Jonathan ive is the senior vice president of industrial design at apple inc. Apple and designer jonathan ive star in german museum. Often known as jony ive, sir jonathan ive joined apple in 1992 and was made senior vice president of industrial design under steve jobs in 1997. A rare look at apples design genius jony ive vogue. Sir jony ive, the british designer who oversaw the imac, the ipod, the iphone, apple watch and airpods. However, ive was a precocious design talent, and from a young age, he was racking up awards for his design work. Check out the earliest work of apples design leader jony ive. Jonathan ive, apple industrial design group ipod 2001 not on view at the time the ipod was born, ive, the head of apples design group, had been overhauling the companys hardware design with his team since 1997, using a new palette of materials characterized most prominently by translucent polycarbonate plastic. Not only has ive designed some of the most iconic apple products created over the past 30 years the imac, the ipod and the iphone to name. Ive studied design at newcastle polytechnic later renamed university of northumbria at newcastle. Apple applied its mantra of simplicity to the ipod, with jobs insisting to the entire design team, including chief designer jonathan ive, that users be able to get to any song or function on the device within three clicks. It looks like all the other dull, unapplelike glass and beige.
Ive has to say, and to that end, heres a collection of jonathan ive design interview quotes ive gathered over the last few years. Senior vice president, design at apple the winner of the design museums inaugural designer of the year award in 2003 was jonathan ive 1967, senior vicepresident of design at apple whose innovations include the ipod, imac, iphone and ipad. Jonathan ive, in full sir jonathan paul ive, byname jony ive, born february 1967, london, england, british industrial designer and apple inc. Jony ive discusses design of apple watch in latest interview. This success led to his other design accomplishments with the ipod. Electronics design chain magazine article inside the apple ipod design triumph also extensively details the creation of. Jony ive details apple design process, iphone 6 design. An interesting book covering the life of jony ive and the design issues at apple during ives employment. During a typical day, ive says that designers gather around tables like those in the apple store to draw. Kris hirschmann explores the life and achievements jonathan ive, discussing his childhood, education, career with apple computer, inc. As usual, the team assembled around the studios kitchen. The genius behind apples greatest products tells the riveting story of a creative genius, from his early interest in industrial design to his meteoric rise, as well as the principles and practices that led ive to become the designer of his generation. How apples undertheradar design genius, jonathan ive, has found the way to our hearts.
Apples chief design officer jonathan ive is departing the company, bringing an end to a career of nearly 30 years spent crafting some of. Discussing the book s launch, chief design office jony ive sat down with tony chambers of to explain why the iphone maker set out to publish this book in the first place. The designs have not only made apple a hugely valuable company, theyve overturned entire industries, built a loyal fan base, and created a globally powerful brand. The genius behind apples greatest products kahney, leander on. Precious few designers have left sir jonathan ives industrial design group since he took over in 1996. Legendary apple designer jony ive has been chilling with. With nearly 5,000 patents to his name, ive was the guru behind the design of apples most iconic productsthe imac, the macbook, the ipod, the iphone, the ipad, and the apple watch. Jonathan ive, seniorvice president of industrial design at apple his team first produced the macbook photo. Jony ive made the entire tech world care about design the verge. The giant, 300page book is a retrospective of the products developed by.
He is the principal designer of apples imac, powerbook, macbook, macbook. He joined apple in 1992 and worked on the second generation newton. For better and worse, we live in jony ives world the. This article also notes that the late steve jobs molded the devices shape, feel, and design, no doubt with jonathan ive, the director of apples industrial design group. Steve jobs left designer jony ive more power than anyone. Jony ives design book is much more than an ego trip. Found this nice interview with jonathan ive the current senior vp of industrial design at apple. The genius behind apples greatest products by jake sorofman march 2, 2018 growing up in a sleepy hamlet in the north of england, the only son of a passionate design professor and progressive activist in desig n education, you might expect jonathan ive to go on to make his own mark in the same field. As jony ive steps down from apple, we take a look back at his incredible list of industrydefining career highlights, from the the imac, to the ipod, iphone and apple watch. Jony ive is apples chief design officer, and the awardwinning designer of the imac, ipod, iphone, ipad, and. Apple will be lovefroms first client, which makes sense because much of the companys success can be. As senior vice president, design at apple, jonathan ive has combined what he describes as fanatical care.
According to ive, he has a great design team thats quite small, numbering 16 or 17 employees. Jony ives collaboration with jobs would produce some of the worlds most iconic technology products, including the imac, ipod, ipad, and iphone. Jonathan ive lead designer for apple ipod mac iphone air. The apple iphone, in the various iterations that the industrial designer jony ive produced, is the opposite.
