Jony Ive

Tim Cook: The magic is at the intersection

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 a 10:17 pm

As part of the D11 conference, Tim Cook deferred questions about the future of iOS and OS X to WWDC 2013, which is now less than two weeks away. He did, however, address the new management, with software, services, and design, among other things, all now under unified leadership.

Latest rumors suggest iOS 7 to be "black, white and flat all over"

By Richard Devine, Friday, May 24, 2013 a 9:23 am

The latest rumors surfacing about iOS 7 suggest that it will be "black, white and flat all over." Everyone seems to expect that Jony Ive has gone through iOS with the sandblaster, and the latest rumors suggest just that. The latest comes by way of 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman:

Jonathan Ive rumored to be working on new Mail, Calendar apps for future versions of iOS

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a 10:00 am

We've already heard from multiple sources that Apple's vice president of design, Jony Ive, has been working on making iOS flatter and more refined, but now he's also rumored to be working on brand new Mail and Calendar apps as well. It's not clear right now whether a complete revamp of such core personal information management software would be ready in time for iOS 7 this year, or for iOS 8 next year, but the focus sounds interesting. According to Bloomberg:

Jony Ive once again rumored to be painting a kinder, flatter iOS 7 interface

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Apr 29, 2013 a 5:39 pm

We've been hearing about Jony Ive taking a sand blaster to iOS 7 for a while now -- removing a lot of the heavier textures, gradients, shadows, and skeuomorphs that built up at Apple under Steve Jobs and Scott Forstall. According to what I've been hearing, iOS 7 will make fans of the richer design style cry. 9to5Mac's ace reporter, Mark Gurman likens the flatness to Windows Phone Metro-style, and what's more:

Jony Ive named one of TIME's 100 most influential people

By Joseph Keller, Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 a 3:33 pm

Jony Ive, Apple’s SVP of Industrial Design, has been named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, coming in at number 46. Of Ive’s relationship with his team, U2’s Bono, writing for TIME, says that Ive is akin to a certain Star Wars icon:

Jony Ive reportedly working on iOS 7 at Apple. Or, you know, doing his job...

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Mar 22, 2013 a 1:20 am

Late last year Tim Cook reorganized Apple's leadership, placing Jony Ive in charge of not only hardware design, but all design across the company. This, of course, included iOS 7 and future versions of all of Apple's software products as well. Today, the Wall Street Journal's Jessica E. Lessin reports that Ive is, in fact, doing just that.

Multitude of reports allege SVP of iOS, Scott Forstall, was asked to leave Apple

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Oct 29, 2012 a 8:55 pm

Now that Apple has announced that senior-vice-president of iOS, Scott Forstall was leaving the company, amid storms and market-closings, various additional information is surfacing on the story, at least from Apple's perspective. Namely, it's now being claimed that Forstall was fired.

Apple SVP of Design Jonathan Ive gets official knighthood

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Dec 30, 2011 a 9:39 pm

Apple Senior Vice President of Design, Jonathan Ive has been made a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), in recognition of his work at Apple and contributions to the industry.

He described the honour as "absolutely thrilling" and said he was "both humbled and sincerely grateful".

Mr Ive added: "I am keenly aware that I benefit from a wonderful tradition in the UK of designing and making.

"I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design."

Apple design exhibit at MKG Hamburg

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Oct 23, 2011 a 7:19 pm

Michael T. Rose of TUAW has posted a fantastic look Apple design exhibit at MKG Hamburg. If you love Apple and Jony Ive design, are intrigued by the influences of Braun and Dieter Rams, or just want to see an amazing array of everything from iPod to Mac, check it out.

Source: TUAW