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Jony Ive Named Chief Design Officer at Apple, Alan Dye and Richard Howarth Take Over Day-to-Day Design Management
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I'd like to have one of those Apple-logo hardhats. I want to believe those were custom made for the construction site (or even just the photo ops,) and not merely a white hat with a sticker on it.
It doesn't look like a sticker. I can't wait for the campus to be finished. First place I'm going is eBay to look for one of those hats!
I think you're right on both. But that must be the Yellow Gold Edition with Midnight Blue Classic Buckle.
People seem to forget it was just a few years ago Jony was sitting in a room designing just a couple of computers and an iPod.
Look how far Apple has come now. They are in your ear. On your table. In the living room. Working will all kinds of new stuff with surprises yet to come.
It just makes sense to have him in this position.
If anything this is a sign of Apple coming out with a lot of new stuff.
Look how far Apple has come now. They are in your ear. On your table. In the living room. Working will all kinds of new stuff with surprises yet to come.
It just makes sense to have him in this position.
If anything this is a sign of Apple coming out with a lot of new stuff.
Jony Ive is starting to look older than his age.
This is another step in a retirement strategy, at least from a PR perspective. The first was promoting Alan Dye and Richard Howarth in press recently around the Apple Watch launch - give them more exposure as the people driving UI and ID.
This is another step in a retirement strategy, at least from a PR perspective. The first was promoting Alan Dye and Richard Howarth in press recently around the Apple Watch launch - give them more exposure as the people driving UI and ID.
TL;DR one day Ive will leave/retire/stop working. You should be an analyst.
Well they made the announcement on a holiday and used a UK news source and Stephen Fry to do the write up. Ives probably picked him on purpose. Rumors have been around that he wants to spend more time in England with his family. He is set for life. He doesn't have anything left to prove design-wise. Apple went from two people over software design and hardware design to one with Ive and now they're breaking it up again but they'll be reporting to him. He clearly wants a reduced role. So yeah, Apple slowly transitions things out. But mark my words, this is the start of the end. Only wildcard is his loyalty to Steve's company. Personally I think he is slowly becoming disillusioned with where Apple is headed or his role in the company. I get that same sense from other users who have been around this site for a long time. Apple just isn't quite the same as it used to be. It's extremely difficult to pin it down precisely, but things are off. Hopefully just a bump in the road. They're still making great devices but a bit of the magic and passion is missing. Idk.
Chief Design Officer sounds like a bigger role then just plain SVP of design. Apple is obviously onto bigger and better things and probably just want to make it sound like a more broader role so he can do what he wants with anything. Obviously the other two guys are getting nice promotions which they probably deserve considering they were around for a lot of what Apple has brought to the table over the years.
I'm hazarding a guess that no one gives a ****, and besides - it's beyond irrelevant.
Now he can focus on such beautiful user experience examples like Apple TV, the Apple Developer portal, the bright white background on the alarm app that's like looking at a flashlight in the middle of the night, the nagging bugs and meaningless error messages that any Apple Developer has come to expect from Xcode.
Oh wait, he was already in charge of that. Well, how awesome for him....
Oh wait, he was already in charge of that. Well, how awesome for him....
Blooming Nora, get a hold of yourself - it's A HELMET. Buy one from a supplier and silk screen the logo on... et, voila!
That has to be in the back of Tim's mind. Right now Jony is just too irreplaceable for the continued success of Apple, as far as their gorgeous and unique designs is concerned anyway. And that's not a good place to be, for any company.
What I mean is he is already at the top of the food chain at Apple and I would argue is even more valuable than Tim Cook. I doubt this "promotion" means that his duties and responsibilities are any different than they were before.
Personally, I find it a bit silly they had to "invent" a new title.
That gives the whole thing a bit of a satirical touch..
That gives the whole thing a bit of a satirical touch..
according the steve jobs biography, jony's power was setup that way.
"He has more operational power than anyone else at Apple except me. Theres no one who can tell him what to do, or to butt out. Thats the way I set it up."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jony-ive-2012-10#ixzz3bD5B0W2z
