Are these the Men who Saved macOS 27 GUI?

[Omega Mac]

The Boys Are Back In Town​

Steve Lemay who probably reached out directly and hired (ex-apple designer) Sebastiaan de With

He posts a reimagining "living glass" in 2025

Ex-Apple Designer Reveals 'Living Glass' iOS 26 Concepts

Designer Sebastiaan de With has published an impressive preview of what Apple's rumored iOS redesign might look like, complete with detailed mockups and a design philosophy that he believes could reshape how users interact with their devices.

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Physicality: the new age of UI

There’s a lot of rumors of a big impending UI redesign from Apple. Let’s imagine what’s (or what could be) next for the design of iPhones, Macs and iPads.

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Get's (re)hired in January 2026

'Halide' Co-Founder Sebastiaan de With Joins Apple's Design Team

Sebastiaan de With, co-founder of the popular iPhone camera app Halide, today announced that he has joined the Human Interface Design team at Apple. "So excited to work with the very best team in the world on my favorite products," he said. This marks a return to Apple for de With, who...

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Obviously a team effort but key and swift leadership change, actual talent with chops, has shock horror, turned out and turn around alright and as many had hoped, so if the shoe fits!

While not running the beta and vibing off the posts and screen shots thus far, can't help but feel Sebastian had a big influence on the LG approach to new icons, where is "living glass" has helped people to start "loving glass", and so on that note, I'll add in me previous Dec 2025 prediction that the next iteration would be "frosted glass" as gentle "told ya so" even though I wrote I wouldn't "I told ya so", but I told ye so. 😉

Apple UI Design Chief Alan Dye Leaving for Meta

Again, my expanded prediction on the evolution of Liquid Glass Liquid Glass > Frosted Glass > Solid Glass

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[Omega Mac]

...I don’t know if all the untalented hacks are gone, but the untalented magazine-designer hacks with clout and influence all left with Alan Dye. I’ve chatted with a few people from Apple’s design team this week and they’re all loving the work they’re doing and the direction they’re taking Apple’s platforms. Backtracking on these idiotic menu item icons was a necessary first step.

Sweet Jeebus, MacOS 27 Golden Gate Removes the Dumb Icons From Menu Items

This is my favorite news from all of WWDC this week. I mean that. In a small way I mean it because I so loathe this aspect of MacOS Tahoe. But in a large way I mean it because it’s proof that the rot has been rooted out of Apple’s software design team.

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