<p>Houzz, the popular online platform for home remodeling and design, is launching a completely redesigned iOS app for iPhone and iPad today. The new version features an updated look and feel in line with Apple's iOS 7 design guidelines, but also improved navigation, support for AirDrop and an emphasis on full screen photos.</p><p>As Alon Cohen, Houzz' president and co-founder, told me, the team considered to quickly release a new version after the launch of iOS 7. In the end, however, Houzz decided to hold back and use the switch to the new flat design language on iOS to give the app more than just a facelift.</p><p>"iOS 7 came along and we had the option to either just do a quick update, or use this opportunity to overhaul the UI completely and support some of the iOS 7 specific features," he told me. This means the app now features many of the new graphical effects iOS 7 introduced, for example, and makes use of dynamic type and the new, and relatively little utilized, AirDrop capability in the updated OS.</p><p>Cohen was especially excited about the AirDrop functionality. This now allows somebody in a tile showroom, for example, to quickly share an image (or anything else) from Houzz with a designer there, something that was previously a bit more cumbersome.</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/05/after-12m-downloads-houzz-launches-redesigned-ios-app-with-full-screen-images-easier-navigation/">Keep reading...</a></p>