Acclaimed Apple Designer Says He ‘Could Not Be More Excited’ for New Design Era

Acclaimed Apple designer says he ‘could not be more excited’ for new design era

An acclaimed long-time Apple designer says he ’could not be more excited’ about Steve Lemay taking over design leadership from Alan Dye.

John Gruber Shares Scathing Commentary About Apple's Departing Software Design Chief

In a statement shared with Bloomberg on Wednesday, Apple confirmed that its software design chief Alan Dye will be leaving. Apple said Dye will be succeeded by Stephen Lemay, who has been a software designer at the company since 1999. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Dye will lead a new creative studio within the company's AR/VR division Reality Labs. On his blog Daring Fireball, longtime Apple commentator John Gruber has since reacted to…

John Gruber on Alan Dye’s departure

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I mostly don’t link to Daring Fireball because I assume that anyone who reads Six Colors reads Daring Fireball. And if you don’t, you probably should. But in the wake of Alan Dye’s departure yesterday, I feel I need to explicitly link to John Gruber’s long, sourced, well-thought-out piece on the subject: The sentiment within the ranks at Apple is that today’s news is almost too good to be true. People…

John Gruber: At Apple, Steven Lemay replacing Alan Dye is cause for rejoicing

"Everyone I’ve spoken to is happy — if not downright giddy — at the news that Lemay is replacing Dye."