Is Facebook going to change its interface?

PanARMENIAN.Net - The social network Facebook has just bought the software design company Sofa, according to TechCrunch.

The Amsterdam-based company was founded in 2006 and is known for its Mac applications and e-commerce products on the web. Notably they do all their own designs including art, icons, and interfaces for other high-profile clients (Mozilla, Tom Tom, etc). Տhe team will be joining Facebook’s design team.

Facebook’s Director of Design Kate Aronowitz said, “The more we got to know them, the more we realized that their passion for working in small teams and iterating to find solutions to hard problems matched our own culture. We can’t wait for them to join the team.”

Sofa wrote on its own blog, “Facebook is full of talent and has a great culture. We feel challenged and at home at the same time, and can really get things done there. But equally important, we believe that at Facebook, we will be making a real difference to a lot of people’s lives. We’ll make sure to infuse some of our particular flavor of Dutch culture at Facebook.”

Two of Sofa’s key products, Kaleidoscope and Versions were not a part of this acquisition. Both apps will continue to live on, but Sofa now has to find a new home for them.