Evans Hankey is a she actually.Maybe that's his reason for leaving, he's had enough of Tim Apple?
I don't think I would agree with that. The products from the recent years have mostly changed for the better since the Ive era, especially the new Macs with more functional designs.explains a lot really, the latest products show it, they need to hire a new team that are best for the job
If you read the article, Dye is not going to be leaving, Hankey is.Maybe that's his reason for leaving, he's had enough of Tim Apple?
Unapologetically fewer people. 🤣Making the design team thinner.
I keep my crack under my drawers, thank you very much.Drawers.
Maybe that's his reason for leaving, he's had enough of Tim Apple?
It’s the same team of manatees that write Family Guy.After few last Apple products I am shockingly suprised that Apple had a design team.![]()
No. That reporting structure happened post-Steve. Previously, I think design reported directly to Steve.Has the design team always answered to operations?
While I agree, some of these should use a redesign. I'd love to see a chinless iMac. However, I'm also against change for the sake of change. Why change something if you don't have to, especially if that design is optimized for its purpose?So the "innovative product design" was...
1. Keep the iMac looking as close to an iMac G5 as possible.
2. Keep the PowerMac G5 tower in use as "the new Mac Pro" tower and then run back screaming to it, kind of, when we all complained about the Trash Can Mac Pro.
3. Keep the mini looking as close to a G4 mini as possible.
4. Make a Mac Studio that is little more than a fat mini design-wise.
We don't need ANYONE in product design if all we're ever going to see is a rehash of PowerPC designs.
Confusing post. The current product lineup is the best in more than a decade. Possibly the best ever, with the exception of the non-refreshed Mac Pro. 🤔explains a lot really, the latest products show it, they need to hire a new team that are best for the job
Hankey succeeded Jony Ive as Apple's de-facto design chief after he left the company in 2019, reporting to Apple's operations chief Jeff Williams.
Dead end job
They are probably less involved than you would think. Depends on the company thoI’m not really well-versed with company structure, but my question is… isn’t it also up to the executives, Tim etc to sign off on designs too? like, is it really all on the designers? do they come up with the designs *and* say “this must release just as is. no changes.”?
I just figure some other players would have a say in how something looks after the designers draft it up.
Steve had a great eye for design, but he was no designer. But his uncanny ability to predict what what consumers would like and his drive for more simplicity drove a lot of the decisions that went into the final design.Yeah, though I have to wonder how much of the various Apple designs (original iMac, iPod & iiPhone) were solely Jony Ives, and how much were Jony Ives + Steve Jobs? I'd love to see bold, new designs like a chinless, touchscreen iMac with FaceID.