Jony Ive’s long era of flat design is dead. At WWDC 2025 today, Apple ushered in “Liquid Glass,” a new interface for iOS 26 ...

Liquid Glass is the first major overhaul to iOS’s visual design language since its skeuomorphic design was introduced with iOS 7 in 2013. Liquid Glass: Get jiggly with it. Credit: Apple ...

Apple’s then CEO, Steve Jobs, was a huge fan of the skeuomorphic approach to design. That’s why the icon for the Notes app in iOS looked like actual note paper, for instance.

Apple will likely focus on the next iOS, which is rumored to have the most significant design change since the introduction ...

Discover how macOS 26 Tahoe’s minimalist app icons redefine design, usability, and consistency compared to macOS 15 Sequoia.

Skeuomorphism, or skeuomorphic design, is a visual style for digital interfaces that primarily uses real-world objects as references. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox.

Apple's design history is punctuated by moments when software vision preceded hardware capability. The original iPhone's skeuomorphic interface helped users transition from physical to digital ...

When Apple introduced a major overhaul to iOS back in 2013 with the launch of iOS 7, it felt jarring for many users with the shift from the prior skeuomorphic design with gradients and real-world ...

(It could be argued that this is the opposite of what Apple did with iOS 7, when reality-mimicking skeuomorphic design was banished.) It might also just be more attractive and fun to use.

Apple just unveiled its biggest software redesign in over a decade: Liquid Glass. In iOS 26, there are new travel, group chat, and AI features.