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Apple Ends Partnership With Former Design Chief Jony Ive
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Hopefully they get new talent. Use new form factors, materials, colors. Tired of small changes, and camera alignment being the only new design implementation. I remember every year there was a completely new iPod design release. I’m not saying I want completely new hardware every year. But I do want different designs/form factors.
Ive would never have deliberated on a toilet like Mac mini Studio. Just a few idiot engineers could do it, in fact it literally sucks. Just for example.
The best designer they’ve ever had. Can’t be replaced.
At least he confirms what is becoming visible to the (loyal Apple customers) outsiders looking in… that the dark elements within Apple are now running the show and making the decisions… not the people who make and design the things that actually make Apple money… Apple tried that approach many years ago and it didn’t work out to well for them… and the one who left back then ended up returning and expelling the dark (Wall Street) element of the company and then went on to turn the whole place around and into the most successful and wealthy company in the world… they are headed down the same path now and its showing in the products and pricing for those inferior products… hopefully the current batch of executives who have the same parasitical tendencies as Wall Street are expelled from Apple before too much damage is done…
Somehow I feel like it will be beneficial for both parties. Ive worked extremely well under Jobs and brought a slew of iconic designs, but I don’t think his ideas jive well in current era’s Apple. Like any artist, his vision changes over time and what he’s focusing on design-wise doesn’t align with Apple, I don’t think.
After reading that Ive was pushing for the much rumored car to put visual emphasis on the sensors, or something to that effect, I thought that maybe this collaboration wasn’t working that well… Good news is, I’d assume not every good design ideas at Apple came exclusively from Ive.
I was curious to see on what else LoveFrom, (seems the comma is part of the name?) has worked on. Anyone has a link? I found their website but it’s not very… informative? I’m sure they think they don’t need a contacts page or a portfolio page, in light of their reputation… but I don’t get the point of a website that serves no function. It feels a bit self-important and too serious, which is also why I think this is a good move, and what a lot of people deplored from Jony’s appearances in past Apple events, I think.
After reading that Ive was pushing for the much rumored car to put visual emphasis on the sensors, or something to that effect, I thought that maybe this collaboration wasn’t working that well… Good news is, I’d assume not every good design ideas at Apple came exclusively from Ive.
I was curious to see on what else LoveFrom, (seems the comma is part of the name?) has worked on. Anyone has a link? I found their website but it’s not very… informative? I’m sure they think they don’t need a contacts page or a portfolio page, in light of their reputation… but I don’t get the point of a website that serves no function. It feels a bit self-important and too serious, which is also why I think this is a good move, and what a lot of people deplored from Jony’s appearances in past Apple events, I think.
With that logic I would like to credit him for Apple Silicon. He wanted thin machines, engineering had to make efficient chips. All credit to Jony, I guess?
You have it on record that he was the one who couldn't really accept the literal 1mm of space saving that the butterfly keyboard brought while the engineers were pulling at his ankles begging him to stop the madness?
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I always felt like Apple's original signing with Ive's agency was just a PR stunt and a way to part without the negative press.
>imagine being a design genius recruited by an industry visionary, only to find the company he help build taken over by the parts & supply guys, money men who only wanted to crank up the margins, and penny-pinching accounting-types who can't see 3-ft in front of them
This is how industry leaders die. Look at Sony, the US legacy automakers, etc. If we continue the automaker analogy, Honda as the breakout newcomer for a time was focused on the fundamentals and building a good product, everything else naturally followed. Conversely, GM did the reverse working backwards from financing tricks, bad products built to a price, and fundamentals so poor it went into bankruptcy until the government stole your tax dollars to keep them alive so they can outsource the last of their US jobs out of the country to show their gratitude
This is how industry leaders die. Look at Sony, the US legacy automakers, etc. If we continue the automaker analogy, Honda as the breakout newcomer for a time was focused on the fundamentals and building a good product, everything else naturally followed. Conversely, GM did the reverse working backwards from financing tricks, bad products built to a price, and fundamentals so poor it went into bankruptcy until the government stole your tax dollars to keep them alive so they can outsource the last of their US jobs out of the country to show their gratitude
It’s also funny how some automatically assume that those who have a laugh know nothing of the subject at hand, and to top that of, refer to very well established points of criticism as “hate”.
Hum… I think most people are very happy with the direction of both MacBook lines, and it’s hard to really assess everything before the switch to Apple Silicon is finalized. Other products have been pretty iterative, granted, but most products are.
Two sides working together actually. Good to challenge engineering but never to the point of significant degradation of functionality. Usually does not end well. Appears the design side, Jonny Ive, did just that.
So a few issues over decades of work? And none I would categorize as "Terrible to use". OK maybe the butterfly keyboards.
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Tim was picked solely for his understanding on securing the supply chain. Apple making 100 million phones a year is an incredible accomplishment and to Steve’s credit he saw the future and realized Tim was the one that could best secure Apple’s future.
I kind of hated the guy (because of his conflict with Forstall) but at the same time he played a very important role in making Apple products so special.
First was Forstall, now Ive. Timmy is getting rid one by one of the people that were the closest to Jobs.
First was Forstall, now Ive. Timmy is getting rid one by one of the people that were the closest to Jobs.
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Jony would definitely prefer the notch to thicker bezels which would be the alternative. He doesn’t like thick things.
Yes good riddance to that guy who designed all those ground breaking and innovative devices I spent so much money on over the last 15 years. He really suckkked.
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