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Jonathan Ive | |
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 Jonathan Ive (right) with John Lasseter (left) at Macworld 2008. | |
| Born | February 1967 (age 43) |
| Occupation(s) | Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Apple Inc. |
Jonathan "Jony" Ive, CBE (born February 1967) is an English designer and the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple Inc. He is the principal designer of the iMac, aluminum and titanium PowerBook G4, MacBook, unibody MacBook Pro, iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
Early life
Jonathan Ive was born in Chingford, London. He was raised by his teacher father and attended Chingford Foundation School; he went on to attend Walton High School in Stafford, Staffordshire then studied Industrial Design at Northumbria University (Newcastle Polytechnic at the time).
Career
After a short time at the London design agency Tangerine,[2] Jonathan Ive moved to the United States in 1992 to pursue his career at Apple Inc..[3] He gained his current job title upon the return of Steve Jobs in 1997, and since then has headed the Industrial Design team responsible for most of the company's significant hardware products.
Ive's work is said to be heavily influenced by the work of the 1960s German designer legend Dieter Rams, whose shapes and forms of Braun's home electronics line are visible in today's Apple products.[4]
Personal life
Ive is married to a historian named Heather[1] and is the father of twins.[5] The family lives in the Twin Peaks area of San Francisco, California.
He is an alumnus of Northumbria University having studied the Design for Industry programme[6] and was awarded an Honorary degree from the University in 2000.
Praise
Critics regard Ive's work as being among the best in industrial design, and his team's products have repeatedly won awards such as the Industrial Designers Society of America's Industrial Design Excellence Award.
The Sunday Times named Ive as one of Britain's most influential expatriates on 27 November 2005: "Ive may not be the richest or the most senior figure on the list, but he has certainly been one of the most influential... The man who designed the iPod and many more of Apple's most iconic products has shaken up both the music and the electronics industry." Ive was number three on a list of 25.
A recent Macworld poll listed Ive joining Apple in 1992 as the sixth most significant event in Apple Inc. history, while MacUser (a subsidiary of Macworld) writer Dan Moren suggested in March 2006 that, when the time comes for Steve Jobs to step down as CEO of Apple Inc., Ive would be an excellent candidate for the position, justifying the statement by saying that he "embodies what Apple is perhaps most famous for: design."[7]
On July 18, 2007, Ive received the 2007 National Design Award in the product design category for his work on the iPhone.[8]
The Daily Telegraph rated him the most influential Briton in America on 11 January 2008.[9]
Awards and nominations
Ive was listed in the 2006 New Years Honours list, receiving a CBE, for services to the design industry. The British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, was revealed as being an iPod owner in June 2005.[10]
Ive was the winner of the Design Museum's inaugural Designer of the Year award in 2002, and won again in 2003. In 2004, he was a juror for the award.
In July 2008, Ive was awarded the MDA Personal Achievement award for the design of the iPhone.[11]
In May 2009, Ive received an Honorary Doctorate from the Rhode Island School of Design [12] and in June 2009 was named Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Art. [13]
Fortune magazine named Ive as the "world's smartest designer" in 2010, for his work on Apple products.[14]
Jonathan Ive has over 300 granted design patents to his name. [15]
Bibliography
- Thompson, Clifford (28 February 2007). Current Biography Yearbook 2006. H. W. Wilson. p. 700. ISBN 9780824210748.
- Hirschmann, Kris (15 August 2007). Jonathan Ive: Designer of the iPod. KidHaven Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780737735338. victoria hearn is awesome
See also
- Apple Industrial Design Group
- History of Apple Computer
- History of computing hardware (1960s-present)
Notes
- ^ a b "Father of invention". The Guardian. 21 December 2003. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Product Designers". Tangerine. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ MacAdam, Harry (23January 2007). "Chingford boy is Mr Ive-pod". The Sun. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "1960s Braun Products Hold The Secrets To Apple's Future". Gizmodo.com. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ^ Sample, Ian (1 May 2007). "He is the quintessential designer. He knows more than anyone what we will have in our hands in five years". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Famous Alumni". Northumbria University. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ^ MacUser: Life After Steve?
- ^ Trescott, Jacqueline (2007-07-19). "National Design Awards Presented At White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ The top ten most influential Britons in America - Telegraph
- ^ Queen Elizabeth gets ‘royal iPod’
- ^ Jonathan Ive takes home MDA award for iconic iPhone design
- ^ Template:Cite news url = http://www.9to5mac.com/dr-jonny-ive-risd-2009
- ^ http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=161282&groupID=161282 List of Honorary Doctors of the Royal College of Art
- ^ "The smartest people in tech - Smartest designer: Jonathan Ive". Fortune. 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ Jonathan Ive's list of design patents
External links
- Biographies
- Descriptions of Work
- Design of the iMac with CNN
- Interviews
- Jonathan Ive with the Design Museum
- Jonathan Ive with The Independent
- Jonathan Ive with WordPress
- Design of the Power Mac G5 with Wired
