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Apple’s new CEO John Ternus is overseeing both the industrial design and human‑interface teams, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. The shift began after former COO Jeff Williams left and the studios were placed under Tim Cook, but Ternus assumed responsibility while transitioning to chief executive. Former hardware‑engineering leader, Ternus now spends several days a week in the design studios, often visiting multiple times in a single day, an increase from Cook’s monthly drop‑ins. He is also driving a hiring push to replace talent poached by rivals such as Meta and OpenAI, promoting junior staff and bringing in external designers. Apple has not appointed a design officer; instead, Molly Anderson and Steve Lemay head industrial and UI design respectively, with Ternus acting as the decision‑maker.