Apple Wins Gold Cube for iOS 26 Liquid Glass at 105th ADC Awards
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Updated · PhoneArena · May 14
Apple Wins Gold Cube for iOS 26 Liquid Glass at 105th ADC Awards
4 articles · Updated · PhoneArena · May 14
Apple’s Liquid Glass interface for iPhone took the Gold Cube at the Art Directors Club Awards in New York, earning one of the design industry’s top honors for iOS 26.
The award recognized the interface’s craftsmanship and visual ambition, even as the redesign has drawn mixed reactions over readability and usability since launch.
Recent updates have already softened some of Liquid Glass’s original look after early criticism, suggesting Apple is still balancing artistic impact with legibility.
Apple also collected 4 ADC honors in total, while Liquid Glass has begun influencing rival smartphone software designs, especially among Chinese manufacturers.
With developers calling the award-winning UI a 'catastrophe,' is Apple risking its ecosystem for the sake of a new aesthetic?
As its new design wins awards but faces user backlash, can incoming CEO John Ternus fix the controversy before September?