Overview
- Dye will start at Meta on December 31 as head of a newly created design studio within Reality Labs, reporting to CTO Andrew Bosworth.
- Apple named veteran designer Stephen Lemay to lead Human Interface Design, with Tim Cook highlighting his role on major interfaces since 1999 in a statement to Bloomberg.
- Meta positioned the studio to integrate hardware, software and AI for upcoming products, a mission Mark Zuckerberg outlined in a Threads post.
- Meta said Billy Sorrentino, a senior director on Apple’s design team, will join Dye’s organization as part of the reshaped leadership.
- The move lands as Apple faces broader leadership turnover, with recent departures including longtime COO Jeff Williams and AI head John Giannandrea.