Light & Shadow

Icons that live in real light.

LightBoard for iOS · iPhone & CarPlay

Coming soonThe idea

Video captions are in Chinese.

Idea

Light never stays put.

We wanted your Home Screen icons to feel like small things sitting on a wooden desk. When light comes in through the window, they cast shadows.

The sun moves, and so do the shadows. Give it a few days and a glance at your Home Screen will tell you whether it’s morning or afternoon.

  1. Morninglong and soft
  2. Noonshort and crisp
  3. Afternoonswings to the other side

Features

Shadows that keep time.

Close-up of an iPhone Home Screen: skeuomorphic Clock, Weather, Calendar and Photos icons casting soft shadows in warm light on a wooden desk

All-day dynamic shadows

A shadow’s direction, length and depth drift slowly through the day, updating about every five minutes. In the morning it stretches out with soft edges. By noon it has shrunk to almost nothing under the icon.

CarPlay screen: Phone, Messages, Music, Calendar and Settings icons with shadows matching the iPhone

iPhone and CarPlay, same light

CarPlay icons get shadows too, falling the same way as on your Home Screen. Get in the car and the light still matches the time of day.

Smartisan-style skeuomorphic theme

A set of skeuomorphic icons in the Smartisan style. The theme is its own package, so removing the engine leaves the theme alone, and the other way round.

Preview first, then apply

See how it looks in Settings, then tap Apply when you’re happy. Applying resprings your device once.

Compatibility

Supported devices

Chips
A14 – A17 · M1 – M2
iOS
iOS 15.0 – 17.3.1
Jailbreak
RootHide
Requires
ElleKit

Other iOS versions are supported in testing.

Get it

Not available yet.

When it’s out, you’ll find how to get it right here.

In tribute to Smartisan OS

For the people who shaped icons as if they were real objects.