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Apple Hires iPhone Camera App Co-Founder
29 Jan
Summary
- Sebastiaan de With, Halide co-founder, joins Apple's design team.
- De With previously worked at Apple on iCloud and Find My apps.
- This move follows Jony Ive's departure from Apple in 2022.
Sebastiaan de With, a key figure behind the acclaimed iPhone camera application Halide, has been recruited by Apple to bolster its design division. De With confirmed his new role via Threads, stating his enthusiasm for collaborating with "the very best team in the world."
His background includes co-founding Lux, the parent company of Halide, which focuses on photography and videography applications for Apple devices. Notably, de With has previous ties to Apple, having collaborated on projects such as iCloud, MobileMe, and the Find My application.
This recruitment occurs in the period following Jony Ive's departure from Apple in 2022. Since Ive's exit, the company has not appointed a single successor to represent its design ethos, a situation that has coincided with varied public reception to recent design innovations.
