{"id":2880,"date":"2017-01-15T05:47:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T05:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/salesforces-quip-acquires-ex-facebook-designer-studio-unityvariety.html"},"modified":"2017-01-15T05:47:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T05:47:52","slug":"salesforces-quip-acquires-ex-facebook-designer-studio-unityvariety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/salesforces-quip-acquires-ex-facebook-designer-studio-unityvariety.html","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce\u2019s Quip acquires ex-Facebook designer studio Unity&Variety"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Some ex-Facebook designers will be adding extra pizzazz to Salesforce\u2019s word processing company Quip<\/a>, which today acquired UnityVariety<\/a>. Founded in 2015 by\u00a0Joey Flynn and Drew Hamlin after several years designing products at Facebook, UnityVariety released a cute mobile game called Pinchworm<\/a> last year. Terms of the deal weren\u2019t disclosed, but we\u2019re awaiting comment from both companies\u2019 execs.<\/p>\n

Flynn, Hamlin and employee Andy Chung posted a short note on their website today saying \u201cHere at UnityVariety we\u2019ve been cranking on some new productivity tools. We\u2019re hyped to announce that starting today we\u2019ll be continuing our work with our talented friends over at Quip<\/a>, a Salesforce company.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Update: Quip CEO Bret Taylor tells TechCrunch \u201cThe team is three people and was working on a compelling productivity tool, so we are buying their IP and team. They are going to work on their existing tool and contribute to Quip broadly.\u201d]<\/p>\n

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UnityVariety founders (from left) Drew Hamlin and Joey Flynn<\/p>\n

It might seem a bit strange to go from building a game about a jumping inchworm to working for Salesforce. But while at Facebook, Flynn and Hamlin worked on the massively succesful 2014 redesign of Messenger, and the standalone Snapchat competitor Slingshot that flopped but pioneered creative tools like variable brush sizes that Facebook later integrated elsewhere. Meanwhile, Chung has been developing a sleek iPad design tool called Pattern<\/a> for rapid prototyping of interface ideas.<\/p>\n

Together, their ability to reimagine classic functionality for mobile could be a big help to Quip.<\/p>\n

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Logo for UnityVariety game Pinchworm<\/p>\n

Quip CEO and fellow former Facebooker Bret Taylor wrote<\/a> that \u201cKevin<\/a> and I are beyond excited to announce that the incredible design team at UnityVariety is joining Quip to help us build the next generation of productivity tools. I am psyched to have the opportunity to work with Joey<\/a> and Drew<\/a> again. Some of the best product designers I have ever worked with. I can\u2019t wait to see how they transform Quip.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems that after Pinchworm, UnityVariety had focused its design prowess on a more utilitarian product that seemed promising to Quip. The team could give Quip the style it needs to keep attracting users to its \u201cMicrosoft Word for the mobile era.\u201d<\/p>\n

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