Jony Ive's designs are in the hands of milions of people. His focus on designs that are equaly simple, beautiful, and usefull is impecable. The way he can take something like a laptop, for which the the elements of the design are prety much set in stone, and create soemthing as elegant as the macbook is remarkable. He strips away uncsecary details, and focuses on the devices usability, while still making the end product feel like it was designed for beauty alone.
Jonathan Ive is Apple’s Chief Design Officer, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Jony is responsible for all design at Apple, including the look and feel of Apple hardware, user interface, packaging, major architectural projects such as Apple Campus 2 and Apple’s retail stores, as well as new ideas and future initiatives.
Since 1996, Jony has led Apple’s design team, which is widely regarded as one of the world’s best. He holds over 5,000 patents and has been recognized with numerous design awards, including the Design Museum London's first Designer of the Year in 2003, the Design and Art Direction (D&AD) President's Award in 2005 and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's
Product Design Award in 2007.
In 2012, D&AD named Jony and his team the
Best Design Studio of the past 50 years. Their work is featured in the permanent collections of museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Pompidou in Paris.
Jony earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Newcastle Polytechnic.
As an undergraduate, he twice won the Royal Society of Arts’ prestigious Student Design Award, and years later the RSA awarded him the title of Royal Designer for Industry. He also holds honorary doctorates from the Royal College of Art, the Rhode Island School of Design and Northumbria University.
A native of London, Sir Jonathan Ive was made a Knight Commander of the British Empire in 2013 “for services to design and enterprise.
