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Wall-E Movie is Jonathan Ive's Latest Design Job
Posted by Adrian Covert at 10:27 AM on May 13, 2008
CNNMoney/Fortune has a story out saying that Eve, the female character to stand opposite Wall-E in the movie of the same name, was designed in part by Apple lead designer Jonathan Ive. The robot design is kinda cool, in that it reminds me of the most recent incarnation of Marvin the Paranoid Android, but the real story to be told is of Ive's day spent with the Pixar guys working on Eve.
Wall-E director Andrew Stanton said he wanted the design to be high-end, but also "seamless and for the technology to be sort of hidden and subcutaneous." Stanton called this philosophy straight out of the Apple playbook and called up El Jobso in 2005. Steve sent over Johnny Ive for the day.
But oddly enough, Ive was as tight lipped as ever, despite being commissioned by Jobs for the task. So while the Pixar designers were running design ideas by Ive for Eve, all he would do is nod his head yes or no, as to whether or not he agreed. "Apple is so proprietary and so secretive that he couldn't even really allude to where the future of technology was going," said Stanton. And Pixar is a company which Jobs owns a stake in. Kinda creepy if you ask me. [Fortune]
Tags: animation | design | entertainment | jonathan ive | movies | pixar | robots | wall-e
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jakebathman
Posted 11:28 AM 13/5/08
@jozen: AHHH thank you I couldn't put my finger on it, but it looks exactly like Automator (who I think actually has a "name" from Apple).
I'm so pumped for wall-e by the way.....
(Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth class)
jakebathman
jozen
Posted 11:12 AM 13/5/08
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jozen
jozen
Posted 11:12 AM 13/5/08
i have to say that robot looks just like automator
jozen
AqueousBeef
Posted 11:03 AM 13/5/08
@EricLA2NYC: No, you have to wait a year for that
AqueousBeef
theorie
Posted 10:55 AM 13/5/08
NUMBER 5 IS ALIVE!...AND KNOCKED-OFF BY PIXAR
theorie
EricLA2NYC
Posted 10:46 AM 13/5/08
@Kaiser-Machead: Ah, but is Eve 3G?
EricLA2NYC
EricLA2NYC
Posted 10:46 AM 13/5/08
Ive could have told them, but then he would have to kill them. And dead directors and designers really slow movie production down.
EricLA2NYC
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 10:45 AM 13/5/08
It has no USB ports, non-user replaceable battery, and has proprietary peripherals (head and fin-arms).
Let the fun begin.
Kaiser-Machead
KJA
Posted 11:36 AM 13/5/08
Dear Pixar,
Please do not make Cars 2. You're just doing it for the money.
2010 can't come any slower... been waiting all life to watch Toy Story 3.
KJA
Windhawk
Posted 11:30 AM 13/5/08
All will be revealed to Wall-E.
Eve knows the way to Earth.
Windhawk
CutePuppyz
Posted 11:30 AM 13/5/08
Like a sleeker rob. Shame for the name...sounds sissy.
CutePuppyz
Simpsons-Movie-ruled
Posted 12:22 PM 13/5/08
@Simpsons-Movie-ruled: is maniacly a word?
Simpsons-Movie-ruled
Simpsons-Movie-ruled
Posted 12:21 PM 13/5/08
I wonder if she can play iTunes or any of that other "i" crap.
*runs-away maniacly*
Simpsons-Movie-ruled
ramman345
Posted 12:03 PM 13/5/08
Eve also looks like a Hitachi Magic Wand vibrator :-)
ramman345
Blinklink11
Posted 12:42 PM 13/5/08
I know someone said it already, but
Automator 2.0
Blinklink11
iomatic
Posted 12:29 PM 13/5/08
@Kaiser-Machead: Still, dude.
It's cuter than you.
iomatic
markarian
Posted 1:05 PM 13/5/08
Rest assured, Eve will fit into the iPod Ecosystem. "And Boom! Just like that...isn't it incredible?"
markarian
Barry99705
Posted 1:04 PM 13/5/08
@Simpsons-Movie-ruled:
manic
Main Entry:
man·ic Listen to the pronunciation of manic
Pronunciation: ma-nik
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1824
: affected with, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from mania
- manic noun
- manically adverb
Barry99705
olafson
Posted 12:58 PM 13/5/08
It's a bland pile of white plastic. Shocking.
olafson
Playstation
Posted 2:32 PM 13/5/08
I think design wise, it's not working at all. This eve should be a girl but I don't see any resemblance (from what I've seen so far from trailers).
Weird it could pass Disney's creative judgement.
Playstation
swervie
Posted 3:18 PM 13/5/08
I actually thought it was a little guy. R2Dpod.
swervie
VakeroRokero
Posted 4:53 PM 13/5/08
@Playstation: Sure, the same way they blocked Pocahontas 3: Indian Summer...
And about the movie, you can't be putting down the movie if any of you have yet to see it. And the design of both robots plays a part with the story...
VakeroRokero
howismydriving
Posted 5:32 PM 13/5/08
I find it ironic that Wall-E is the character that most people can relate to in the movie, just like the PC character in the PC vs. Mac advertisements. Maybe Apple should take a hint from this in their advertising that sometimes the likable looser is the better character to hock your products.
howismydriving
jpj007
Posted 5:22 PM 13/5/08
@Barry99705:
Actually, I think he was trying for the word "maniacally."
jpj007
Tim Faulkner
Posted 5:48 PM 13/5/08
@howismydriving: Do you really think PC isn't hocking Mac products? That they don't know our sympathies are with him, that he's funny, and charming?
The stupidity of people who say Apple is stupid because they like PC more is astounding. Apple doesn't want you to have pity or sympathy for their products, but do use the lovable loser to sell product.
Tim Faulkner
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 9:27 PM 13/5/08
@iomatic: Cuter than everyone!
Kaiser-Machead
flyboy
Posted 10:35 PM 13/5/08
Hi Eve.
[burst] into flames.
flyboy
DJrock3k
Posted 12:22 AM 14/5/08
Eve is Wall-e's cute but exasperated japanese girlfriend.
DJrock3k
flyboy
Posted 12:47 AM 14/5/08
@macbob1: very good points.
If Mr. Jobs or Mr. Ive does indeed read this blog - he should think on about the mental welfare of his staff long term.
It all comes at some cost.
flyboy
macbob1
Posted 12:37 AM 14/5/08
This shit is getting old! Ive is the best in the world, no doubt, so is Jobs, but this freaking story shows just how F up they have become. I bet these people never talk to anyone making working at Apple worse than working at the NSA.
I bet most of the staff at Apple suffer from anxiety due to not knowing where they stand, can get cast off at a whim or never knowing WTF is going on.
The goods are great, the way to get there is F up!
macbob1
kahri
Posted 12:54 AM 14/5/08
looks like a character from Eon Kid.
Is Ive's house coated in white plastic?
kahri
thetickler
Posted 1:40 AM 14/5/08
@kahri:
no, just white sauce.
thetickler
Thrubeingcool
Posted 6:00 AM 14/5/08
iRobot
Thrubeingcool
Wandel
Posted 5:54 AM 14/5/08
I showed the Wall-E trailer to my dad the other day. His first response was that he thought Eve looked liked something designed by Apple.
Wandel
lectroid
Posted 2:08 PM 13/5/08
@olafson:
as someone who actually worked on this film, let me assure you, Eve is not, in fact, a bland pile of plastic. Her surface and materials are incredibly rich and detailed, as you'll see when the film is released.
But she is, absolutely, very Apple iPod-esque.
lectroid