While icons on iOS (formerly iPhoneOS) have always been rounded squares, and rounded-square icons have existed on Apple platforms for over 20 years now, Mac app icons have historically exhibited a variety of unique silhouettes, which helped identification alongside other visual tools like color, lighting, and dimensionality.
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.
Apple Design Resources
Design apps accurately and quickly using official Apple design templates, icon production templates, color guides, and more.
App Dissection
Breaking down the design details of well-crafted mobile apps. In-depth analysis of UI patterns, interactions, and user experience.
‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding the App Store. Is That Good for Apple?
Mobile apps are easy to make with artificial intelligence. That doesn’t mean people are excited to use them.
Phosphor Icons
A flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations — whatever, really.
Something’s Rotten in the State of macOS Icon Design
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
The Atmospheric Apple of My Eye - Scott's Thoughts
Continuing down the line of a cross-app device level identity... what about Atmosphere accounts on iOS?
!Boring Software
Apple Design Award Winner—(Not Boring) Weather, Habits, Timer, Calculator—better everyday apps, built like a game, 3D interface, customizable with skins, supported by members.
!Boring Software
Apple Design Award Winner—(Not Boring) Weather, Habits, Timer, Calculator—better everyday apps, built like a game, 3D interface, customizable with skins, supported by members.
aesthetics
Aesthetics is relevant to many aspects of computing. Here, we are mostly concerned of the superficial visual appearances and their technological bases.
Designer Desktops
Modern, inspirational quote desktop wallpapers and iPhone/iPad backgrounds made by graphic designers.
GREG ISENBERG on Twitter / X
Apple JUST quietly announced something that’s a lot BIGGER than it looks: "the Mini Apps Partner Program"Apple is admitting that the future of software is embedded, lightweight, vertical mini-apps distributed inside bigger appFor founders who want to make $$ building apps:… pic.twitter.com/jZz7dU6w07— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) November 14, 2025
Rubber Stamp Outline Icon PNG and SVG Vector Free Download
Rubber Stamp Outline Icon PNG and SVG free use any commercial projects no attribution required.
Origin UI - Svelte
An extensive collection of copy-and-paste Svelte components for quickly building app UIs.
