People | May 27, 2015 02:34 PM EDT
45 Facts You Should Know About Apple Design Guru Jonathan Ive
Jonathan Ive recently got a promotion at Apple and now he is Chief Design Officer at the company. Here're 45 things about him that you should know:
- Jonathan Ive's full name is Sir Jonathan Paul Ive.
- He is from Chingford, London, England.
- He has been awarded Knighthood, one of the highest honors an individual in the United Kingdom can achieve.
- In 2005, he was made Commander of the British Empire (CBE).
- Ive is designer of many Apple products including MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, Mac mini, iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, Apple Watch and iOS.
- He also leads Human Interface software teams at Apple.
- Steve Jobs considered Ive to be his "spiritual partner."
- Ive's father was a silversmith.
- During high school years, Ive was passionate about cars and it was this interest that led to his career as a designer.
- Ive, after graduation, explored courses offered in car design.
- Ive studied industrial design at Newcastle Polytechnic and graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989.
- After graduation Ive joined London design agency Roberts Weaver group, which was also his college sponsor.
- In his first encounter with Apple Mac, Ive was impressed by the intuitive mouse-driven system.
- One year after working with Roberts Weaver Ive joined London startup design agency called Tangerine.
- At Tangerine, he designed number of products, ranging from microwave ovens to toothbrushes.
- He also designed a toilet, bidet and sink for client (which was later rejected as the client stated that products were too costly and looked too modern).
- Ive was approached by Apple to join as a full-time employee while he was working at Tangerine, but he refused.
- Ive joined Apple as a full-time employee finally in 1992.
- Few of the first products designed by Ive, as an Apple employee include Newton and the MessagePad 110.
- Ive was promoted to Senior Vice President of Industrial Design in 1997, after Jobs returned to Apple.
- After Jobs return, he started with the iMac and then iPod, followed by iPhone and iPad.
- Ive's works are heavily influenced by Dieter Rams, the chief designer at Braun from 1961 until 1995.
- Ive is the only Apple designer with a private office.
- He heads a core team of designers of 15 people.
- The laboratory in which Ive works, is inaccessible by nearly everyone (including his children).
- His office includes a rugby ball, a design poster that ends with the phrase "think about all the fucking possibilities," and a Banksy print of the Queen overlaid with the face of a chimp.
- Unofficial biography of Ive is titled: Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products.
- At Apple, Ive is only the third C-level executive after CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri.
- Ive has also designed products for charitable organizations.
- Ive designed a Leica camera for a charity auction that set a world record auction price for a camera. The camera was sold for $1.8m.
- For RED, Ive collaborated with Marc Newson to design an aluminum desk.
- Ive also collaborated with U2 frontman Bono to design and curate items for his (RED) charity auction, including a pair of solid rose gold Apple EarPods.
- Ive loves techno music.
- He has also designed a Jaeger-LeCoultre sports watch.
- Ive helped J.J. Abrams design Star Wars' new lightsaber.
- Ive has been named one of the top 100 innovators in the world under age 35.
- He has been also awarded Design Museum's Designer of the Year.
- GQ magazine has named him the Product Designer of the Year (2007).
- Fast Company ranked Ive at No. 1 in the list of "100 Most Creative People in Business."
- Guardian has named him "inventor of the Decade."
- Ive owns more than 730 U.S. design and utility patents.
- Ive married British writer and Historian Heather Pegg in 1987.
- He has twin sons.
- He considers Jobs as his 'closest friend.'
- Ive has been profiled by Bono in The 2013 TIME annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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