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First & 20: The Home Screens That Defined the App Store Era

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An archive of iPhone home screens from designers, developers, and writers who shaped the App Store era between 2009 and 2015.

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First & 20 turns 141 apps and a series of contributor home screens into a compact record of early iPhone culture. Its archive names the people and provenance behind the images, including Loren Brichter of atebits, while the timeline preserves the period as a cultural moment rather than just a software catalog.

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