WWDC • The Breakroom

Peeking Through the Liquid Glass

June 10, 2025

Apple’s new Liquid Glass design that was announced at WWDC25 is more than just a fresh coat of paint—it’s a signal. One that points simultaneously to the future of digital interfaces and to the past. We’re calling it neo-retro. Liquid Glass appears new and futuristic, yet somehow familiar—after all, the idea of translucent interface elements animating […]

Icons, apps, and… posters?

June 6, 2025

Our bread and butter here at the Iconfactory may be icon and UI design, but we love any kind of project where we can put pencil to paper (or to pixels, as the case may be). Creating original wallpapers for Wallaroo and our Patreon is one way we get to free ourselves from the usual […]

New Apparel in Time for WWDC 2025

April 14, 2025

The days are getting longer and everyone’s sleeves are getting shorter, so it’s the perfect time for some new Iconfactory t-shirt designs! We’ve got a couple new Tapestry designs available that are sure to make you the envy of all your developer friends at Apple’s upcoming WWDC: One for Loom, our tool for creating third-party […]

What to Expect From Marzipan

May 8, 2019

It’s clear that this year’s WWDC is going to be a doozy. We’ve written here previously with our thoughts about Dark Mode, now it’s time to talk about iOS apps coming to the Mac. Of course I’m talking about Marzipan, a technology Apple introduced with few details during last year’s Keynote. We knew that some […]

Designing for a Great Cause

May 6, 2019

The amazing folks over at App Camp for Girls have been hard at work preparing for Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, and we wanted to help get the word out. They’re an incredible organization that inspires and empowers girls, transgender, and gender nonconforming youth to pursue careers in technology. Helmed by some of the most […]

W-W-Dog-Cow T-Shirt

April 25, 2019

In preparation for Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, and the rumored new dark mode coming in iOS 13, we’ve created a fun t-shirt that Mac geeks are sure to love. Clarus the dog cow lights up the night in this fun shirt inspired by the iconic artwork of Susan Kare. The shirt is on sale […]