The Chief Designer for Apple, Jony Ive, received his knighthood today in London.
For built in faces, some of these would definitely not pass Jony Ive muster!
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But also retain Bob Mansfield and Jony Ive the way Steve Jobs was able to.
But he also spotted amazing existing talent that predated his return to Apple like Jony Ive.
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Helping out will be famed Apple designer Jony Ive who also now carries the new Human Interface title.
Cook has now elevated Jony Ive as the creative face of Apple.
Best screen they can find, stylish Jony Ives design, bit of a computer in there as well to control it.
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As part of these changes, Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue, and Craig Federighi will be taking on more responsibilities.
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This really is rather odd: especially as Jony Ives is now Sir Jony, a Knight of that very British Empire.
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But he gets to decide what he wants to be called: Sir Jonathan, Sir Jony, Sir Johnny, entirely up to him.
Right at the top is the gold Blue Peter badge, and it is this badge that Jony Ive has been awarded.
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And when Jony Ive told Jobs to choose between the two of them, it was Rubinstein who ended up leaving the company.
Jony and I think up most of the products together... he has more operational power than anyone else at Apple except for me.
Jony has an incredible design aesthetic and has been the driving force behind the look and feel of our products for more than a decade.
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Sir Jonathan, known as Jony, described the news as "absolutely incredible".
We don't usually get too excited about such devices, but Ruby looks like something out of Jony Ive's workshop, with some interesting features to match.
Perhaps no one has told Sir Jony about the large departments the company has devoted to increasing the coin coming in, reducing the coin going out?
Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company in addition to his longtime role as the leader of Industrial Design.
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But the latter-day Apple under Jobs (1997-2011) had a trio at its core: Jobs as CEO, Tim Cook as operations guru and Jony Ive as chief designer.
Apple iOS SVP Scott Forstall is said to push for skeuomorphic design, while industrial designer Jony Ive and other Apple higher-ups are said to oppose the direction.
However, when you close your eyes and think about what makes Apple an iconic company, the chances are your first thought will be a Jony Ive design.
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So now Scott Forstall is gone and his job has really been divvied up between Jony Ive for Human Interface, Craig Federighi for Software, and Eddy Cue for Siri and Maps.
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The smooth-talking Brit who gave us the sleek designs of the iPod, iPhone and Mac computers can, from now, be referred to as Sir Jonathan Ive, or perhaps if he prefers, Sir Jony.
And if his more creative folks such as Jony Ives, senior VP of industrial design, can continue carry on the design and product conception brilliance of Jobs, that could continue to keep Apple humming.
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Yes, Jony Ive, you may take a bow.
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Jony Ive, who was promoted to oversee both hardware and software, is reportedly shattering silos and pulling developers from the Mac OS X side of things to help keep the radically retooled mobile OS on-track.
My own prediction of Apple's prospects is that needs to worry about becoming a mid-packer only after the CEO Tim Cook and designer Jony Ive -- the other tow members of the triumvirate headed by Steve Jobs -- are no longer with the company.
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