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Jony Ive is leaving Apple

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    #2
    _Whimsical_
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    What has Jony even been doing since Steve Jobs died? Design development seems to have crawled to a snails pace, if even that.


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    Beechwoodspark
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    They’ve been tarting up the same design for years now


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    Creamy Goodness
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    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    What has Jony even been doing since Steve Jobs died? Design development seems to have crawled to a snails pace, if even that.

    Pretty much lead architect on the new campus. It’s a multi year project.


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    DubDJ
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    It’s a significant departure for Apple. Alongside Steve Jobs, Ive is one of the most recognisable faces there and for a company who’s all been about design it will definitely have people talking about how “Apple is doomed” like always.

    He became head of all design at Apple a while back, which means hardware and software, although he’s been mainly focused on Apple’s new campus for the past few years.

    Still, the Jony Ive voice over videos era is about to end, looks like some big changes are ahead for Apple as a whole.


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    Oafley Jones
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    I wish this was a clean break from Apple, I don’t like that he’s still going to be contracted going forward. Ive has seemed to be checked out from the consumer electronics space for years now. Still, he did some amazing work when he was engaged.


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    peteeeed
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    who owns the rights to the white room?


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    Passenger
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    Loved how his product designs were hugely influenced by Dieter Ram's (Braun product designer) designs of the 60's.

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    Bob24
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    Have to post a video for those who might think Ive was born with no hair :-) (which doubles as a a one sentence summary of his achievements at Apple)

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e1KD7DdnRb8


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    Sad Professor
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    This seems to have been a long time coming with Apple keen to make his departure as gradual as possible. While it's undeniably a big loss for the company, I suspect Ive's design sensibility has been absorbed into Apple's corporate culture to such an extent that the man himself probably isn't necessary anymore.


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    Bob24
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    Pretty good analysis of the situation here IMO: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/28/18870887/apple-jony-ive-design-genius-committee

    Short story: the problem is not as much that Ive is leaving, it is more that Apple is moving from a “genius reporting to god” model (aka an almighty designer reporting directly to the CEO) whereby creative freedom is unrestricted and uncompromised, to a “design by committee” model (a bunch of smartasses only reporting to the COO) whereby designers have a lot more constraints coming from the top and are making decisions based on compromise.

    The first model is more risky and demanding as it concentrates power and requires amazing people, but it can deliver things the second one can’t.


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