Terrible photo. At least they could have waited until he took his glasses off before taking the shot.
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Jony Ive Featured on WSJ. Magazine Cover, Talks Work at Apple and Design Philosophy
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You are describing Tim Cook's influence lol
What many people miss is that it’s not a different pronunciation but two different spellings: ‘aluminum’, which is the US spelling and has 4syllables and ‘aluminium’, used in many other English-speaking countries and has five syllables.
It’s a sensible idea. Unlike the Bluetooth keyboard, which remains static and thus can be used while charging, the mouse is moved across the desk and therefore causes damage to the cable and port. It makes sense not to have it useable while charging. Why do so many people miss this? (IMHO, of course)Sir Jony at the height of his powers.
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Some people said it was stupid to have to stop work to charge a Magic Mouse.
I say it gave users an opportunity to take a break and reflect on the beauty of another wonderful Ive design.
In my eyes, Iphone 4 & 4s were the most beautiful mobile phones ever made. It was a perfect looking device. I didn't like the way when design changed from 5 onwards. That's the reason I used Droids until 12PM released. HTC M8 and M9 were very beautiful as well.
Every other mouse works while charging, and it is good that they do. The Magic Mouse design is stupid.
What a load of rubbish.
iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch. He oversaw the design of Apple Park. MacBook Air. These are his designs. How are any of those Form over Function?
His philosophy of design is also insightful. Just because people don’t 'get it' is more about those people than it is Sir Jonathan Paul Ive.
I don’t know why people have to knock someone for being more intelligent, more insightful and more successful than them.
Round smartwatches are form over function; rectangular smartwatches are function over form.
The entire Apple Watch family is function over form.
What bridges did he burn?
Under attack? I’m not sure I understand what you mean. I’m guessing you mean the occasional bug that comes from having super complicated apps. People think they need a perfect product every single time.
I agree with most of your points. I think using dongles would have been like fingernails on a chalk board, but the reality Is that I use about 3 different flash media, and having an SD-Card slot only is stupid. I’d rather have a single dongle where I can plug in what I want.
The Magic Mouse. Looks gorgeous, but just feels weird. I don’t have a problem plugging it in, because I use a thing called a menu bar, and I can see when the charge gets to a level where I will plug it in after I finish using it. But I just couldn’t get used to the way it functioned and the way it felt. Thus I no longer use a mouse and just use the best Track Pad ever made.
He is relevant. He inspires people all if the time. Feels like he isn’t relevant to you because you are not a designer, nor appreciate his philosophy of design. But meh. I’m sure he is too busy to care.
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In this thread I see that a lot of people don't like Mr. Ive. I do agree that the design changes he made in last decade were not popular. Form was above function. All of a sudden it was all about having a thin, port less design. But we can't forget the truth that without him, perhaps, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
« Success is the enemy of curiosity »
Might be innocent but can’t help but think it might be a dig at apple’s management, who probable feels quite comfortable with the success of the existing product lines and prefers to return cash to investors as opposed to investing in the crazy projects he might have wanted to work on. The more successful you are, the more likely you are to want to make sure you want to continue to do what made you successful in the first place.
« I am terrified and disgusted when people are absolutely without curiosity," he says. "It's at the root of so much social dysfunction and conflict.... »
Well said !
Otherwise, I can’t help but think it’s an interesting timing.. again I am sure it’s innocent but not the best timing in light of Evans Hankey’s departure.
Might be innocent but can’t help but think it might be a dig at apple’s management, who probable feels quite comfortable with the success of the existing product lines and prefers to return cash to investors as opposed to investing in the crazy projects he might have wanted to work on. The more successful you are, the more likely you are to want to make sure you want to continue to do what made you successful in the first place.
« I am terrified and disgusted when people are absolutely without curiosity," he says. "It's at the root of so much social dysfunction and conflict.... »
Well said !
Otherwise, I can’t help but think it’s an interesting timing.. again I am sure it’s innocent but not the best timing in light of Evans Hankey’s departure.
Well my original iPhone is way more scuffed than Jony's. Of course I used it for several years before upgrading but still, his looks like he didn't even carry it around.
I would love to see this dudes house in AD. See what kind of furniture he has.
I blame him for the disastrous butterfly keyboard (and the long ensuing battle I had with Apple culminating in a small claims court procedure).
his furniture is designed by Olaf Lipro, the Swedish industrial designer behind the iconic Dell 8600
And his home studio too, i thought it was a such a flex to have an retro apple painting by warhol… lol
