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There is no Dye in Apple's design team

Steve Jobs said lots of things, so you'll usually find a quote from him for almost every occasion. “Great things in business are never done by one person,” he once said. “They're done by a team of people.” News that Meta…

4 Designers on Their New Collections Debuting at Design Miami 2025

The curatorial theme at this year's Design Miami –the summit that was founded in 2005 as a way to showcase home-centric creativity in complement to the megafair, Art Basel, and that now has footprints everywhere from Seoul to Aspen–is…

Apple's 'Designed For Every Student' Shows How Accessibility Supports Independence

Students gather on campus in a moment of joy and belonging from Apple's “Designed for Every Student” film. I felt something unexpected while watching Apple's new “Designed for Every Student” film. It touched a nerve that…

Apple Reveals Winning Tree Designs That Will Shine On Battersea Power Station HQ

Apple's annual holiday projections go live at 5 p.m. U.K. time on Thursday, Dec. 4. These projections light up the 330-feet chimneys and washtowers of the Battersea Power Station in south London, Apple's U.K. HQ. This year, for the first time…

Design unveiled for Sheffield street tree campaigners plaque - BBC News

The design of a plaque marking the efforts of the Sheffield street tree campaigners has been revealed. Thousands of trees were felled between 2012 and 2018 as part of a £2.2bn street improvement project, sparking public anger and protests. In…

Meta's Creative Studio Led by Former Apple Design Head to 'Treat Intelligence as a New Design Material

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced plans to launch a creative studio that will be led by former Apple UI designer Alan Dye. As we learned earlier today, Dye is leaving his position as Vice President of Human Interface Design at Apple to…

Effortless Design? Exploring Architecture Tools That Enhance the Creative Design Process

Finding the right tools to represent a project idea or carry out a construction job remains an ongoing challenge for architecture and design professionals. While software for drafting, 3D modeling, and calculations has increased precision and…

Meta hires away Apple's top design exec

Apple just lost a top design talent. Meta has hired Alan Dye, who was the head of Apple's human interface design team. The company is filling his position with Stephen Lemay, who CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg “has played a key role in the…

Labor urged to target gas exporters and bring in east coast reserve 'right now' as it weighs scheme's design

Blue-collar workers and manufacturers want the Albanese government to stare down the gas giants as it designs a new gas reservation scheme, warning the industry's preferred approach would fail to quickly contain prices. The federal government is…

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Meta poaches Apple design exec Alan Dye to lead new creative studio in Reality Labs

Alan Dye, the design executive who led Apple's user interface team for the last decade, is leaving the company to join Meta, according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. This is a significant hire for Meta, as the company makes a push toward…

Meta hires longtime Apple design leader Alan Dye to run a new Reality Labs creative studio

Meta has hired longtime Apple design leader Alan Dye to run a new creative studio inside its Reality Labs division, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a series of posts on Threads on Tuesday. 'Today we're establishing a new creative studio in Reality…

Shinzo Tamura Designs Sunglasses From the Inside Out

When the Lens Comes First: Most sunglasses begin as sketches. Designers draw frames that photograph well, then select lenses that match the aesthetic. Shinzo Tamura flips that sequence entirely. This Osaka-based brand starts with TALEX polarized…

John Gruber Shares Scathing Commentary About Apple's Departing Software Design Chief

In a statement shared with Bloomberg on Wednesday, Apple confirmed that its software design chief Alan Dye will be leaving. Apple said Dye will be succeeded by Stephen Lemay, who has been a software designer at the company since 1999. Meta CEO Mark…

Apple Lights Up Battersea Power Station With iPad-Designed Christmas Trees

Apple is today celebrating the winners of Your Tree on Battersea, its festive UK competition that invited people to design digital Christmas trees on iPad. The 24 winning submissions are set to be projected onto Battersea Power Station beginning…