Jony Ive Removed From Apple's Leadership Page

[MacRumors]

Apple today removed Jony Ive from its leadership page on its website, suggesting that he has officially departed the company after nearly three decades. The change was spotted by French blog MacGeneration.

Jony Ive portrait by Brian Bowen Smith​

Ive led Apple's design team since 1996. Promoted to Chief Design Officer in 2015, he had been responsible for all design at Apple, including the look and feel of Apple products like the iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch, packaging, and major architectural projects such as Apple Park and Apple Stores.

In June, Apple announced that Ive would depart the company as an employee later this year to form an independent design company named LoveFrom with his designer friend Marc Newson. Apple said it will remain one of Ive's primary clients.

"Jony is a singular figure in the design world and his role in Apple's revival cannot be overstated, from 1998's groundbreaking iMac to the iPhone and the unprecedented ambition of Apple Park, where recently he has been putting so much of his energy and care," said Apple CEO Tim Cook in June.

Apple said its operations chief Jeff Williams will "spend more of his time" working with the company's design team in their studio. Evans Hankey and Alan Dye, vice presidents of Industrial Design and Human Interface design at Apple, respectively, will now report to Williams as part of the transition.

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[tigertazz]

I wonder what year the post Ive designs will start to emerge?

 

[MacFather]

Deleted.

 

[sammy2066]

Its about time Apple ups their design game.

 

[azentropy]

I thank Jony for all the work as you did great things. However it was time for a change as Form over Function became too extreme IMO.

 

[martyjmclean]

As much as I dislike some recent designs, I still feel sad. It’s the end of an era.

 

[michael siccofield]

Leadership page got 2 mm thicker then.

 

[Jarman74]

"Jony is a singular figure in the design world and his role in Apple's revival cannot be overstated", said Apple CEO Tim Cook in June.

It cannot be overstated, so they made it thinner.

 

[dlewis23]

Product visionaries all but gone from Apple.

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I really believe the man on the right will return at some point.

 

[Zachari]

Oh man, they are really doing him dirty.

 

[e-coli]

What an incredible legacy. We haven’t seen such a body of work since Dieter Rams. It’s been fun to watch. Thanks for everything, Jony.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Product visionaries all but gone from Apple.

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truth. Those that bled Apple with insurmountable tenacity in everything they do.

as long as the core at Apple doesn’t go rotten again, it’ll continue to thrive.

 

[picaman]

My take: he was great at physical design of objects. Not so great at interface design, which he eventually got involved in. As crucial as his designs were to Apple’s revival, he became less crucial over time. Still, I’ll miss hearing “aluminium”.

 

[BigBoy2018]

I wonder what year the post Ive designs will start to emerge?

Never, hopefully.

All his designs were about thinness and removing features.

 

[DeepIn2U]

I still think Jony’s initial best design was the 20TH Anniversary Mac!

A British knighted man has left the Apple Park.

btw the AppleStore is down.

 

[oldaaplexec]

Jony left and Apple made their leadership page thinner. There’s still hope for making everything thinner.

 

[SuprUsrStan]

Jobs was the balance that Ive needed. Often Steve had to reel him back in, but ever since Steve passed away, Johnny Ive got too powerful at apple. His words got too much weight. Its good now that he's gone and hopefully balance and rational thinking is restored at apple.

 

[tevion5]

I really believe the man on the right will return at some point.

Highly doubt that will ever happen as long as Tim remains CEO. Cook made the call for him to step down over their Apple Maps apology disagreement. And as long as Apple keeps up its ever impressive financial performance I just can't see Tim going any time soon.

 

[OriginalMacRat]

I wonder what year the post Ive designs will start to emerge?

Better battery life with larger batteries in thicker enclosures.

 

[dapa0s]

Probably a good thing. Jony Ive just didn't work without Jobs. Still a very, very talented man, but just not pragmatic enough on his own for a product company.

 

[Trusteft]

So that's why they released a new laptop with better cooling?

 

[lkrupp]

Apple said it will remain one of Ive's primary clients

I guess all of you who are celebrating Ive’s departure skipped over this sentence.

 

[djcerla]

Apple will be fine without him. He clearly lost interest in consumer electronics in the last years.

 

[Da_Hood]

With the exception of packaging, OG iPod, and the G5, he converted mediocre design into mad stock options, well played sir.
30 yrs! My old boss would say 21yrs too long.

 

[webbuzz]

Oh man, they are really doing him dirty.

Dirty? He's not an Apple employee anymore.