In other "things Ferrari does that play to either Ive's brilliant penchant for minimalism or a parody thereof" commentary, the new Monza SP1 has one seat, no cupholders, no roof, and no windshield. The single door also as far as I can tell has no interior handle as such, you pull on a leather strap to open it.
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In other "things Ferrari does that play to either Ive's brilliant penchant for minimalism or a parody thereof" commentary, the new Monza SP1 has one seat, no cupholders, no roof, and no windshield. The single door also as far as I can tell has no interior handle as such, you pull on a leather strap to open it.
have you ever seen a Ferrari?
I mean, they are not all “clean” or “minimalist”, but Sergio Pininfarina wouldn’t have needed Jony Ive’s opinion on anything at all.
In fairness, designing cars is not one of the CEO’s responsibilities.
The question is what level of business expertise does JI have, if any at all?
No where else other than right here on this forum could this statement be any more out of touch.
Steve Jobs is why Apple is what it is and where it is today.
Especially: non italian, not from within ... I would've though Eddie Cue would've had a better chance, he does sit on the board. Then again that maybe why Ive is being considered?
If it happens ... then Apple will have their manufacturer for their Car. lol
If Ive does get the position, I fear that Scuderia Ferrari would never win another F1 Championship.
Ive is used to working in Apple where he almost had unlimited budget to buy expensive equipment and CNC machines, experiment with different designs and materials, manufacture and throw in the bin hundreds of potential ideas and raw material. This is not the case with Ferrari. You cant just make an expensive carbon fiber part and throw it because it does not please you visually or you just changed your mind. You also cant make sudden changes to the design and rely on extensive third party suppliers network ready to send you overnight the part you want. Almost everything is hand made and in limited production run. A full-scale model of future car takes months or years to produce. He cant spend 3 months in the lab to decide on the design of single button in the car or the shape of the steering wheel.
Dont know...becoming a CEO of a company in a sector in which you have 0 experience, doesnt seems a good idea.
Dont know...becoming a CEO of a company in a sector in which you have 0 experience, doesnt seems a good idea.
Ironically to halve that 4 series grill you’d need to double up and get the 8 series.
All seats will be permanently molded to fit Ive's own body. All internal controls will be permanently positioned based on Ive's own body measurements.
Replacing any part even as simple as a tire, wiper blade or light bulb will require disassembling the entire car.
Battery will be glued to the car.
Replacing any part even as simple as a tire, wiper blade or light bulb will require disassembling the entire car.
Battery will be glued to the car.
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And the Large Hadron Collider would KILL US ALL!!!Same with Apple.
I recall reading a comment when the iPhone first launched that it would be the end of Apple. Boy was that person wrong.
Same with the first version of Mac OS X, and The first iPod, and the first iPad.
The iPad, when it first was announced in January 2010, was one of the most hated products I’ve ever seen. I mean, MagSafe Duo and the AirPods Max are getting a lot of hate, but that hate is child’s play compared to what the original iPad got.
Then people prophesies apples death when Jobs died, and when iOS 7 got the flat design, and when the first Apple Watch was announced, and once the AirPods were announced, and when the iPhone X had a notch, and so many other things.
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It didn't.
I wonder how many people were sad that it didn't. I'm glad I can still smell the flowers, and watch the satellites wizzing overhead, and hear the birds chirping, and children laughing. For people that wish the world to end so much, I really have to wonder how many times they were dropped on their head? Do they need a hug?
first of all, the Tesla cyber truck looks exactly like something Johnny Ive would do.
secondly, I was more thinking of an arrangement where Elon would remain the CEO, but Johnny would be the head of design, very similar to the jobs and Johnny relationship.
Hahahahahaha. Can you imagine? Tell you one thing though, as funny as this absurd idea is, one thing about it is very serious: Based on the products Ive designs we know that he has absolutely zero sense for what constitutes good a good tactile experience. I realize he wouldn't be actually designing Ferraris, but I still couldn't imagine a worse possible fit for a company that builds cars for driving enthusiasts (albeit incredibly wealthy ones). Great driver's cars are largely about the tactility of the experience. Can you picture it? "I just drove our newest model and when the road surface changed I could feel it! And when I ran through some bumps with the right front the steering wheel twitched a little! And the engine is right behind my head instead of in front where it belongs and it screams at me and that scared me so I let off on the gas mid-corner and and the car tried to kill me by spinning around backwards and ramming arse-first into a tree! Fire everyone who designed it, right now!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Butterfly suspension - 2.6x shorter travel, 4x more impactful bumps for a truly engaging experience (Ferrari recommends blowing out the shocks with compressed air every day!)
External steering wheel antenna - Innovative design works with the human body to get the best possible signal (just hold the right spot 2/3 up the wheel at all times!)
Jet red - Polished to perfection, the Ferrari shines like never before (A small number of Ferrari owners have reported micro-abrasions on 99% of their cars - Ferrari recommends being careful around dust!)
External steering wheel antenna - Innovative design works with the human body to get the best possible signal (just hold the right spot 2/3 up the wheel at all times!)
Jet red - Polished to perfection, the Ferrari shines like never before (A small number of Ferrari owners have reported micro-abrasions on 99% of their cars - Ferrari recommends being careful around dust!)
Still some Apple Resellers use on their display machines a flex cable running under the mouse (It's glued to the mouse on the outside) plugged into that "wrong" socket on one end and running to the front of them mouse to connect there in the "right" spot to a rather normal looking cable. These look far too well-made to be local hobby projects and Apple does audit these so I'm confident it's an Apple provided and approved cable.
With the flex cable in there it will be MUCH more fragile than a decent cable used for just 5 minutes while charging the mouse.
FWIW: I use these multiple of these mice. I know how fast they charge enough - yet I still hate the placement of that connector and I fully blame Ive for it.
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Fully agreed. Seems like their aim when going for this was to stand out for being the ugliest car on the parking lot?
I'm no fan of some battery-electric powered cars to have no grille (I get why, it's just ugly), but that SUV thing beats just about every single ugly car ever made.
Can't beleieve the factory workers will have enough pride in their work to overcome the ugliness of the endproduct to admit to having built some of these to their friends.
Sir Ive is pretty alive, and personally, the new AirPod Max, has increased my fears for is departure...I now refrain my desires for redesign of MacBook and IPad, (IPhone still OK, if they keep refreshing reusing previous successful designs)