Responsible for designing some of Apple’s most iconic products, including the iMac, the iPod and the iPhone, in his biography Jobs refers to Ive as his “spiritual partner” and told the writer, Walter Isaacson, that he had set things up so that he had more operation power at the company than anyone (besides Jobs) so no one could tell him what to do.
Since Steve Jobs’ passing many have speculated about the fate of the company, who’s relied heavily on slick product design, led by Ive, since he joined the company in 1996. But this revelation should provide some relief that at least Apple’s future product design is still in Jobs’ approved hands.
[Yahoo Finance via AppleInsider]
Antonia
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 11:39 AMFor a design to be “good” (in the full sense of the word) it must stand the test of time. While many of Apple’s designs look good they are in fact good in a fashionable sense. That is, in a few years they look old/dated.
The “original” clock cursor animation is a definite exception.
Richard
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 9:01 PMI Don’t know, I think a number of their designs still look very nice and haven’t dated too bad…3rd Gen iPod Classic being an example as well as many of the iMac designs.
tsengan
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 3:31 PMI’d disagree – Ive designed according to very classic structure and format, and are often recognised as fulfilling some of the most basic and long lasting tenets of design aesthetics in terms of balance, flow and user approach. While some of the finishing touches are fashion on/off, the overall design approach is actually quite classical.
prashy
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 3:59 PMI think the original iPod looks better than today’s classic version.
Anon InB4gay
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 10:55 PMI wonder if Ive’s salary doubled. Guy is probably rocking 2M per annum.