Apple officially recognizes Jony Ive's promotion, adds VP of design bios to leadership webpage

Apple made its promotion of Jony Ive to Chief Design Officer a bit more official on Wednesday in an update to the Apple Leadership webpage, while at the same time adding executive profiles for design underlings Alan Dye and Richard Howarth.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 20

'Premium feel' will be focus of Apple's retail revamp beginning in July

With Apple design chief Jony Ive and retail leader Angela Ahrendts apparently collaborating on a new direction for the company's retail stores, a new report claims that a focus on a "premium feel" to the stores and product packaging will begin next month.

Neil Hughes 10 years ago 44

This week on AppleInsider: Ive's promotion, Apple Watch apps, augmented reality & more

Several events this week pointed to Apple's future plans, including a promotion for designer Jony Ive, comments from operations head Jeff Williams, and a takeover of augmented reality firm Metaio.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 4

Jony Ive makes list of influential tech execs, Apple retakes top spot in brand rankings

On Wednesday Apple's newly-minted Chief Design Officer, Jony Ive, came second to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on a Juniper Research list of the most influential technology executives in 2015, while Apple as a whole reclaimed the top spot on a Millward Brown chart of the world's most valuable brands.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 23

Apple's Jony Ive promoted to Chief Design Officer

Longtime Apple designer Jony Ive has been promoted from SVP of Design to a new position called Chief Design Officer, which will see the star designer relinquish day-to-day oversight of industrial design and user interface operations to take on a wider array of projects.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 142

Full video of Vogue interview with Apple designers Jony Ive and Marc Newson posted to Web

British Vogue on Friday posted full video footage of a recent interview that had editor Suzy Menkes talking with Apple design gurus Jony Ive and Marc Newson about Apple Watch and its place in the luxury market.

Mikey Campbell 11 years ago 65

Apple designers Ive, Newson talk Apple Watch at Conde Nast International Luxury Conference

Apple designers Jony Ive and Marc Newson helped inaugurate the first annual Conde Nast International Luxury Conference on Wednesday, speaking with Vogue editor Suzy Menkes about the Apple Watch and their work philosophies.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 15

Jony Ive feared Jobs would fire him on returning to Apple, book excerpt says

In a book excerpt published on Friday, lead Apple designer Jony Ive says he was worried he would be fired when Steve Jobs returned to serve as the company's CEO in 1997.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 46

Fast, luxurious & sensible: What the personal vehicles of Apple execs could mean for an Apple Car

With rumors of an Apple Car comes speculation about its potential design, and AppleInsider took a look at the personal vehicles drive by some of Apple's top executives to see how that might influence the company's thinking.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 106

Apple's secretive industrial design lab shown off in redesigned jobs site

Jony Ive's design team has begun to emerge from the shadows, with some of Apple's elite cadre of designers featured on the company's revamped jobs microsite — in a photo apparently taken within its top-secret industrial design lab.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 49

Project Titan, SixtyEight & SG5: Inside Apple's top-secret electric car project

Shrouded in secrecy and speculation, Apple's mysterious "Titan" electric car project is believed to be in development at a top-secret facility hidden in plain sight, discovered by AppleInsider just minutes away from the company's California headquarters.

Neil Hughes & Mikey Campbell 11 years ago 145

Apple designers Jony Ive and Marc Newson to appear at Conde Nast luxury conference

Key Apple designers Jony Ive and Marc Newson will be opening up the first ever Conde Nast International Luxury Conference, scheduled for April 22 and 23 in Florence, Italy, according to an announcement made on Wednesday.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 34

Jony Ive's publicity tour continues as he discusses Apple Watch design in new interview

Continuing his evolution from behind-the-scenes design czar to company-fronting rock star, Apple's Jony Ive granted an interview to one of his hometown newspapers this week and revealed his reasons for joining Apple, touched on his friendship with Steve Jobs, and discussed the design of the Apple Watch.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 54

Apple's Jony Ive and Tesla's Elon Musk 'inseparable' in conversation at Oscars afterparty

One of the top designers in the world and the leader in electric car technology were spotted engrossed in private conversation this past Sunday at an exclusive Academy Awards afterparty, amidst a flurry of rumors surrounding Apple's rumored plans to build its own electric, autonomous car.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 141

Apple making Campus 2 components in its own factory, initially considered 'trilobal' design

When Apple's now-famous new campus opens next year, it will feature numerous parts created by the company's in-house design group and manufactured in a California factory built specifically for the project.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 43

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