Jonathan Ive

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Jonathan Ive (2010)

Sir Jonathan Paul "Jony" Ive , KBE (born February 27, 1967 in London ) is a British designer who was instrumental in designing a large number of Apple products . For a long time he was Chief Design Officer (CDO) of the group and was also responsible for the graphical user interface of the Apple software and the design of global retail stores. He has announced that he will be leaving Apple in late 2019 and starting his own company. As of November 2019, he is no longer listed as a member of the board of directors on the Apple website. In an interview with the Financial Times, he announced that he would become active with his own design company LoveFrom 2020.

Life

education

Jonathan Ive's father was a silversmith who worked at a college. Every Christmas he gave his son a day in his workshop to build exactly what he wanted. The prerequisite for this was that the young Ive had thought carefully about his project beforehand and made a detailed drawing. When I was 13-14 years old, Ive had the idea of ​​taking up a creative profession, something “with a pen in hand”.

Ive attended Chingford Foundation School, then Walton High School in Staffordshire, England, and studied at the Newcastle Polytechnic Art School at Northumbria University in Northeast England, where he graduated in product design in 1989 . After completing his studies, he became a partner in the design agency Tangerine in London. a. Made product designs for Nokia or Samsung .

Designer at Apple

From 1992 Ive worked for Apple - initially as a consultant to Robert Brunner (Chief of Industrial Design), later on a permanent basis. He developed the design of the second generation of the Newton MessagePad 110 . He was given more creative freedom than he was able to set up a small design team with selected employees and create the design of the iMac together with them . In 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple and promoted the newly developed design of the iMac made of colored, semi-transparent plastic; so far, gray housings have dominated the PC industry.

From that point on, Ive was responsible for designing the entire Apple product line. His designs were influenced by the work and principles of Dieter Rams , who was Braun's chief designer from 1961 to 1995 . The iPhone calculator was thought to be a digital version of Rams' Braun device. Lots of white and angular shapes were reminiscent of Rams' stereos. He also oriented himself towards the Bauhaus and the Ulm School . Ive's most important designs include the iMac: iBook , MacBook Pro (Unibody) , Power Mac G4 Cube , iPod , iPhone , PowerMac G5 and iPad . The transparent Apple iSub loudspeakers ("Soundstick" by Harman Kardon ) designed by him have been added to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art .

Since October 2012 he has also been responsible for the design of the graphical user interface for Apple software. The first big project here was the complete overhaul of the iOS operating system and the change from skeuomorphic to flat design . He was jointly responsible for the design of the Apple Park .

Royal Art College

Ive received an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in 2009 .

On May 25, 2017, it was announced that Ive had been appointed Chancellor of the RCA in London with effect from July 1, 2017.In this position, he will serve as Head of the College for a fixed term of five years , where he will serve as the College's Academic Administrator will guide. Ive began chairing committee meetings, attending faculty meetings, and awarding graduate degrees in the summer of 2017.

Commenting on the appointment, I've said, "I'm thrilled to be formalizing my relationship with the RCA, given the profound impact the college has had on so many artists and designers I admire".

On June 27, 2019, Ive announced that I would be leaving Apple and starting his own design company LoveFrom .

further activities

I've contributed to the design of the robot Eve for the film WALL-E at.

For the camera manufacturer Leica he designed a single model of the Leica M , which was to be auctioned for a good cause. To support the anti-AIDS campaign Product Red in 2013, he contributed - in collaboration with Bono and the designer Marc Newson - other specially designed design objects, including a gold Apple Earpod and a red Mac Pro.

honors and awards

Throughout his career as an industrial designer at Tangerine and Apple , Ive has received nominations and awards for his complete work . In the United Kingdom, he was named Royal Designer for Industry (RDI), Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (HonFREng), Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2006 and Knight Commander of the same Order (KBE) in 2012 ) appointed. He received an honorary doctorate from the Rhode Island School of Design and was made an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art. On consecutive Wednesdays in June 2016, he was awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. In 2004 he was named "The Most Influential Person in British Culture" in a BBC survey of cultural writers.

Private life

Jonathan Ive met his wife at school; they married in 1987. They have two sons and live in San Francisco .

I've preferred to be called Jony .

Design philosophy

iPod

Jonathan Ive realizes his designs according to the principle " form follows function ". He devotes his attention u. a. the study of details and the possibilities for improvement and reduction contained in them. He tried to optimize and reduce the display and operating options of the iPhone to such an extent that people who had never had the device in their hands could quickly learn to use it. Ive often uses polished aluminum for the current Apple products , for example for the unibody cases.

