Responses to Alan Dye’s departure from Apple keep coming in, and the latest from an acclaimed long-time Apple designer bodes extremely well for the new design era under Steve Lemay.
Apple designer responsible for iPhone X gestural UI, Dynamic Island is a big fan of Steve Lemay
Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Alan Dye, Apple’s VP of Human Interface Design, was leaving the company for a new role at Meta.
News of Dye’s departure came shortly after another high-level Apple shakeup: AI head John Giannandrea’s retirement from the company. And yesterday Apple announced that Katherine Adams and Lisa Jackson would be departing soon too.
But the response to Dye’s move has stirred the most conversation. And according to some, it’s actually a very exciting development.
John Gruber wrote that sources he’s spoken to inside Apple have all been “happy — if not downright giddy — at the news that [Steve] Lemay is replacing Dye.”
Now, one highly esteemed designer inside Apple has spoken out publicly.
In a post on X last night, current Apple designer Chan Karunamuni wrote that he “could not be more excited” for the new design era under Lemay.
Steve’s been my manager for my entire 15 year career so far at Apple and I could not be more excited for this new era. https://t.co/rKEzvsd3YB — Chan Karunamuni (@chan_k) December 5, 2025
Karunamuni‘s history with Apple bodes well for what’s ahead
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