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Jonathan Ive on Apple's design philosophy

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 20th, 2013)

Late last year, Tim Cook put Jony Ive in the position of heading up Apple's Human Interface (HI) design across the company's products. Known for his work on Apple hardware, the British designer has worked his way up the ranks at Apple. He was highly regarded by Steve Jobs, who called him his ...

Sir Jony Ive discusses design on Blue Peter show, receives Gold Badge

by Steven Sande (Feb 18th, 2013)

Blue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television program, broadcast on BBC since 1959, so it's not surprising that Apple Senior Vice President of Industrial Design Sir Jony Ive was an avid viewer of the show as a child. Ive was recently a guest on Blue Peter where he talked about ...

Jony Ive: Apple's goal isn't to make money

by Steven Sande (Jul 30th, 2012)

Speaking at the British Business conference running in London during the 2012 Olympics, Sir Jonathan Ive -- Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design -- told attendees that Apple's "goal isn't to make money." Instead, per the Daily Telegraph, he told attendees that the company's ...

Jonathan Ive wins British Visionary Innovator award

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 26th, 2012)

Jony Ive can add British Visionary Innovator to his long list of design awards. The Apple design head was given the award by Britain's Intellectual Property Office as part of its World Intellectual Property Day celebration. As noted in a Macworld UK report, Ive won with 46.6 percent of the ...

Jony Ive nominated for British Visionary Innovator award

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 18th, 2012)

Apple's senior VP of Industrial design, Jony Ive, was nominated for a British Visionary Innovator award by the UK's Intellectual Property Office. This list includes other notable innovators including Sir James Dyson who created the dual cyclone vacuum cleaner, Sir Tim Berners-Lee who played an ...

Rumors of Jon Ive moving to the UK reportedly false

by Dana Franklin (Mar 21st, 2011)

Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of product design, has no plans to take his talents back to the United Kingdom, an in-depth profile of the designer in the Daily Mail revealed last week. Recent speculation suggested the 44-year-old planned to cash in his US$30 million in Apple stock ...

Apple form factor evolution

by David Chartier (Jul 27th, 2007)

Donationware app MacTracker is great for those times when you need to look back at the history of Apple's products or the stats of one particular machine. If you're interested in more of a visual history, however, this picture from art director and designer Edwin Tofslie should satisfy your ...