Liquid Metal
Paper is a new design tool. We launched into open alpha today. Anyone can now sign up and use Paper. We started Paper about 1 year ago with the goal to bring more creativity back into design tools. It feels like the existing options are becoming increasingly corporate. To celebrate to launch, we published a new shader that lets anyone see their logo in Apple's new heat map animation style. There is no sign-up needed at heat.paper.design. We're always looking for feedback from anyone who uses Sketch, Figma, Photoshop, or Illustrator, about what they most need in their professional design…
Liquid Metal launched on February 20, 2025 with 316 votes, #100 of 5,999 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Liquid Metal is a design tool that transforms logos into a liquid metal effect inspired by Apple's aesthetic. Users simply upload their logo and watch it render in flowing, metallic liquid form. The tool is open source and designed for anyone interested in creative visual effects and logo experimentation. It offers a quick, playful way to visualize how a brand identity might look with this distinctive liquid metal style.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Did you see Apple's newest event? We thought the liquid metal was so cool. How fun would it be if everyone could see their logo in liquid? So we made it: just drag in your logo and see it in liquid metal.
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Paper is a new design tool. We launched into open alpha today. Anyone can now sign up and use Paper. We started Paper about 1 year ago with the goal to bring more creativity back into design tools. It feels like the existing options are becoming increasingly corporate. To celebrate to launch, we published a new…
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