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Longtime Industrial Designer Leaving Apple's Design Team
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yes, fat will be the new thin with 40 days of battery life.
He probably got sick of designing the same things year after year.
I think most people would agree that there's no one in the world that's like Steve Jobs. So even if the prophet Steve Jobs himself couldn't find a better replacement, who do you think is?
That could be partially true. Go into Ive's lab and it's probably filled with bleeding-edge prototype Macs that they work on but will never be released.
I'm not in a position to make that decision.
I don't think any of these people are bad people. I think that any company would be well off having Tim Cook as a COO, supply line guy. However, he doesn't seem to be capable of truly leading.
I also think that Ive can come up with decent design, if there's someone to clearly tell him "no" or to set expectations for him.
Schiller in charge of the computers seems very out of touch. Even after the MacBook Pro announcement and the backlash it did receive, he was unable to understand at all why there was doubt about the machine. Despite many well thought out reviews and posts around the internet pointing out the shortcomings, he still was completely baffled that everyone didn't love the device like he did.
I could go on
these people are not bad people to work. But as leadership without a "jobs' like personality, they're not in control and seem to just be coasting.
Now, I don't personally have a name that could just drop in to CEO role and do what jobs' did. These people are few and far between.
But the way I'm seeing Apple right now, is very similar to Microsoft under Balmer. A lot of momentum and great products to ride on. But most things released are not up to the previous lustre and none of it is truly forward thinking. it took over a decade before Balmer was replaced with a "Visionary". Balmer's Microsoft was also extremely profitable and financially succesful, But I don't think anyone, even Microsoft Fanboys are going to tell you that Balmer's Microsoft was a pinnacle of their success.
While I agree, there's more to life than just one thing, I've worked with people who've been in the same job for 30+ years (schools). I don't know about you or your job, but there's something about seeing the lightbulb go on inside of a kid's head that never gets old.
I mean, you can't really read too much into this. I don't care if you're working for Apple or anyone else, sometimes you just need to do something different. Or take a break, at least. Good for him.
I'm not surprised. GoPro seems to be one of the few places where he could create fresh new designs for a great tech product. Since iPhone 6 Apple is stuck. Without Steve, Ive has no idea where to go. Apple just makes everything thinner and more and more soap-like. This design was cool 10 years ago but now it's just soulless and boring.
20 years ago Apple's products design constantly evolved. From the first cool transluscent iMacs, to the sunflower iMac, to the modern iMac. From similarly cool clear plastic PowerMac Pro, to the ubercool steel PowerMac, and the original Cube. From colorful iBooks to stylish plastic white iBooks, to steel "pro looking" PowerBooks. Design always evolved and everytime it was better and more modern and a little ahead of its time than before. It was brave. And it always made a trend. I still have some products from those years (like noname radios, calculators) inspired by the colorful transluscent design of the first iMac and then later by the thick clear plastic of the sunflower iMac and the PowerMac.
And it all happened in less than 10 years! But in the last 10 years for Macs and 4 years for iPhone nothing really changed in its design. Products just become thinner and lose ports and that's basically all. That's boring. That's uninspiring. No surprise designers are leaving.
And, guessing by this trend, probably the next iPhone isn't a breakthrough in design either.
Considering GoPro's performance lately, I wouldn't work there.
I hope Jony is replacing the people on his team who have left. Fresh eyes and a fresh perspective would be a good thing, I think.
The main problem is that tim cook is too "nice" for ceo. We need another darth vader.
I agree. It is about time that some new blood gets into the design team at Apple.
I'm not in a position to make that decision.
I don't think any of these people are bad people. I think that any company would be well off having Tim Cook as a COO, supply line guy. However, he doesn't seem to be capable of truly leading.
I also think that Ive can come up with decent design, if there's someone to clearly tell him "no" or to set expectations for him.
Schiller in charge of the computers seems very out of touch. Even after the MacBook Pro announcement and the backlash it did receive, he was unable to understand at all why there was doubt about the machine. Despite many well thought out reviews and posts around the internet pointing out the shortcomings, he still was completely baffled that everyone didn't love the device like he did.
I could go on
these people are not bad people to work. But as leadership without a "jobs' like personality, they're not in control and seem to just be coasting.
Now, I don't personally have a name that could just drop in to CEO role and do what jobs' did. These people are few and far between.
But the way I'm seeing Apple right now, is very similar to Microsoft under Balmer. A lot of momentum and great products to ride on. But most things released are not up to the previous lustre and none of it is truly forward thinking. it took over a decade before Balmer was replaced with a "Visionary". Balmer's Microsoft was also extremely profitable and financially succesful, But I don't think anyone, even Microsoft Fanboys are going to tell you that Balmer's Microsoft was a pinnacle of their success.
People do love the MBPs.....I'm very confused.
Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer? Uh no. Can you point me to where Cook made a $8B acquisition that failed miserably?
I think you and all other critics share the same mindset that Apple needs another "iPhone" to stay relevant when that's far from the truth.
You'll see same design this year alongside iPhone X. If exterior isn't evolving, the interior is not evolving much either.
He has simply decided to take it easy, call it early retirement, planned for a while and nothing sudden as I've heard it.
He is English as is Ive and as tenuous as this is my Dad meets his Dad once a week over a cup of tea in the UK.
He is English as is Ive and as tenuous as this is my Dad meets his Dad once a week over a cup of tea in the UK.
Perhaps he was tired of having to do his work on a 2013 Mac Pro, and went to work for a company which provides its employees with more up-to-date tools!
Wow, you think Apple uses Mac Pro's in house? Even Timmy isn't that stupid.
Well, it's rumored that Apple purchased Siri in 2010 for north of 200M. While that's a far cry from 8B, one could say that Siri has failed miserably since Apple acquired the company nearly 7 years ago.
Sad though it is to say, I suspect Siri as a product would've been far more powerful than it is today had it not been purchased by Apple. Although, that power likely would've never been realized on an iOS device because Siri would be incredibly limited on iOS had Apple not purchased it -- just like Cortana is.
People need to stop equating how much money Tim is raking in with how good of a CEO he is.....That's incredibly myopic.
It seems like the go-to argument against any negative opinions of Cook is, "Well look how much money he's making!!"
It seems like the go-to argument against any negative opinions of Cook is, "Well look how much money he's making!!"
