Jonathan Ive, Apple - Biography - Design, Architecture and Fashion - Design Museum London. Jonathan Ive, Apple - Biography - Design, Architecture and Fashion - Design Museum London. Www.jonathanive.com. Apple's Jonathan Ive: How did a British polytechnic graduate become its design genius? By Rob Waugh Updated: 01:56 GMT, 20 March 2011 Rob Waugh reports on the rise to near-mythical status of Jonathan Ive, the remarkable man from Chingford Jonathan Ive (left) has helped turn Apple into the second biggest company in the world, with a higher turnover than Google or Microsoft Few Westerners have ever seen the forging of a Japanese samurai sword. It’s considered a sacred practice in Japan; one of the few traditional arts that has yet to be bettered by modern science. Japanese smiths work through the night (better to judge the heat of metal by eye) hammering, melting and forging by hand to produce the finest blades in the world.
The steel is folded and refolded thousands of times to create a hard outer layer and a softer inner core resulting in a singular blade: terrifyingly sharp but far less prone to breaking than any sword forged in the West. Once the blade is complete it is polished to a mirror finish, an elaborate procedure that itself can take weeks. ‘It’s an amazing synergy. Apple’s Jonathan Ive: great design is about focus, simplicity, emotion. It's every designer's dream--and that of every innovation reporter, CEO, and Mac fan alike: a lengthy conversation with Apple's senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive, who rarely grants interviews.
The dream came true for the London Evening Standard's Science and Technology editor Mark Prigg, who published a long, exclusive Q&A with the knighted Apple exec, "The iMan Cometh," on March 12. One of the most striking elements of the interview, in my opinion, is how it humanizes Sir Ive. He's on such a pedestal as a design guru, it's easy to forget that he is a regular person, and of course a user of technology and admirer of great design, too. This is important, given that he makes it clear that Apple's success relies on creating products with the user in mind, and which spark very emotional connections between people and their iPhones, Macs, and iPads. When discussing Apple's design strategy, Ive comes off as the opposite of aloof and arrogant. Simple is best. Image: Apple. How Apple Designs Macbooks From Scratch. Jonathan Ive design interview quotes | Jonathan Ive (Ives) interviews on design, quotes. By Alvin Alexander.
Last updated: Jan 24, 2014 This article contains a collection of quotes on design from Jonathan Ive (or "Jony Ive", as Steve Jobs called him), Apple designer. For those who don't know of him, Mr. Ive is credited with designing almost every Apple product since 1997. Given that very long string of success, I became interested in what Mr. Short quotes on design These short quotes are pulled from longer Jonathan Ive design interviews, which I'll include below. Care deeplylook to be wrongattention to detailreduce and reduceform and colour defines your perceptionsolve a problem in a way that acknowledges its contextthe obviousness of everythingget rid of anything that isn't absolutely essentialdo we need that? These other short quotes have been written about Mr. An extra something that would tap into a product's underlying emotionhis design process revolves around intense iteration Full quotes From a Design Museum Jonathan Ive interview: Quotes from another interview:
Jonathan Ive Interview - Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh. "Objectified": Jonathan Ive. Jonathan Ive On Apple's Philosophy. Jonathan Ive - Tribute to Steve Jobs. Design - Apple Mac. Jonathan Ive Interview (original video) Jonathan Ive | Technology. Press Info - Apple Leadership - Jonathan Ive. Jonathan Ive. Sir Jonathan Paul "Jony" Ive, KBE RDI (born 27 February 1967)[1] is an English designer and the Senior Vice President of Design at Apple Inc. He oversees the Industrial Design Group, and also provides leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) software teams across the company.[2] He is the designer of many of Apple's products, including the MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini and iOS 7. Steve Jobs considered Ive to be his "spiritual partner at Apple," while Fortune magazine stated in 2010 that Ive's designs have "set the course not just for Apple but for design more broadly.
"[3][4][5] Early life[edit] Ive was born in Chingford, London, UK. His father was a silversmith who lectured at Middlesex Polytechnic[6] (now Middlesex University): "He's a fantastic craftsman, his Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time in his college workshop, during the Christmas break when no one else was there, helping me make whatever I dreamed up.