iPhone Designer Jony Ive is Leaving Apple to Begin His Personal Firm
Apple chief design officer Jony Ive (center) exams out a product on the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developer Convention. Justin Sullivan/Getty Photos
Apple’s head of design Jony Ive is leaving the corporate.
Apple introduced Thursday that Ive will go away Apple later this yr to type his personal unbiased design agency — which could have Apple as considered one of its main purchasers. In different phrases, whereas Ive is leaving Apple, he’ll possible nonetheless play a serious function within the design of Apple merchandise, at the very least for the foreseeable future.
As Apple’s chief design officer, Ive modified the face of recent design. From the corporate’s hottest Mac fashions to the iPhone to the Apple Watch, Ive’s designs have impressed numerous knockoffs through the years — but Apple merchandise have continued to stay distinct and distinctive.
“Jony is a singular determine within the design world, and his function in Apple’s revival can’t be overstated, from 1998’s groundbreaking iMac to the iPhone and the unprecedented ambition of Apple Park, the place not too long ago he has been placing a lot of his vitality and care,” Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner stated in a press release.
Ive’s new firm will probably be known as LoveFrom, and it’ll launch in 2020. It’s not clear what different purchasers Ive could have, however we do know that designer Marc Newson, recognized for his work on plane design, furnishings design, and jewellery design, will be part of Ive on the new firm. Contemplating each Ive’s and Newsom’s historical past, it’s simple to think about that he’ll be capable of get new purchasers comparatively rapidly.
So who will fill Ive’s superbly designed sneakers as Apple’s head of design? Based on Apple, design group leaders Evans Hankey, vp of Industrial Design, and Alan Dye, vp of Human Interface Design, will now report back to Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief working officer. In different phrases, no single determine will take over for Ive simply but.
“After practically 30 years and numerous tasks, I’m most pleased with the lasting work we have now completed to create a design group, course of and tradition at Apple that’s with out peer,” Ive stated in Apple’s weblog submit. “In the present day it’s stronger, extra vibrant and extra gifted than at any level in Apple’s historical past.”
Apple additionally introduced that Sabih Khan, a longtime Apple worker, is being promoted to the manager group as Apple’s senior vp of operations.
