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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…

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Apple's head of UI design is leaving for Meta

Alan Dye will take over the design of Meta's hardware, software, and AI integration on December 31st. Alan Dye will take over the design of Meta's hardware, software, and AI integration on December 31st. Jay Peters is a senior…

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…

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…

Apple design executive Alan Dye poached by Meta in major coup

Meta Platforms Inc has poached Apple Inc's most prominent design executive in a major coup that underscores a push by the social networking giant into AI-equipped consumer devices. The company is hiring Alan Dye, who has served as the head of…

Pantone Just Revealed Its 2026 Color of the Year-and It Goes Against Every Design Trend Forecast We've Seen So Far

When I sat down to meet virtually with the Pantone Color Institute to discuss their Color of the Year 2026, I was definitely expecting something different—after all, the last few years have been a collection of splashy hues, so I knew next…

Apple UI Design Chief Alan Dye Leaving for Meta

Apple UI design head Alan Dye is leaving the company and transitioning to Meta, reports Bloomberg. Dye took over Apple's user interface design team in 2015 when former Apple designer Jony Ive transitioned to Chief Design Officer, and he's held that…

Apple's longtime design executive Alan Dye to join Meta

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms has hired Alan Dye, Apple's longtime head of human interface design, a spokesperson for Apple confirmed on Wednesday, as the Facebook owner accelerates efforts to build AI-powered consumer devices. Dye, who will…