Veteran designer Christopher Stringer leaves Apple after 21 years
One of Apple's most prominent industrial designers, Christopher Stringer, is said to be leaving after spending 21 years with the company.
Whether Stringer is retiring or heading to another firm wasn't mentioned in a Monday report by The Information. Departures from the Apple design team are said to be rare however, as inside the company, the group allegedly has a reputation for corporate loyalty.
While at Apple, Stringer had a hand in designing a wide variety of iconic products, including the original iPhone and iPad. Indeed, in the course of an Apple court battle with Samsung over iPhone patents, Stringer took to the stand, presenting dozens of pictures of prototypes and physical models.
Apple's design staff has changed considerably since 2015, when its most famous designer -- Jonathan Ive -- was promoted to chief design officer, putting him in a more hands-off role. Richard Howarth stepped in to fill Ive's old position, while Alan Dye became head of user interface design.
A year ago, another veteran designer, Danny Coster, left Apple to join action camera maker GoPro. Coster had been with Apple for about 23 years, even working with Ive on the original iMac.
Whether Stringer is retiring or heading to another firm wasn't mentioned in a Monday report by The Information. Departures from the Apple design team are said to be rare however, as inside the company, the group allegedly has a reputation for corporate loyalty.
While at Apple, Stringer had a hand in designing a wide variety of iconic products, including the original iPhone and iPad. Indeed, in the course of an Apple court battle with Samsung over iPhone patents, Stringer took to the stand, presenting dozens of pictures of prototypes and physical models.
Apple's design staff has changed considerably since 2015, when its most famous designer -- Jonathan Ive -- was promoted to chief design officer, putting him in a more hands-off role. Richard Howarth stepped in to fill Ive's old position, while Alan Dye became head of user interface design.
A year ago, another veteran designer, Danny Coster, left Apple to join action camera maker GoPro. Coster had been with Apple for about 23 years, even working with Ive on the original iMac.
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Well he was there for 21 years. That's a long time for anyone to stay at one company. And I have yet to see why he's leaving so it could be he's ready to retire (I'm sure he's become quite wealthy all those years at Apple) or do something else. Doesn't have to signal doom for Apple.
There would have to be a sinking ship for that to be the case. Apple is not sinking, despite all the constant "concern".
People move on to different things. Over two decades at the same job? The only surprising thing is staying that long, it's certainly not the norm. Good for him, but I'd imagine he'd like to change it up and more power to him.
Regarding Apple design, at least Apple put some (or over) thoughts on theirs unlike Samsung who just do whatever they like to do (reminds me of a toddler). "I want bezel-less screen, here, slap the ID button at the back, or it looks better if the camera lens is next to it never mind all the accidental smudges. What else, let's cram as many half-baked features and specs here, never mind if they don't contribute to user experience or even working properly as long as we can say we do it first."
I would be disappointed if Apple adopt such a terrible design approach.
"Regardless its pretty obvious Apple needs to new blood in the design team that is hungry and willing to take risks"
use of "pretty obvious" it is either obvious or it is not. There is no degree of obvious.
"that is hungry" - should be "whom are hungry", design team is plural i.e: persons not things!
And thanks for helping to make some of the most beautiful shit I've ever owned...