Apple UI

Dictionary entry

Liquid Glass 2025– / Style
Unifies the floating control and navigation layer as a fluid glass material that refracts and adapts to the content beneath.
Aqua 2000–2014 / Style
Mac OS X's lickable design language: gel-gloss buttons, pinstripes, deep shadows and the genie effect staging digital parts as touchable objects — defining 2000s UI at large.
Brushed Metal 1999–2007 / Style
The hairline-metal windows of iTunes and Safari: a skeuomorphic branch that speaks an app's purpose through material, bringing pro-gear trust to the desktop.