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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.
 
So I guess the only products Hankey can claim as designed on her watch are the MBA M2 and the Mac Studio?

I actually have held off on buying the Mac Studio because I hate its design. It is the most uninspired metal box Apple has ever produced. Even the Mac Mini is sexier than the Studio.

We all mock the trashcan Mac Pro, but it was slick and an attractive piece of design.
 
If you are a really creative person it would be hard to stay on the design team right now. Every current product Apple has is basically reduced to its final physical form. Other than shrinking bezels and making them thinner what's left? We are down to single slabs of glass and aluminum. Foldables don't seem to be a winner yet either given so many trade-offs just for a pro of a larger screen.
At least the camera design, chip design and engineering teams can explore new technologies. The design team, again at least with current products, have got to be incredibly bored.
 
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.
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?
 
I’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.
They are probably less involved than you would think. Depends on the company tho
 
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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.
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.

Don’t hate on the chin. Without it, the iMac will look as bland as every other monitor out there, including Apple’s. If you’re going to hate on anything, it should be the fat bezels around Apple’s overpriced display which makes it look dated.
 
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