Everyone loves a good old flat design. After all, it has been the dominating UI layout style for nearly the past 5-7 years. It is safe, versatile, and easy to get a buy-in. So we started with your basic light and pastel-ish approach. Turns out it ended up looking too similar to the old design & was rather boring. So we decided to shift to a dark mode, increasing color intensity, and adding slight gradients while maintaining an overall flat look. Better! But still plain & not enough to express the app's purpose.