Jonathan Ive (born 1967) is vice president of industrial design at Apple Computer. Born in London, Ive is credited with designing the iMac, a key product in turning Apple's fortunes at a difficult time for the company and re-establishing its reputation for mould-breaking products.
Ive studied art and design at Newcastle Polytechnic before setting up his own Tangerine design house. Apple was one of his clients, and were so impressed with his work for them that in 1992 they offered him a job in their Cupertino headquarters to turn around their ailing design division. He worked on the original iMac and its successors as well as other notable products such as the iPod, Power Mac G4 Cube, and Power Mac G5.
Ive is winner of the Design Museum's inaugural Designer of the Year award in 2003.
Ive is quoted as saying: "Very often design is the most immediate way of defining what products become in people's minds".
External links
Design Museum's Interview with Jonathan Ive (http://www.designmuseum.org/designerex/jonathan-ive.htm)
Wired: Design According to Ive (http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,59381,00.html) - article about the design of the Power Mac G5
BBC News: Jonathan Ive: Apple of the iMac (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/1768724.stm)
Ive is credited with designing the iMac, a key product in turning Apple's fortunes at a difficult time for the company and re-establishing its reputation for mold-breaking products.
Ive was the winner of the Design Museum's inaugural Designer of the Year award in 2002, and won again in 2003.
Ive is known to be unselfish in how he is attributed: In interviews, for example, he always emphasises the teamwork that goes into the products for which he receives recognition and fame.
The winner of the Design Museum's inaugural Designer of the Year award in 2003 was JONATHAN IVE (1967-), senior vice-president of design at Apple whose innovations include the iPod and iMac.
Born in London in 1967, Ive studied art and design at Newcastle Polytechnic before co-founding Tangerine, a design consultancy where he developed everything from power tools to televisions.
Ive and his close-knit team of designers at Apple have since applied the same lateral thinking and passionate attention to detail to the development of equally innovative new products such as the Cube, the iPod and the PowerBook G4, the world’s lightest and slimmest 17 inch laptop, and the ultra-slim iMac G5.
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