Joey Banks

Coldly,

2002-2003 was legendary.

Baseline Design Baseline is a newsletter on working in design systems as an independent designer.

I'm using it for newsletter.baselinedesign.com and really love it!

The new macOS Finder icon from macOS Tahoe. The blue and black faces are flipped compared to the classic version, with the blue now on the side representing the person instead of the screen.

macOS Tahoe reverses the Finder icon for the first time in decades, and I actually don’t *think* it’s something we’ll see changed back.

It used to show someone looking at the Mac. The screen was blue, but now the person is, and it feels like a small but intentional shift in focus toward the user.

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New @figma.com app icon template to create assets for using in our new Icon Composer app! #apple #icon #grid #radii

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That will only be true if we don’t make the entire operating system Control Center.

iOS 26 Liquid Glass Buttons | Figma Hi, all! 👋 I practiced recreated Apple’s new iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 button styles using Figma, complete with their new Liquid Glass material. These buttons are fully editable and use native Figma effect...

Just published a recreation of Apple’s Liquid Glass style on the @figma.com Community!

It’s fully editable and built using native Figma effects. Phew, I’ve got a lot to learn about this new style, but this was a really fun one to practice! 🤓

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My only thought is that it begins to naturally prepare us for a future where we have more augmented reality experiences and devices.

Beyond excited to share our new iOS 26 UI Kit for @sketch.com. Completely rebuilt for the new #Apple #Design system. This is a beta, but we went hard to make it as complete and accurate as we could.

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It is. Here's another:

Yeah, hope this is scaled back a lot before launch.

Raycast forever. 🤘

But also... so hard to see?

It is. A huuuuge visual change.

Heck yeah! Congrats, BAG!

Close-up of a hand holding an iPhone showing the home screen. The icons are displayed in a soft, frosted glass style.

The era of Liquid Glass has arrived. 📱🪟

Whewww, that new Camera icon. 😍

hope it's an awesome week!

Best time of the week!

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.

An in-depth post from @sdw.bsky.social on the history of iOS’ design evolution, concluding with his own ideas of what might come next in the rumoured Apple ecosystem redesign:

A photo of a wall with a print by Jerry-Lee Bosmans and a print by Susan Kare, Happy Mac.

sooo talented! Recently bought a print from him and it's perfect.

Beautiful ride!

Looks great, Jordan! Excited to see this out in the wild!

It’s such a huge superpower, and amazing to have a person on a team who can do this.

A lineup of six Apple computer displays, arranged chronologically from left to right, showcasing the evolution of Apple monitor designs—from early CRT and aluminum bezel models to modern flat-panel Retina displays with vibrant backgrounds.

Apple's display lineup.

Enjoy! It's the best.

It does in Chrome, but not within other browsers. 😭

Just had a 16 week contract offer rescinded today. Wooohooo.

Aww, same! Next time, for sure. 😊