Gary Butcher said to be returning to Apple after AirBNB stint

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in General Discussion edited October 2022
As hardware design vice president Evans Hankey leaves Apple, sources claim that Gary Butcher will be rejoining the company after leading design at Airbnb.




While Apple has officially confirmed that its vice president of industrial design, Evans Hankey, is leaving the company, it has not commented on a possible successor.

However, according to Bloomberg, unspecified sources within Apple have since added that Gary Butcher is returning to the company. Butcher has been vice president of design at Airbnb since June 2021, but spent the previous almost 16 years working for Apple.

Butcher's time at Apple comprised around 8 years as Creative Director - Video, and then from 2013 to 2021, Designer. He reportedly worked within Alan Dye's software division, where he was a top designer.

Prior to joining Apple the first time, Butcher was a designer for firms including Liquid TV and Moving Brands. In 1995, he received a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Media and Production Design from the London College of Printing & Distributive Trades.

The same unspecified sources say that Alan Dye is remaining with Apple.

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    timmilleatimmillea Posts: 251member
    Perhaps recognition, at last, that recent Apple product design has been, at best, mediocre? 
    edited October 2022 9secondkox2
  • Reply 2 of 7
    9secondkox29secondkox2 Posts: 3,030member
    Just apologize to Jony already. Fix what made him leave and right the ship already. If you do that, Heck, you’re likely to get Hankey back as well. 
  • Reply 3 of 7
    danoxdanox Posts: 3,284member
    Airbnb design? A large selection of what were family family homes however.
    https://www.airbnb.com/
  • Reply 4 of 7
    chasmchasm Posts: 3,521member
    Never understood what AirBnB needed with a product designer in the first place.

    They make literally no products that I’m aware of, they are as far as I can tell just a booking agency.
  • Reply 5 of 7
    fastasleepfastasleep Posts: 6,452member
    9secondkox2 said:
    Just apologize to Jony already. Fix what made him leave and right the ship already. If you do that, Heck, you’re likely to get Hankey back as well. 
    It’s pretty clear he didn’t want that job anymore, he was checked out for years.  It keep writing your fanfic if it helps.
    byronl
  • Reply 6 of 7
    chasmchasm Posts: 3,521member
    timmillea said:
    Perhaps recognition, at last, that recent Apple product design has been, at best, mediocre? 
    Given that Hankey worked under Ive for many years there, seems like the answer to that question is “no.”

    Also, your opinion that Apple product design has been “mediocre” is pretty laughable, given that the entire PC industry spends its design budgets copying Apple’s style religiously. Nearly every PC laptop out there is a knock-off of some generation of Apple laptop in terms of looks and hardware features.

    PS. The latest iMac is a work of art, as is the latest MB Air, in my opinion.
    fastasleep
  • Reply 7 of 7
    Stabitha_ChristieStabitha_Christie Posts: 551member
    chasm said:
    Never understood what AirBnB needed with a product designer in the first place.

    They make literally no products that I’m aware of, they are as far as I can tell just a booking agency.
    Their website and apps are products that require design. 
    fastasleepbyronl
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