Jonathan ive is the designer for all of apples products such as imac, iphone, ipod and ipad. Based on interviews with jony ives former colleagues and kahneys own familiarity with the world of apple, this book gives insight into how jony ive now senior vice president of design has redefined the ways in which we work, entertain, and communicate with one another. Could jony ives promotion at apple actually inch him. Apple design book history the apple design book made by jonathan ive, which the companys long standing senior vice president of industrial design. In this book will provide all of apples products with full colour photographs and an. Jonathan jony ive is apples senior vice president of design. Jony ive is leaving apple after more than two decades in which his iconic designs for the mac, ipod and iphone turned one of silicon valleys. I have not kept up on apple design over the years but have read a number of articles along the way, so i found that most of the topics and discussion in this book about apple products were familiar. How to create the next jonathan ive a new book on apples enigmatic design genius argues that apple owes its success primarily to being a dream.
One morning in late 2003, just before the launch of the ipod mini, jony ive and his team gathered for a biweekly brainstorming meeting. Sheds new light on technologys mostwatched design team observer a real. Ive formed one of the most fruitful business and tech partnerships ever seen with the late steve jobs, playing an instrumental role in the design of the iphone, ipod and ipad. The inventors and creators series examines the fascinating life stories of so.
Designer of the ipod innovators library binding july 27, 2007 by kris hirschmann author. Apple designer jonathan ive talks about steve jobs and new. His collaboration with steve jobs produced some of the worlds most iconic product designs, including the imac, apple tv, mac book air, powerbook g4, iphone, ipod, and more. If you want to learn about how the mind of design genius jony ive works, dont read this book. Sir jonathan paul jony ive, kbe, honfreng, rdi born 27 february 1967 is a british industrial, product and architectural designer and former chief design officer cdo of apple inc. List of awards and nominations received by jony ive. Designer of the ipod innovators hirschmann, kris on. In a surprise notice late on thursday, june 20, 2019, apple announced that its chief design officer, jonathan jony ive, would be leaving the company later in the year. Jony ive, apples famed chief design officer and resident design master since 1997, announced thursday that he is leaving the company to form his own design company, lovefrom. Steve jobs left designer jony ive more power than anyone at apple. The man behind that is briton jonathan ive, officially the senior vice president of industrial design at apple, and he has long acknowledged dieter rams as his inspiration. The clickwheel in the front of the device was, at the time, a very intelligent way of navigating long lists of songs, says industrial designer philip. Apple design chief jonathan ive recently discussed the meticulous process that went into creating the apple watch in a new profile with financial times. Jonathan ive stories december 11, 20 ipodfather and nest ceo spotted showing off red mac pro, gold earpods updated zac hall dec.
Jony ive, iphone designer, announces apple departure financial. Jony ive and the genius behind apples move to designfirst wired. Ive became apples senior vice president of industrial design in 2005. Jony ives 10 most revolutionary designs for apple dezeen. Apple is releasing a pricey book, titled designed by apple in california, in which it chronicles many iconically designed products its churned out over the span of past 20 years. As senior vice president, design at apple, jonathan ive has combined what he describes as fanatical care beyond the obvious stuff with relentless. I first catch sight of jony ive across the apple campus, in a. When i asked paul kunkel, author of the 1997 book appledesign, for tips on obtaining interviews, he laughed and said, go sit outside the designgroup offices with a pizza. The remainder of the book is concerned with the achievements of the industrial design group in apple. It gives us a glimpse into his insights to design and shows us how he thinks and focuses on products. Rumors suggest he almost left apple shortly before.
Jonathan ive, known as jony, is apples senior vice president of design and the man responsible for turning steve jobs imac, ipod, iphone, and ipad into real, physical objects with just exactly the right feel, in perfectly the right color. Jony ive s collaboration with jobs would produce some of the worlds most iconic technology products, including the imac, ipod, ipad, and iphone. Given that very long string of success, i became interested in what mr. Apples senior vice president of industrial design, when we talked about the first ipod. The chief of design at apple, ive was steve jobs closest confidant, and now, at 50 years old, six years after jobs death, hes one of the two most important people at the worlds most. But still the design team managed to make the ipod their own.
In a roundabout way, apple almost recruited jony ive right out of college. Featuring jonathan ives imac and ipod, solange azagurypatridges diamond jewellery, the computer game vice city, and tord boontjes crystal and aluminium chandeliers. Born jonathan paul ive on february 27, 1967 in chingford, england, he studied industrial design at newcastle polytechnic before joining london design firm, tangerine. Few objects so continuously in use by human beings are as hostile to the human body as. Ive works in a design studio in a building on one corner of apples campus at 1 infinite loop in cupertino, the firms address. See more ideas about industrial design, design and apple products. Jony ive discusses 20 years of iconic apple designs and.
Apple design is a companion book to the exhibition, which also features scholarly commentary and products influenced by apple design. At apple he continued to develop the design of such popular products as the ipod portable mp3 player first introduced in 2001 and the iphone 2007. Sir jonathan paul jony ive, kbe, honfreng, rdi born 27 february 1967 is a british. I like this interview for what it tell us about apple and jonathans amazing design methodology. All of the apple products that made jony ive a living.
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