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Continuity: Executive succession plans in history

by Robert Palmer (RSS feed) on Jan 15th, 2009

We all know that Steve Jobs will eventually leave Apple, and Apple's executive team has a responsibility to draft a succession plan to help minimize the turmoil when that day comes. To figure out what Apple might do, we can look to the past for other examples.

Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford. In 1918, at the age of 55, Henry handed the presidency of the company to his son Edsel. When Edsel died in 1943, Henry came back to Ford Motor Company ill, "mentally inconsistent, suspicious, and generally no longer fit" for the job.

Most of the board didn't want him to be president. Even with no official title, he'd been in de facto control of the company since Edsel took over. Nevertheless, the board elected him (rather than cross him), and he served until the end of the second World War. Gravely ill, he turned control of the company over to his grandson, Henry Ford II, in 1945. Henry Ford died two years later.

Steve Jobs has four children, the oldest of whom is Lisa Brennan-Jobs, a 30-year-old journalist. None have publicly expressed any desire to run Apple.

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Filed under: iPhone

Ive scores another design award for the iPhone

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Jul 2nd, 2008

Apple's Senior VP of Industrial Design Jonthan Ive has won yet another design award, this time for the iPhone. The Mobile Data Association recognizes "those UK companies and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the uptake and success of mobile data over the last 12 months." Ive won the MDA Personal Achievement Award for the physical "design of the Apple IPhone and its user interface" which "sets the bar very high for all present and future competitors and as such, is shaking the mobile phone industry."

You've got to figure by this time Ive is using things like this as doorstops, but it is yet another (completely unsurprising and thoroughly deserved) testament to Apple's design leadership.

[via Infinite Loop]

Tags: iPhone, Jonathan Ive, JonathanIve, MDA

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Apple

WALL?E - Robot with the heart of a Mac

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Jun 27th, 2008

Several TUAW readers have reported after seeing midnight showings of Disney-Pixar's new and highly-rated movie WALL•E that when the robot boots up, he makes the standard Mac startup sound. That's not the only Apple connection with the movie.

Of course, Steve Jobs is the largest single shareholder of Disney after Pixar was purchased by the entertainment giant for $7.4 billion in 2006. He still serves on a steering committee for Pixar that oversees the Disney-Pixar animation businesses, and he's on the Disney Board of Directors. I'm not sure, but he may be tapped to be the first CEO of BuyNLarge...

WALL•E's job is to wander around an abandoned Earth, pick up trash, and compact it into small blocks. However, when he finds something nostalgic that he likes, such as an iPod or Rubik's cube, he keeps it.

The object of WALL•E's desire, EVE, was actually designed with the assistance of Apple Senior VP of Industrial Design Jonathan Ive, who apparently spent a day with the Pixar team in 2005 consulting on the ultra-sleek floating robot.

Thanks to Matt for the heads-up and inspiration for this post!

Tags: disney, jonathan ive, JonathanIve, pixar, tweet-this, wall-e

Filed under: Cult of Mac

The UK Independent talks to Ive about design

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on May 21st, 2008

Hot the heels of Apple's recent double D&AD Black Pencil victory for excellent design the British newspaper the Independent interviewed Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice-president of industrial design and now holder of a record six Black Pencils. There's a charming sense of British lad made good about the piece, and it's always interesting to learn about how Ive approaches his craft.

He says that his "goal is simply to try to make products that really are meaningful to people. Ultimately there is something motivating and inspiring in seeing someone using an Apple product and enjoying an Apple product." And fortunately for our favorite fruit company Ive insists that he can't possibly imagine working anywhere but Apple.

[via Gizmodo]

Tags: Black Pencil, BlackPencil, Jonathan Ive, JonathanIve

Filed under: Odds and ends, Apple

Ive wins 2007 National Design Award

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 17th, 2007

Cooper-Hewitt, the design museum in New York, has just announced the winners of this year's Nation Design Awards and you might recognize a name of the list. Jonathan Ive, designer of such items as the iPod, the iMac, and the iPhone, has won this year's award for 'Product Design.' The designs for the iPod nano, Apple TV, the MacBook, and the iPhone seem to have cinched the win for him.

Kudos to you, Jonathan , and the whole team of designers at Apple.

Tags: design, jonathan ive, JonathanIve

Filed under: Steve Jobs

Jobs, Ive nominated for Time's "most influential"

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Apr 24th, 2007

Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive have been identified as candidates for the next Time 100 Poll, which is a list of the nation's most influential business people. Both Steve and Jonathan have appeared in Time before (Steve made the cover five times), and Steve has made previous Time 100 lists.

Magazine covers, national recognition, a billion-dollar company...just another day at the office.

[Via MacNN]

Tags: jonathan ive, JonathanIve, steve jobs, SteveJobs, time 100, time magazine, Time100, TimeMagazine

Filed under: Apple Corporate

Apple designer receives honours

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Nov 17th, 2006

British born Jonathan Ive, designer of the iMac and iPod, became a Commander in The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire today. According to a Macworld article, Ive received this honor at the Queen's New Year Honours ceremony.

Ive was recently promoted to senior vice president of Industrial Design at Apple. He has been with Apple since 1992 and was named 2003 Designer of the Year by the Design Museum in London. Ive originally studied industrial design at Newcastle Polytechnic.

Tags: Apple, Designer, Jonathan Ive, JonathanIve

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Portables, Rumors, Apple

More Apple tablet rumors

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Feb 2nd, 2006

Here's the rumor that won't go away. Unites States Patent Application #20060026536 (which features the signature of Jonathan Ive) concerns "...Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen..." Is an Apple tablet in the works (yes, I'm bringing that up again)? Hrmph! even has a very nice round-up of images related to using "gestures" with a touchscreen-based user interface. Note the iPod-like scroll wheel in Fig. 27D.

Seriously, though, who would you trust to deliver a tablet PC that's both beautiful and useful? Mr. Ive and Apple, that's who. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this one.

[Via Engadget]

Tags: apple, apple tablet, AppleTablet, gestures, jonathan ive, JonathanIve, patent application, PatentApplication, tablet

Filed under: Odds and ends, iMac, Apple

Jonathan Ive Awarded CBE Award

by Damien Barrett (RSS feed) on Dec 31st, 2005

Every year, Britain awards influential Britons Orders of the British Empire, such as Knight, Commander, and Officer. The highest order is Knight, but also well-known and prestigious is the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE.

Jonathan Ive, Apple's creative designer behind many of its revolutionary products such as the families of iMacs, and the iPod, has become a CBE on this year's New Years Honours List.

Thanks to all those who sent in this news item.

Tags: award, design, Jonathan Ive, JonathanIve

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