I hit the like button, but...it is the serious attention to the intersection between form and functionality that sets Apple apart. I believe Jobs used to keep a rein on Ive when he was alive, and since then the idea has always been there, but sometimes a corner got cut a bit too close, you know (see Mac Pro et al). Of course, it happened even when Steve was still with us (cube, I’m, literally, looking at you).
I hit the like button, but...it is the serious attention to the intersection between form and functionality that sets Apple apart. I believe Jobs used to keep a rein on Ive when he was alive, and since then the idea has always been there, but sometimes a corner got cut a bit too close, you know (see Mac Pro et al). Of course, it happened even when Steve was still with us (cube, I’m, literally, looking at you).
What proof do you provide that Jobs kept a practical rein on Ive? As you said the cube, the hockey puck mouse come to mind, the original Air. No, I think that’s a made-up narrative without any facts behind it.
Ive would rather users look at the iPhone X less because it is all-screen, and more because the entire iPhone is configurable, with no static Home button. The designer notes that the design is "out of the way" with the new device.
The designer eliminates design from his newest product and simply makes it fluid and changeable. Isn't that a bit like eliminating your own job?
That's similar to Bezos recent comments on what he looks for in an employee: it isn't intelligence. It's a history of choosing the right thing to do. Of making hard choices because they are the right thing to do.
That quality is the root of every great company....
I hit the like button, but...it is the serious attention to the intersection between form and functionality that sets Apple apart. I believe Jobs used to keep a rein on Ive when he was alive, and since then the idea has always been there, but sometimes a corner got cut a bit too close, you know (see Mac Pro et al). Of course, it happened even when Steve was still with us (cube, I’m, literally, looking at you).
What proof do you provide that Jobs kept a practical rein on Ive? As you said the cube, the hockey puck mouse come to mind, the original Air. No, I think that’s a made-up narrative without any facts behind it.
I don’t have any direct evidence, no. That’s why I said I believe. But Jobs did do things like that, his famous reaction at a meeting when he was presented with a preliminary demo of a Segway comes to mind. Of course he had misses. No one is perfect.
I hit the like button, but...it is the serious attention to the intersection between form and functionality that sets Apple apart. I believe Jobs used to keep a rein on Ive when he was alive, and since then the idea has always been there, but sometimes a corner got cut a bit too close, you know (see Mac Pro et al). Of course, it happened even when Steve was still with us (cube, I’m, literally, looking at you).
What proof do you provide that Jobs kept a practical rein on Ive? As you said the cube, the hockey puck mouse come to mind, the original Air. No, I think that’s a made-up narrative without any facts behind it.
I don’t have any direct evidence, no. That’s why I said I believe. But Jobs did do things like that, his famous reaction at a meeting when he was presented with a preliminary demo of a Segway comes to mind. Of course he had misses. No one is perfect.
Of course he "kept a rein on Ive". No CEO worth his salt (particularly one like Jobs) would let any single employee -- no matter his abilities and loyalty -- run wild and unchallenged. Actually, that even applies to the CEO himself -- the board as well as the organization act as a restraining factor...
(That said, the Cube was not one of those times -- because the cube was from NeXT and Ive never worked there.)
I'm all for white space when it enhances the design, but honestly that magazine cover looks like one of those notepads companies give out to keep on your desk to jot stuff down. Maybe it is esoteric and reflects Ive's unique personality, but if that would have been created by anyone else it would have been tossed in the dumpster.
That was my first thought as well. Still I like the cover well enough. But I doubt that Ive created it. It was probably done by Walpaper as an homage.
Maybe somebody has more definitive information, like something from the inside cover?
'Jony Ive custom cover for the December issue of Wallpaper* magazine' is a bit ambiguous to me.
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Isn't that a bit like eliminating your own job?
That's similar to Bezos recent comments on what he looks for in an employee: it isn't intelligence. It's a history of choosing the right thing to do. Of making hard choices because they are the right thing to do.
That quality is the root of every great company....
Other people will look at that magazine cover and think that Jony came up with it on his way back from the bathroom.
The first group are Apple fans.
The second group are Android fans who live in Mac forums.
Both groups are obsessed with Apple.
Neither group knows for sure if they’re right.
(That said, the Cube was not one of those times -- because the cube was from NeXT and Ive never worked there.)
Maybe somebody has more definitive information, like something from the inside cover?
'Jony Ive custom cover for the December issue of Wallpaper* magazine' is a bit ambiguous to me.