Apple's Industrial Design Team Loses Three Employees

[Kaibelf]

Maybe this is the start of the purge that is needed?

For what? Apple's version of the Galaxy Fold debacle? Or perhaps "innovations" like the MS Kin?

 

[az431]

Ah, you beat me to it. Immediately on reading the article, I wanted to vent my frustration at this pathetic "form ahead of function", that robs us of good keyboards, and stops them giving matte anti-glare screens to those that need them.

Good riddance to these people. Glad their names are published. Name and shame them.

The keyboards are bad because they were engineered poorly, not because Apple values "form over function." It's possible to have both form and function as is evident in most of Apple's other products.

 

[Tech198]

For what? Apple's version of the Galaxy Fold debacle? Or perhaps "innovations" like the MS Kin?

If Apple had a version of Galaxy Fold issue *exact* i would be laughing.

 

[0947347]

Uh oh! Don't tell Jony his crew is 'thinning' out...

Like Jony’s hair.

 

[Williesleg]

And the transition to an all services company is almost complete. Just like General Electric.
Next they'll port their stuff to Roku and Android.
Then it'll be complete.
Thanks Tim Apple!

 

[iapplelove]

The last truly groundbreaking product from Apple was the iPhone. And before that the iPod, preceded by the candy iMacs. It's been a long time of simply adding features to existing products. Stagnancy of invention and you become a seller of consumer widgets, and then media subscriptions? How boring.

I actually like my iPad better than my iPhone.

iPad is by far my favorite Apple product.

 

[now i see it]

I'd leave too

 

[Suttree]

A good opportunity to employ someone from the "Steve Jobs school of design":

"Design is how it works."

With emphasis on "it works". Also known as "form follows function".

Make the things work properly first, then beauty will follow by itself.

What the hell are you babbling about? Steve Jobs meant using design to solve a problem. He did not mean what you think. For example, the antenna system in the iPhone 4. They used the steel frame to intergrate the antennas. It’s not that form follows function but form IS function, function is form.

But to get to the heart of the matter, I believe these resignations are due to one thing and one thing only: The Samsung Fold. I find it commendable that these gentlemen quit in response to the Galaxy Fold (along with other Samsung innovations). They have my respect.

 

[0947347]

I actually like my iPad better than my iPhone.

iPad is by far my favorite Apple product.

Throw in some AirPods. Though I would like it even more with some “slide gesture” to change volume

 

[techno-Zen]

This is good news

 

[DHagan4755]

Forstalled actually means to impose an act of negative selection, essentially letting go of the capable ones.

No it doesn't. It means releasing a defective product that tarnishes the Apple brand, like Apple Maps did when Forstall was in charge of it.

 

[dwman]

Another reason they might leave is because as long as some of them have been there, they are potentially rich as hell, and simply don't need to work anymore.

 

[iTurbo]

OMG. Cry me a river. I can guarantee **** would hit the fan tomorrow if I didn't show up to work.

 

[richinaus]

Ah, you beat me to it. Immediately on reading the article, I wanted to vent my frustration at this pathetic "form ahead of function", that robs us of good keyboards, and stops them giving matte anti-glare screens to those that need them.

Good riddance to these people. Glad their names are published. Name and shame them.

That last sentence of yours will hopefully get you banned from this forum.
Name and shame them for what exactly - your assumptions? Disgraceful.

 

[s15119]

Excellent. Apple's designs will only continue to improve.

 

[groove-agent]

What are you expecting them to ‘design’ that would be totally different? The Apple Watch, the AirPods and the HomePod are all recent designs, do those count? I’d say they do.

How about a MacBook Pro keyboard that we can depend on?

 

[iTurbo]

Naming/publisihing theie names is a straight up dick head move. We are talking about 3 employees right? We can't get a good/relialbe worker hired to save our lives here.

 

[groove-agent]

No it doesn't. It means releasing a defective product that tarnishes the Apple brand, like Apple Maps did when Forstall was in charge of it.

Is apple maps really that much better now though?

 

[R3k]

But to get to the heart of the matter, I believe these resignations are due to one thing and one thing only: The Samsung Fold. I find it commendable that these gentlemen quit in response to the Galaxy Fold (along with other Samsung innovations). They have my respect.

Please explain why you believe this. Why would they leave because of the Galaxy Fold?

 

[nocturnum]

No it doesn't. It means releasing a defective product that tarnishes the Apple brand, like Apple Maps did when Forstall was in charge of it.

Apply these metrics to Ive, Cue and the bunch and think again.

 

[DogHouseDub]

they were forced out after refusing the give up their 2015 MacBook Pros. "My computer is an essential tool for me," said one of the departing employees. "I don't have time to mess around with substandard keyboards and a bunch of dongles. Would you tell your surgeon what scalpel to use?"

 

[Scooz]

24 people and three have gone? Two refusing to say why... this doesn’t look very good..

One for each of the lens positions.

 

[dav1dd]

The last truly groundbreaking product from Apple was the iPhone. And before that the iPod, preceded by the candy iMacs. It's been a long time of simply adding features to existing products. Stagnancy of invention and you become a seller of consumer widgets, and then media subscriptions? How boring.

I agree. The media subscriptions thing is just sad. I mean, magazines? I sometimes glance at the Tech mags on the shelf at the supermarket and ALL of the content is outdated. Youtube is extremely competitive and anything new is there within 24 hours of announcement - for free.

 

[DevNull0]

Maybe this is the start of the purge that is needed?

The needed purge will have to start with Timmy. This will just let Timmy put more of his incompetent cronies in key roles.

 

[RedGala]

Anyone who has done a little research about the ID team will know that this is natural and inevitable. These 3 guys are so close to each other that it's no surprise that they would leave at the same time. Leander Kahney's book on Jony Ive discusses the problem that many of the ID team people have been there for a very very long time, and that transitioning to a set of fresh new designers would be a difficult thing to do.