Affinity Designer—the smoothest and most precise pro software by British developer Serif—puts an unbelievable amount of creative power into the tablet form factor. This app proves beyond doubt that your iPad + Apple Pencil combo is a totally viable replacement for Adobe Illustrator and similar vector-based illustration apps.
A former Apple engineer tells what it was like to work at the company during its Golden Age of Steve Jobs.
Apple has transformed the Piazza Liberty square in Milan, Italy’s fashion capital, into an amphitheater of sorts, and it’s pretty magnificent. Check out some of the photos from today’s opening as well as a detailed architectural model highlighting the store’s sections.
Apple has launched new design resources for developers for Mac and Apple Watch. This includes AppKit UI elements for designing Mac apps like Photoshop.
Netflix’s overhauled interface on Apple TV and other set-top boxes brings improved navigation via a new sidebar that houses a bunch of useful shortcuts.
As it does every year during WWDC, Apple has announced the winners of this year’s Design Awards. These awards are typically given out to apps and games that set themselves apart for any number of reasons including user experience, functionality, audio and visual design, and more.
Apple’s design tzar explains how Steve Jobs’ lack of interest in watches played a role in Apple leadership’s decision to green-light Apple Watch development while touching on a number of other topics in a rare interview.
The new app replaces Google’s existing Play Newsstand and News & Weather apps and includes AI-powered recommenations and features like Full Coverage.
Facebook is cleaning up the interface in its mobile Messenger app while bringing an all-new Dark Mode-like theme, custom chat bubbles and other enhancements.
Major improvements to Gmail on the web help people be more productive with features like email snoozing, message revoking, confidential mode and other cool perks.
Snapchat is redesigning its controversial redesign in order to get people creating and watching more Stories.
There was a period six years ago that skeuomorphic design was super controversial. Tired of minimalism, designer Michael Flarup has implemented a skeuomorphic interface for a calendar app and in the process had a blast making leather, paper and metal again.
