Apple’s tightly-knit Industrial Design group led by Chief Design Officer Jony Ive has seen its fair share of notable departures in the past few years to the point where almost no one remains from the original team that began to turn around Apple’s fortunes at the turn of the century.
If you read the blogs today, Apple could be in a bit of hiring dilemma in terms of what works. Fresh blood or old hands? Experience or novicity?
The articulate Jony Ive explained why Apple is neither a money machine nor a disruptor but a little bit of both.
Apple’s Jony Ive yesterday delivered his Stephen Hawking Fellowship lecture at the Cambridge Union Society as part of winning its Stephen Hawking Fellowship award in September.
Renowned industrial designers Jony Ive and Marc Newson have designed a $150,000-$250,000 diamond ring for a Sotheby’s auction. Featuring 2,000 to 3,000 facets, it was created by removing material rather than adding.
The inaugural recipient was the late Professor Stephen Hawking while Apple’s design tzar is the second recipient of this award, created last year to recognize contributions to social discourse and STEM fields.
Jony Ive has retaken direct management of product design teams at Apple after 2 years.
He also doesn’t care what you think of Apple Park.
Ive will be joined in conversation by Rick Tetzeli, Editor At Large of Fast Company.
Holding onto features when there’s a “better way” is a path that “leads to failure,” Ive commented.
The debut of iPhone X on the tenth anniversary of the handset was a “wonderful coincidence,” says Apple’s design tzar.
Jony Ive talks Apple Park in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, revealing his design team is scheduled to be one of the last to move into the new headquarters this fall.