Susan Kare, “Sketches for Graphic User Interface Icon” (detail) (1982), ink on graph paper, on view in ‘This Is for Everyone’ at MoMA (gift of the designer, 2015, photo by the author for Hyperallergic ...

While everyone is heaping praise upon Apple for implementing an entirely refreshed mobile OS design, the new icons that accompany said design are embarrassingly horrible. Now, if Apple wants to move ...

Apple introduced massive changes to iOS 18 at the last WWDC, but one of the most iconic features is the ability to customize the home screen more, including the dark mode for app icons. Apart from ...

First Apple added dark mode icons, then it gave us tinted icons. Now, Apple has made its stance on the future of icons clear with the introduction of Liquid Glass. If you watched the WWDC 2025 keynote ...

Apple has introduced new Liquid Glass-compatible icons for three of its major creative apps — GarageBand, Photomator, and Pixelmator Pro — as part of the latest updates for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and ...