{!}} Speaker {{!}} TED |url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/mike_matas |access-date=2021-09-29 |website=www.ted.com |language=en}}</ref> playable on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

He later worked at Apple, Inc. and designed some of the major user interfaces in Mac OS X, iOS for Apple products.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Delicious Monster co-founder joins Apple interface team|url = http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/05/07/21/delicious_monster_co_founder_joins_apple_interface_team.html|website = AppleInsider|accessdate = 2015-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Mike Matas going to Cupertino|url = https://www.engadget.com/2005/07/21/mike-matas-going-to-cupertino/|website = Engadget|accessdate = 2015-11-06|first = Jay Savage {{!}} {{!}} July 21, 2005 at 10:30&nbsp;am July 21, 2005 10:30|last = am}}</ref> In addition, he has been listed as the co-inventor on patents Apple has filed.<ref name="applepatent">{{Citation |title=Interview: Mike Matas |publisher=Cocoia Blog |url=http://blog.cocoia.com/2010/interview-mike-matas/ |accessdate=July 12, 2010}}</ref>

He later left Apple.<ref name="leaveapple">{{Citation |title=Mike Matas – About |publisher=Mike Matas |url=http://www.mikematas.com/#!about/ |accessdate=July 12, 2010}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Facebook === During his time at Facebook he was integral to the design of Facebook Paper (along with Kimon Tsinteris). Facebook Paper's direct descendent was also created by Matas and Tsinteris, Facebook Instant Articles.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Metz|first=Cade|title=How Facebook Turned Unloved 'Paper' Into 'Instant Articles'|language=en-US|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/10/how-facebook-turned-unloved-paper-into-instant-articles/|access-date=2021-09-29|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>

=== Nest === After Apple, Matas worked on the team that designed the Nest Learning Thermostat.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Father of the iPod Has Invented The Smartest, Coolest Thermostat You'll Ever See {{!}} Cult of Mac|url = http://www.cultofmac.com/125838/the-father-of-the-ipod-has-invented-the-smartest-coolest-thermostat-youll-ever-see/|website = Cult of Mac|accessdate = 2015-11-06}}</ref> He then founded Push Pop Press, a digital publishing company that created Al Gore's interactive book Our Choice.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Al Gore's 'Our Choice' App Reinvents Books, Reading|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/al-gore-our-choice-app-push-pop-press_n_854783.html|website = The Huffington Post|accessdate = 2015-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Push Pop Press: Al Gore's Our Choice|url = http://pushpoppress.com/ourchoice/|website = pushpoppress.com|accessdate = 2015-11-06}}</ref>

Matas presented at TED in 2011 on his work at Push Pop for Al Gore's interactive book Our Choice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://readwrite.com/2011/08/03/facebooks_mysterious_hire_the_guy_who_designed_muc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817002641/http://readwrite.com/2011/08/03/facebooks_mysterious_hire_the_guy_who_designed_muc|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 17, 2015|title=Facebook's Mysterious Hire: The Guy Who Designed Much of the iPhone|last=|first=|date=2011-08-03|website=readwrite.com|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mikematas.com/#!2Rs/1QcF/ui_design/al_gore's_our_choice|title=Mike Matas|website=Mike Matas|accessdate=2015-11-06}}</ref>

=== Lobe.ai === Matas founded Lobe.ai with Adam Menges, and Markus Beissinger.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lobe.ai/about|title=Lobe {{!}} Deep Learning Made Simple|website=lobe.ai|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-11}}</ref> Lobe.ai is "creating an easy-to-use visual tool to help give people from diverse backgrounds and disciplines the ability to invent with deep learning".<ref>{{Cite web |title= Mike Matas - About |url= http://www.mikematas.com/#!about |accessdate= 2019-05-04 }}</ref> It was announced that Lobe would be acquired by Microsoft in September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Microsoft acquires Lobe to help bring AI development capability to everyone |url= https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2018/09/13/microsoft-acquires-lobe-to-help-bring-ai-development-capability-to-everyone/ |accessdate= 2018-09-13 }}</ref>

=== LoveFrom === In October 2021, Mike announced on Twitter that he had joined LoveFrom, the design firm that Sir Jony Ive and Marc Newson started after their departure from Apple.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Matas|first=Mike|date=October 15, 2021|title=Mike Matas on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/mike_matas/status/1449065302898053124|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://mikematas.com Personal Site] *{{IMDb name|17173255}}

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