6 Clues About The Future Of Apple Design | Co.Design: business innovation design

This week was Apple’s Worldwide Development Conference–the time when the company announces all its new software, and generally a few pieces of hardware to boot. But Monday was especially significant, as it was the first time we saw the fruits of Jony Ive’s new position as head of human interface–with his sensibilities leaking into software as well as hardware.

Did Apple show anything radical? No. But they did give the iPhone a major facelift in iOS 7, and a series of updates in OS X Mavericks will make Apple’s laptops feel a bit more like Google’s Chromebooks, a decision that teases its unification strategy of mobile and desktop platforms in the years to come.

Here’s the news you need to read from the week, along with what we think it means for Apple’s future of design.