The art of SwiftUI animation
Phil Zakharchenko
14:15-14:50, Tuesday, 19th May 2026
Great motion design doesn’t just make an app look good. It guides users, provides contextual feedback, and turns your product into a memorable experience.
I’ll show you how to use the fundamentals of motion design to level up your SwiftUI animations. We’ll explore real issues every developer has had to debug (and why that one view is animating even though you’ve told it not to). Whether you’re refining that one transition or prototyping a new interaction, you’ll leave equipped with new tools to delight your users.
Phil Zakharchenko
Phil is a Mac platform engineer obsessed with software craft and intentional design. At Apple, he worked on flagship macOS features including the modernized menu architecture, Window Tiling, and Stage Manager. In 2023, he joined Software Applications Incorporated as the first hire to build Sky, a reimagining of the Mac interaction paradigm. The company was acquired in 2025 by OpenAI, where Phil is continuing to build thoughtful experiences for Apple platforms.