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Jony Ive

Jony Ive

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Jony Ive -- Born: 1967-02-27. Occupation: creative director. Employer: Apple Inc.. Education: Chingford Foundation School. Awards: Benjamin Franklin Medal.

Born1967-02-27

Occupationcreative director, designer, electronics technician, graphic designer

EmployerApple Inc., LoveFrom, io

EducationChingford Foundation School, Northumbria University, Walton High School

AwardsBenjamin Franklin Medal, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, National Design Awards, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Designer for Industry

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“There is no question that OpenAI would love to have a direct relationship with its customers rather than delivering services via devices made by or powered by Apple, Google, or others,”
bbc.com2025-05-21Source
“wouldn't obey rules that were perceived to be accepted wisdom, and he had an extraordinary optimism and enthusiasm. Ultimately, Steve's legacy is a set of values and, I think, the belief in trying.”
appleinsider.com2018-04-02Source
“I was interested in how you go from what you see to what you perceive, what something might mean to you,”
appleinsider.com2018-04-02Source
“As time goes on, I appreciate him more, and miss him more; how truly extraordinary he was becomes clearer. Steve understood the creative process in a way that's extremely rare, but he also understood how you make a company with lots of people.”
appleinsider.com2018-04-02Source
“absurdly curious and constantly looking for alternatives.”
macrumors.com2017-11-09Source
“We are conspicuously different in that and it is an important part of who we are.”
macrumors.com2017-11-09Source
“We try to define a solution that seems so inevitable that it does recede,”
macrumors.com2017-11-09Source
“But I am confident that the mistakes weren't all from laziness or some self satisfying belief that it inevitably can be successful. I think we are a bunch of very anxious, worrying individuals who generally assume it's not going to work.”
appleinsider.com2017-10-06Source
“Nine years ago, the iPhone didn’t exist, and the most personal product we had was too big to carry around with you,”
9to5mac.com2016-02-17Source
“Whether it’s a knife, a needle, or a machine, we all need the help of a device.”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“It’s easy to assume that just because you make something in small volumes, not using many tools, that there is integrity and care — that is a false assumption.”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“We don’t think about what we do in those terms,”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“If people struggle to use the technology then we have failed.”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“It's that love of the material that drives so much of what we do.”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
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“It’s a relationship and a way of working together that I think is going to yield products and products and products.”
japantimes.co.jp2025-05-22Source
“I have a growing sense that everything I’ve learned over the last 30 years has led me to this place and to this moment,”
japantimes.co.jp2025-05-22Source
“If OpenAI want to take AI-based hardware to market, especially at a time when many are sceptical about the need for such things, it's going to have to be incredibly good.”
bbc.com2025-05-21Source
“I think that's a lovely observation,”
businessinsider.com2025-05-09Source
“drawing and making things,”
appleinsider.com2018-04-02Source
“I don't really see it as being secretive,”
appleinsider.com2018-04-02Source
“If I'm working on something and it's not finished, I don't want to show somebody.”
appleinsider.com2018-04-02Source
“We looked at the world in the same way: we'd struggle to perceive things, we'd argue in our own heads, and we were very conscious about the conclusions we came to,”
appleinsider.com2018-04-02Source
“one of the most lovely examples of communication.”
appleinsider.com2018-04-02Source
“create large open spaces or lots of smaller private offices.”
macrumors.com2017-11-09Source
“The way that we work is quietly,”
macrumors.com2017-11-09Source
“I'm sure in 20 years' time we will be designing and developing very different products, and just that alone will drive the campus to evolve and change.”
macrumors.com2017-11-09Source
“get design out of the way.”
macrumors.com2017-11-09Source
“There are certain ideas that we have, and we're waiting for the technology to catch up,”
appleinsider.com2017-10-06Source
“There really are two very distinct behaviors that I have to sort of engage in and I sort of have,”
appleinsider.com2017-10-06Source
“On one hand, it is to be so curious and inquisitive and you know what that looks like with the constant questions, being light on your feet and being prepared to be wrong.”
appleinsider.com2017-10-06Source
“We've made, I think, numerous mistakes,”
appleinsider.com2017-10-06Source
“Moving between those two, almost polar opposite behaviors is”
appleinsider.com2017-10-06Source
“In what we do, design is crucial, as it is in fashion,”
9to5mac.com2016-02-17Source
“That watch is the result of two temperamentally, philosophically aligned companies deciding to make something together,”
9to5mac.com2016-02-17Source
“We're on a path that Apple was determined to be on since the ’70s.”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“It’s that love of the material that drives so much of what we do.”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“Our focus has been doing our very best to create a product that’s useful,”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“and I don’t think you can design in materials without understanding their exact attributes.”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“We both have the ability to understand certain materials,”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“I think that we’re on a path that Apple was determined to be on since the ’70s, which was to try and make technology relevant and personal,”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“We both grew up making things ourselves,”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source
“We all use something — you can’t drill holes with your fingers,”
theverge.com2015-04-22Source

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