We speak with Apple's Molly Anderson, Steve Lemay, and Scott Brodrick about the new iPad Pro and their team's effort to conjure tactile pleasures similar to traditional art tools, but for a digital workflow.

Apple’s connection with the creative set was established long before the development of the first Apple iPad. But in many ways the iPad represents the culmination of the brand’s decades long efforts to merge technology with intuitive experiences shaped by the habits, workflow, and proclivities of artists and designers ? a device anyone can pick up and intuit its purpose with the same effect as a pencil and a blank sheet of paper. Even so, it took an iteration or two before the iPad hit full stride and began to fulfill its potential, offering something not a laptop nor a smartphone can. The iPad’s purpose was clarified as app developers found ways to capitalize upon the possibilities of a touchscreen computer. The latest iteration of the iPad Pro is the most realized example of this vision. With significant enhancements in both hardware and software, the new flagship device takes the “glass as a sheet of paper” metaphor to unprecedented levels thanks to an updated OLED screen, impressively thinner and lighter design, powerful new M4 chip, and new Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard that are now practically essential add-ons.
Recently, Design Milk had the opportunity to chat with Molly Anderson (Industrial Design), Steve Lemay (Huma...