They might have fumbled Apple Intelligence (more like Apple Idiocy am I right?!), but the new design overhaul for Apple OS is a work of art. Or total dog shit. I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

I, for one, enjoy the “All Glass” look. Contrast be damned! Sure, legibility might be an afterthought and my retinas might be at risk—but aesthetics sometimes demand sacrifice. The frosted transparency, delicate reflections, and hyper-minimalism feel like the software equivalent of Apple’s iconic product design finally showing up fashionably late to the OS party.

Of course, design Twitter immediately erupted. “Who asked for this?!” screamed half the internet. “It’s about time!” said the other half. Never underestimate the chaos potential when Cupertino decides to rock the visual boat. If nothing else, WWDC 2025 reminded us Apple still knows how to provoke passionate, irrational debates about things like menu bars and drop shadows.

And honestly, it’s kind of refreshing. Good design, in my opinion, should provoke reactions—love or hate, never meh. Apple did exactly that. They dropped a glass grenade into the conversation and we’re all still picking shards out of our screens.

But maybe that’s the point. Whether you think the glass era is gorgeous or garbage, we’re all talking about it. Tim Cook’s somewhere grinning right now, because the conversation—and controversy—is exactly what Apple was hoping for.

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Hang On, Did the iPad Just Become a Computer?

Stuff’s getting weird (in a good way) over at Apple—iPadOS 26 feels like someone sprinkled multitasking steroids into my tablet. Resizable windows, Mac-style menus, and that slick “Liquid Glass” look all scream “Turn this into a Mac? Sure, why not!” Apple’s finally letting me run apps side by side, keep them laid out the way I want, and even scroll backgrounded windows with a mouse—meaning I might actually ditch my MacBook someday (fingers crossed). It’s not 100% perfect yet—those minimize buttons still feel mysterious—but damn, this feels like a real step toward turning the iPad from a pretty toy into a productivity beast.

Figma’s Dev Mode Now Powers AI Code Tools

Figma just rolled out its Dev Mode MCP Server in beta, enabling developer tools like Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor to tap directly into Figma’s design data such as exact colors, graph values, padding, and component names instead of guessing from screenshots. This opens the door to more accurate, code-ready outputs and smoother design-to-development handoffs. Further updates yet to come: remote server support and deeper codebase integration..

This Café Brand Avoids Trends

Andrés Higueros crafts a playful identity for Story Horse, a Tulum café, inspired by the Irish greeting “What’s the story, horse?“. Rejecting Instagram cliché-of-the-day aesthetics, his branding features a horse in whimsical scenarios and vibrant type, celebrating Tulum’s multicultural flair and storytelling spirit. Bold yet friendly, it’s a fresh direction in café branding.

A Restaurant Brand That Started With a Butterfly

Helsinki’s Teller restaurant becomes a stage for storytelling through Werklig’s artful branding. Featuring a whimsical, slightly unruly logotype, hand-drawn characters, and magical-realism flourishes (like a neon butterfly entrance), the design visually narrates each course — from appetizer to “sweet ending.” A poetic identity that makes dining as much about tale as taste

A Typeface with Attitude

Type foundry F37 introduces Mancunio, a humanist sans inspired by Manchester’s old wooden street signs. Launched through “acerbic, deadpan” posters scattered across the city, the campaign captures Mancunians’ dry wit and civic pride. A thoughtfully local font with attitude — and a marketing strategy that’s pure city spirit.

Ya is a Brazilian multidisciplinary designer and artist, currently working as a Senior Designer at OFF/MENU.