Filed under: Cult of Mac
Jonathan Ive profiled by the Guardian
Johnathan Ive is the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple Computer. He is the man behind the look of the iMac and the iPod. Today's Guardian profiles Ive and discusses a recent talk he gave about the iBook design. "For more than an hour, he handled the object, describing the journey of its creation, revealing the elegant necessity of every curve, hinge and surface. The laptop uncovered, he pointed to a tiny, bespoke toolset built into the rear casing, a delight for any service engineer. Meticulous attention to detail has become a hallmark of Ive's work, but contemporaries describe his talent as more profound than that." I wish the article talked more about the design rather than the man, but it's still a fascinating read. The Guardian website requires registration, which you can bypass via http://www.bugmenot.com.
Thanks Aebhric Coleman
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
AbuElRey said 1:32PM on 1-05-2007
The Guardian does not and has never required registration.
This is the direct link to the article.
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1983515,00.html
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Roger said 1:38PM on 1-05-2007
Here's the direct link: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1983515,00.html
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Thataboy said 11:09AM on 1-08-2007
He's as pretty as his designs.
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K said 2:39PM on 1-05-2007
I've written so many papers on Jonathan Ive for Art School that i think i've fallen in love with him..
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Mark Gould said 3:17PM on 1-05-2007
@1: The Media Guardian site does require registration for some reason. However, some of its stories (like this one) are drawn from the Guardian's other sites.
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V said 6:47AM on 1-08-2007
So when did Ive dismantle an iBook in front of an audience, and where to I get the video?
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Matt Smith said 5:44AM on 1-09-2007
Thanks to those that provided the link, does frustrate me when tuaw doesn't.
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