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Apple Announces Upcoming Departure of Lead Product Designer Evans Hankey
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Evans Hankey is a she actually.
After few last Apple products I am shockingly suprised that Apple had a design team. 
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.
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If you read the article, Dye is not going to be leaving, Hankey is.
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.
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.
- Stupidity of pill hole not being up to top
- iPad with Shell of iPad Pro but without compatibility for pencil gen 2
- notch on MacBooks and MacBook Pro with touchbar
- AirPods Pro 2 without usb-c
etc.
- iPad with Shell of iPad Pro but without compatibility for pencil gen 2
- notch on MacBooks and MacBook Pro with touchbar
- AirPods Pro 2 without usb-c
etc.
I keep my crack under my drawers, thank you very much.
Evans Hankey is the woman on the left in the photo.
After the recent design problems with the Studio display and iMac M1 power supplies audibly buzzing, maybe this is a good thing...
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.
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.
Was this the person who designed the USB-C to lightning dongle for charging Apple Pencil 1 with the iPads 10? That was some top-notch work whoever did that. 🙄
I have not many problems with the product design outside of the circus of a product that is the new iPad. However, product strategy is a whole other issue that is out of control and makes no sense.
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.
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.
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.
No. That reporting structure happened post-Steve. Previously, I think design reported directly to Steve.
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?
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. 🤔
A dead end job with a multi-million dollar salary*. I'd like one of those dead end jobs.
*At least that was the case for Jony Ive
Get your butt off the table, Alan. That's what chairs are for.
They are probably less involved than you would think. Depends on the company tho
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.