Apple has fired Jon Yongfook, the design lead whose team designed the liquid glass visual display that was one of the hallmarks of the company's new iOS26."I was fired by Apple today," the designer posted on X on Tuesday. "Me and my design team have spent the last 18 months tirelessly testing different levels of gaussian blur on backgrounds when foreground elements are in focus.""If you are looking for experts in the blur, glass liquid, grass or fur UI space, let me know," Yongfook wrote.I was fired by Apple today.Me and my design team have spent the last 18 months tirelessly testing different levels of gaussian blur on backgrounds when foreground elements are in focus.If you are looking for experts in the blur, glass liquid, grass or fur UI space, lmk.— Jon Yongfook (@yongfook) June 9, 2025Possible reasons may be due to the company's new visual offering having a mixed response from designers and users, with some who remarked that it was a new and intriguing design choice, while others finding it distracting and making text on screen hard to read.Apple's share price was also down 1.7% during New York market hours as the company was holding its Worldwide Developers Conference 2025 where it was showing off its new offerings, indicating that investors were not impressed with what the software company had to show them.It is as of yet inconclusive as to whether or not the liquid glass display had a part to play in investor scepticism.Apple Unveils 'Liquid Glass' iOS 26 Interface At WWDC 2025—Redesigned iPhone Experience AheadYongfook's Unused Designs For AppleYongfook also posted some of the other visual design aesthetics he had created for Apple before he was fired, showcasing a fuzzy, fur-textured UI he named 'iOS27 Orangutan', a jute basket textured UI he labelled 'iOS28 Rattan', a candy themed UI labelled aptly christened 'iOS29Candy', and a sushi themed UI he called 'iOS30 Sashimi'.Some of my last projects before I was fired from Apple. Behold the majestic natural beauty of iOS27 Orangutan, the rustic charm of iOS28 Rattan, the nostalgia of iOS29Candy, and the clean fresh vibe of iOS30Sashimi pic.twitter.com/RuI06oOUuA— Jon Yongfook (@yongfook) June 10, 2025Yongfook also revealed that his team had spent a considerable amount of time, research and resources to capture minute specifics of their vision, such as toggle switches which turn from solid to liquid and the other way around as the users interact with it on their screen."As an ex member of the Apple UI Design leadership I can reveal this was in fact the result of 12 months of observing real toggle switches in everyday life, that magically turn to liquid and re-manifest into solid matter," was what he wrote in his reply to an 'X' user who said that Apple "overdid it" with the interaction (toggle switch).As an ex member of the Apple UI Design leadership I can reveal this was in fact the result of 12 months of observing real toggle switches in everyday life, that magically turn to liquid and re-manifest into solid matter. https://t.co/OOerdncgcy— Jon Yongfook (@yongfook) June 10, 2025Apple WWDC 2025: What To Look Out For In The New visionOS 26 For Apple Vision ProYongfook did imply through another X post that he believed that the UI design team should have reconsidered the viability of such a design as well as gauge the public interest it would generate before expending their efforts to bring the design to life.He shared a meme parodying Jeff Goldlbum's famous quote from the movie Jurassic Park, where his character said, "Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should." This drew parallels between the scientists in the movie and their ill-fated quest to revive Jurassic era dinosaurs and his team's similar quest to create the liquid glass design."Add more transparency" pic.twitter.com/GzeK0wRZ5q— Jon Yongfook (@yongfook) June 10, 2025Apple’s watchOS 26 Brings Personal Trainer To Your Wrist With New AI-Powered Update. Read more on Technology by NDTV Profit.