Prizes and awards

literature

  • Paul Kunkel: Apple Design: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group . Graphis, New York, 1997, ISBN 1-888001-25-9 .
  • Volker Fischer: The i-cosmos, power, myth and magic of a brand . Edition Menges, Stuttgart / London, 2011, ISBN 978-3-936681-48-2 .
  • Ina Grätz, Sabine Schulze: Apple Design . Ed .: Museum for Art and Commerce Hamburg. 1st edition. Hatje Cantz Verlag , Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-3011-2 .
  • Leander Kahney: Jony Ive - The Apple design genius . Plassen / Börsenmedien 2014, ISBN 978-3-86470-210-5 .

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Ive  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Apple Inc .: Apple Announces Changes to Increase Collaboration Across Hardware, Software & Services Press release of October 29, 2012, accessed on October 31, 2012. "Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company in addition to his role as the leader of Industrial Design. "
  3. ↑ heise online: The end of the era Jony Ive: Apple now without a head of design. Retrieved November 30, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Tim Bradshaw: Jony Ive, iPhone designer, announces Apple departure. June 27, 2019, Retrieved November 30, 2019 (UK English).
  5. ↑ The art of keeping it simple - MIS ASIA ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 22, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mis-asia.com
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  7. ^ Jonathan Ive - Design Museum , accessed September 23, 2013
  8. ↑ Walter Isaacson: Steve Jobs: The Authorized Biography of the Apple Founder . Translated from English by Antoinette Gittinger, Oliver Grasmück, Dagmar Mallet, Elfi Martin, Andrea Stumpf and Gabriele Werbeck. 1st edition. C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-10124-7 , here p. 402.
  9. ↑ Cleaner of the Nation. In: FAZ , 2014
  10. ↑ Jörg Häntzschel: The world changer . In: sueddeutsche.de . June 28, 2019, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed July 4, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Apple iSub. In: The Collection. Museum of Modern Art , accessed September 19, 2012 .
  12. ↑ a b Saheed, Sam: Sir Jony Ive has been appointed chancellor of the world's number 1 art school. Retrieved July 22, 2020 (English).
  13. ↑ Sir Jony Ive KBE Appointed Chancellor of the Royal College of Art. Retrieved July 22, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Peter Müller: Jony Ive leaves Apple and founds his own company. June 28, 2019, accessed on June 28, 2019 (German).
  15. ↑ Richard Siklos: Apple and Eve . In: CNN Money . May 12, 2008, accessed December 5, 2012.
  16. ↑ Apple designer Jonny Ive designs Leica cameras. In: t3n magazine . September 19, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012 .
  17. ↑ For a good cause: Jony Ive designs golden headphones , accessed on September 22, 2013
  18. ^ RSA Current Royal Designers for Industry. Retrieved July 22, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Apple creative guru and Walton High School alumni knighted for services to design. Retrieved July 22, 2020 (English).
  20. ^ Jony Ive gets an honorary doctor of fine arts degree from RISD. Retrieved July 22, 2020 .
  21. ^ Honorary Doctors. Retrieved July 22, 2020 (English).
  22. ↑ Honorary Degrees 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Encaenia and Honorary degrees 2016. Accessed July 22, 2020 .
  24. ↑ iPod designer leads culture list. Retrieved July 22, 2020 .
  25. ↑ How did a British polytechnic graduate become the design genius behind £ 200billion Apple? - MailOnline , accessed on September 22, 2013
  26. ^ Rob Waugh: How did a British polytechnic graduate become the design genius behind £ 200billion Apple? In: Mail Online. March 20, 2011, accessed on January 15, 2012 (English): "Jony (as Ive prefers to be called)"
  27. ↑ - Jonathan Ive / Winner of the Design Museum's inaugural Designer of the Year Award 2003 - Design Museum , accessed September 23, 2013
  28. ↑ Innovators under 35, Year 1999 - MIT Technology Review , accessed September 22, 2013
  29. ↑ red dot design team of the year 2002. In: red dot online. Retrieved September 19, 2012 .
  30. ↑ Jonathan Ive-Mahalo , accessed September 22, 2013
  31. ^ National Design Awards Presented At White House. In: The Washington Post , accessed September 22, 2013
  32. ↑ Jonathan Ive takes home MDA award for iconic iPhone design - Arstechnica , accessed September 22, 2013
  33. ↑ (Dr.) Jonny Ive gets honorary doctor of fine arts degree from RISD , accessed on September 22, 2013
  34. ^ The Vanity Fair 100. In: Vanity Fair , accessed September 22, 2013
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  36. ^ Thomas Edelman: Popcorn in the Museum. In: Stylepark. September 23, 2011, accessed September 19, 2012 .
  37. ↑ Apple's Jonathan Ive gets knighthood in honors list. In: BBC. December 31, 2011, accessed September 19, 2012 .
  38. ↑ Apple design chief Jonathan Ive is knighted. In: BBC News UK . May 23, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012 .
  39. ↑ The 2013 TIME 100 In: Time , accessed September 22, 2013
personal data
SURNAME I've, Jonathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ive, Jonathan Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British designer
DATE OF BIRTH February 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH London