Apple designer Jony Ive receives honorary doctorate from University of Oxford
Apple's chief design officer, Jonathan Ive, was one of nine "distinguished" people to receive an honorary doctorate on Wednesday from the University of Oxford.
Ive became a Doctor of Science during the university's annual Encaenia ceremony, according to the official Oxford website. Other notable figures receiving degrees included director Pedro Almod?var, economics professor Paul Krugman, and composer Arvo P?rt.
Jony Ive has picked up numerous awards over the years, including several from British organizations like the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Academy of Engineering. At the latter group, he is also an Honorary Fellow.
For years Ive has been responsible for design work on many Apple product lines, ranging from iPods and iPhones through to Macs and the Apple Watch.
As chief design officer Ive has stepped back from some day-to-day involvement in design work, although he is still thought to be playing an important role in things like the company's electric car project. That initiative is effectively an open secret, even if no shipping vehicle is expected to arrive until at least 2019 or 2020.
Ive became a Doctor of Science during the university's annual Encaenia ceremony, according to the official Oxford website. Other notable figures receiving degrees included director Pedro Almod?var, economics professor Paul Krugman, and composer Arvo P?rt.
Jony Ive has picked up numerous awards over the years, including several from British organizations like the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Academy of Engineering. At the latter group, he is also an Honorary Fellow.
For years Ive has been responsible for design work on many Apple product lines, ranging from iPods and iPhones through to Macs and the Apple Watch.
As chief design officer Ive has stepped back from some day-to-day involvement in design work, although he is still thought to be playing an important role in things like the company's electric car project. That initiative is effectively an open secret, even if no shipping vehicle is expected to arrive until at least 2019 or 2020.
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When Jony does leave Apple, I'd like to see what Apple does with both its OS UI and its hardware designs (for better or worse).
although as a honourary award it's not considered correct to use the honourific Dr.
I believe, if one were to use both titles (which one rarely does), it should be "Doctor Sir". The more important title goes closer to the name.
Of course, one wouldn't call him "Doctor Sir Jony Ive", but either "Sir Jony", or "Doctor Ive", or "Sir Jony Ive KBE PhD(Oxon)", or most commonly "Sir Jony Ive"
People who actually know him will probably just keep calling him "Jony", though.
Then, if he ever becomes a peer of the realm, he would lose the Sir, and become "Lord Ive of Pacific Heights".