Regardless, the statement proves that Ive has maintained his connection with Apple even after leaving the company in 2019. So, it is not clear if the company is working on products that are yet to come or has already had an involvement in the recent products by Apple. Ive did not elaborate on this partnership, though.
Ive confirmed that his new design agency still works with Apple in an interview with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Ive now shared that his relationship with Apple has not ended just yet. By the time it launched, though, Ive had quit the company to start his own venture that soon came to be called LoveFrom. It was recently revealed that Ive even had a contribution in the design of the iMac 2021. But even without a direct management role, Ive continued to have a public one at the company, still appearing regularly to discuss the company’s projects - an increasingly wide range that also included things like Apple retail stores.For those unaware, Ive served as the Chief Design Officer at Apple Inc for a long time, gaining global popularity for his designs of iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook and more such Apple products.
“As Chief Design Officer, Jony will remain responsible for all of our design,” Tim Cook wrote in a 2015, “focusing entirely on current design projects, new ideas and future initiatives.”Īt the time, it was widely speculated that Apple had offered him a change in position to persuade him not to step out of the game entirely. He joined the company back in 1992, in the days of the Newton, later working on the original iMac and eventually collaborating directly with Steve Jobs on the iPhone and iPad.Īs he moved to CDO, Apple explained that Ive would continue to play a direct role in the company’s design choices. Ive’s work at Apple has made him a superstar within the design community. The note, of course, refers to Apple’s sprawling new 2.8 million-square-foot campus in Cupertino, which clearly has Ive’s fingerprints all over it, right down to the stair railings embedded directly into the walls. “With the completion of Apple Park,” a spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch, “Apple’s design leaders and teams are again reporting directly to Jony Ive, who remains focused purely on design.” While both appear to still be on-board, the move seemed to be an indication of Ive’s return to to his former role, a move TechCrunch has since confirmed with Apple. Now Ive is stepping back into the part of the position he vacated back in 2015.Įarlier today, 9to5Mac noted that Dye and Howarth were no longer listed on the company’s official leadership page. The duo took over the management of its industrial design and user interface design, respectively. James Warrington The tech world has been shaken by the news that Sir Jony Ive, the veteran British designer behind a string of iconic Apple products, is stepping down after nearly three decades. The newly created role found the company’s beloved designer taking a break from day to day management of the team, handing the reins over to VPs Richard Howarth and Alan Dye. Two years ago, Jony Ive was promoted to chief design officer at Apple.
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