Jonathan Ive

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Sir Jonathan Ive
KBE
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Jonathan Ive, April 2009
Born 27 February 1967 (1967-02-27) (age 46)
Chingford, London, UK
Nationality British
Occupation Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Apple Inc.
Known for Designer of Apple Inc. devices

Sir Jonathan Paul "Jony" Ive, KBE RDI (born 27 February 1967)[1] is an English designer and the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple Inc. He also provides leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) software teams across the company.[2] He is the lead designer of many of Apple's products, including the MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and iPad Mini.

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Early life [edit]

Jonathan Ive was born in Chingford, London. His father was a silversmith who taught at the local college, "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."[3]

Ive attended the Chingford Foundation School then Walton High School in Stafford. Once enrolled in Walton, it became clear that he attained many technical and drawing skills through his father. After leaving Walton he studied industrial design at Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University).

Ive has been interested in "drawing and making stuff" since he was about 14. Design was always in his mind, but he was unsure about exactly what, since his interests were very broad – from furniture and jewelry to boats and cars. However, after meeting with various design experts he was drawn to product design.[4]

Discovering the Apple Mac after "having a real problem with computers" during his later student years, he said, was a turning point. Fearing he was "technically inept", he felt the Apple user experience was a departure from the computer design at that time.[5]

Career [edit]

After finishing Newcastle Polytechnic, Ive co-founded London design agency Tangerine. He was commissioned in 1992 by Apple’s then Chief of Industrial Design Robert Brunner as a consultant, then as a full-time Apple employee.[6] He designed the second generation of the Newton, the MessagePad110, taking him to Taipei for the first time. He became the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design in 1997 after the return of Steve Jobs and subsequently headed the industrial design team responsible for most of the company's significant hardware products.[7] Ive's first design assignment was the iMac; it helped pave the way for many other designs such as the iPod and eventually the iPhone.[8] Jobs made design a chief focus of the firm's product strategy, and Ive proceeded to establish the firm’s leading position with a series of functionally clean, aesthetically pleasing, and remarkably popular products.[9]

The work and principles of Dieter Rams, the chief designer at Braun from 1961 until 1995, influenced Ive's work. In Gary Hustwit's documentary film Objectified (2009), Rams says that Apple is one of only a handful of companies existing today that design products according to Rams' ten principles of "good design."[10][11]

Ive has his own laboratory with his appointed design team. They work to music provided by DJ John Digweed, a close friend of Ive's.[4] The majority of Apple employees are not allowed in the laboratory. According to the Steve Jobs biography, Ive's design studio has foam cutting and printing machines, and the windows are tinted. Jobs told Isaacson: "He has more operational power than anyone else at Apple except me."[12] On 29 October 2012, Apple announced that "Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company in addition to his role as the leader of Industrial Design."[13]

Steve Jobs said of Ive, "If I have a spiritual partner at Apple, it's Jony."[14]

Reception [edit]

A fifth generation iPod, one of Ive's most recognised industrial designs.

The Sunday Times named Ive 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 as the man who designed the iPod."

A 2006 Macworld magazine poll listed Ive's joining Apple in 1992 as the sixth most significant event in Apple's history, while Dan Moren, a writer at MacUser magazine (a subsidiary of Macworld), suggested in March 2006 that, when the time came for Steve Jobs to step down as the CEO of Apple, Ive would be an excellent candidate for the position, justifying the statement by saying that Ive "embodies what Apple is perhaps most famous for: design."[15] However, Jobs was succeeded by Tim Cook, the company's former COO.[16]

On 11 January 2008, The Daily Telegraph rated Ive the most influential Briton in the United States.[17]

Honours and awards [edit]

In 1999, Ive was named by the MIT Technology Review TR100 one of the top 100 innovators in the world under age 35.[18]

In 2003, he was the winner of the Design Museum's Designer of the Year Award, the first given.[6]

In 2004, he was named the "Most Influential Person on British Culture" by the BBC.[19]

In 2005, British monarch Queen Elizabeth II was revealed as being an iPod owner.[20]

In 2007, the UK edition of GQ magazine named Ive "Product Designer of the Year."[21]

In 2007, Ive received the 2007 National Design Award in the product-design category for his work on the iPhone.[22]

