Design links for June 16, 2026

Explore fundamental principles that guide design across Apple platforms.

The biggest shift AI has brought to design isn't that designers can now write production code. It's that we can finally generate evidence before committing to anything.

Haptics add a sense of touch to digital interactions, making experiences feel more responsive and intuitive.

An agent will produce a thousand lines of often solid, well-formatted code in less time than it takes me to read this paragraph, while a human's reading speed has not changed since roughly the day we started staring at screens for a living.

Everyone is asking whether the machine can build their UI. I think that is the wrong question, and the right one is far more interesting.

The premium designers of the next decade won't be valued for how quickly they can draw a beautiful button. They will be valued for their ability to choreograph how humans and intelligent agents collaborate.

The words designers use when they know what they're looking at.

Words of Type brings together the terms used in typography, illustrated and explained in multiple languages.

Modern software are haystacks. There are more needles than ever, but now they're microscopic.

We've already shipped a lot of new web technology, including CSS Grid Lanes, Navigation API, Largest Contentful Paint, and many more.

Grid Lanes went through years of design, prototyping, and debate within the CSS Working Group. The result is something we’re genuinely proud of.

When the structure is explicit, the output is accurate. When it isn't, the agent either fails or invents.

AX is about teleporting to the goal.

The heading offset content attribute allows us to offset heading levels for descendants.

He didn't invent functionalism; he framed it through the restraint of ten principles so it was clear and easy to understand.

Discover curated UI Skills for design engineers, including accessibility, motion, frontend craft, and interface quality guides with copy-ready install commands.

Our technique runs in every modern browser, on desktop and on mobile, with no flags to turn on and no fallbacks to maintain.

This week's episode is with Ron Goldin who has led design at Google, Shopify, UberEats, and in my opinion, he's the perfect example of what it looks like to thrive as a design leader in an AI world.

AI doesn't effectively recognize and implement components in isolation. What AI consumes - and amplifies - is context.

A prototype without a question becomes a demo. Demos can inspire, but they don't always teach.

The thing nobody really warned me about is how much AI changes the shape of engineering work, not just the speed of it.

heerich.js is a minimalist JavaScript engine that constructs 3D voxel compositions and distills them into pristine SVG.