Designer Of The Week: Jony Ive

With all the scrutiny Apple have received over the last three weeks, I thought it apt to highlight one of the many reasons that consumers will continue to use Apple products once the dark clouds of  ‘Antennagate’ clear.

Jonathan "Jony" Paul Ive, CBE (born February 1967) is an English designer and the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple Inc. He is internationally renowned as the principal designer of the iMac, aluminum and titanium PowerBook G4, MacBook, unibody MacBook Pro, iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

In short: One cool dude.

I’d like to add that Apple have always been at the forefront of technology and design, and that one small antenna issue should not be allowed to harm a company which has pioneered not only home computing, personal media access, and cellular phone possibilities; but also CGI animation (namely ensuring the survival and success of Pixar).

People are fickle, the media love a witch hunt, and humans are naturally attracted to highlighting the failures of others. But they all get over it!

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