In 2008, he was named the No. 1 "Most Influential Briton in America" by the Daily Telegraph.[23] Creativity Online included Ive in their "Creativity 50" list.[24] The same year, he was awarded the MDA Personal Achievement Award for the design of the iPhone.[25]

In 2009, Ive received an honorary doctorate from the Rhode Island School of Design,[26] and honorary doctor of the Royal College of Art.[27] Also in 2009, Fast Company put him at No. 1 on their list of "100 Most Creative People in Business;[28] the Daily Telegraph named him the second "Most Influential Briton in Technology,[29] Forbes magazine listed him as second amongst the "Most Powerful People in Technology;[30] and The Guardian named him "Inventor of the Decade".[31]

In 2010, Bloomberg BusinessWeek listed Ive among the "World's Most Influential Designers",[32] CNN Money named him "Smartest Designer" in their "Smartest People in Tech" story.[33] Ive was listed at No. 18 on "The Vanity Fair 100" list,[34] and Eureka of The Times group placed him No. 5 on their list of "Britain's Most Important Scientists";[35] Fortune named Ive the "world's smartest designer" for his work on Apple products.[36]

In 2011, the Daily Mail profiled Ive, hailing him as a "design genius".[37] He also was nominated for a British Inspiration Award.

In 2012, Vanity Fair gave Ive along with Apple CEO Tim Cook the first spot on their annual "New Establishment" List.[38]

In 2013 Blue Peter awarded Ive a gold Blue Peter badge.[39]

In 2013, Ive was profiled by musician and activist Bono in The 2013 TIME 100, the TIME annual list of the 100 most influental people in the world. [40]

Ive was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours for services to the design industry. In the 2012 New Year Honours, he was elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) for "services to design and enterprise";[41] he was knighted by Princess Anne in Buckingham Palace in a May 2012 ceremony.[42] He described the honour as "absolutely thrilling" and said he was "both humbled and sincerely grateful".[43][44]

As of 2011, Jonathan Ive is listed as an inventor on 596 design and utility patents.[45][46]

Personal life [edit]

Jonathan Ive met his wife Heather Pegg while in secondary school. They married in 1987, have twin sons, and now live in San Francisco.[4]

Bibliography [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

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  12. ^ Richmond, Shane (31 December 2011). "Apple designer becomes Sir Jonathan Ive in New Year Honours". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 June 2012. "According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, the company's late chief executive gave Ive a unique position within the company. Jobs told Isaacson: "He's not just a designer. That's why he works directly for me. He has more operational power than anyone else at Apple except me. There's no one who can tell him what to do, or to butt out. That's the way I set it up."" 
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  15. ^ "Life After Steve?". MacUser. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 28 February 2011. 
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  18. ^ "1999 Young Innovators Under 35: Jonathan Ive, 32". Technology Review. 1999. Retrieved 14 August 2011. 
  19. ^ "iPod designer leads culture list". BBC News. 12 February 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2012. 
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  30. ^ Rose, Kevin (2009). "The 7 Most Powerful People in Technology". Forbes. Retrieved 26 January 2012. 
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  33. ^ "The Smartest People in Tech". CNN Money. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012. 
  34. ^ "The Vanity Fair 100". Vanity Fair. October 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012. 
  35. ^ Hough, Andrew (7 October 2010). "Britain's most important scientists". London: Eureka!. Retrieved 26 January 2012. 
  36. ^ "The smartest people in tech – Smartest designer: Jonathan Ive". Fortune. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010. 
  37. ^ Waugh, Rob (20 March 2011). "How did a British polytechnic graduate become the design genius behind £200billion Apple?". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved 26 January 2012. 
  38. ^ "Vanity Fair's "New Establishment" List: Tim Cook and Jonathan Ive #1". Vanity Fair. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012. 
  39. ^ Sir Jonathan Ive honoured with exclusive gold Blue Peter Badge
  40. ^ http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/jonathan-ive
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  42. ^ "Apple design chief Jonathan Ive is knighted". BBC (London). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012. 
  43. ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60009. p. 24. 31 December 2011.
  44. ^ "Apple's Jonathan Ive gets knighthood in honours list". BBC News. 31 December 2011. 
  45. ^ "Jonathan Ive's list of design patents". Ipexl.com. Retrieved 28 February 2011. 
  46. ^ "Making Jony Ive a Knight sends UK Gov signal – 2012 is the year of tech". 

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