Steve Jobs’ design-first approach to Apple product development was considered pioneering, but after Jobs, with Jony Ive in charge of design…
Tag: industrial design
Apple’s VP of Industrial Design: iPhone color palette inspired by gemstones
Design details of Apple’s new iPhone 12 family include key updates alongside a refreshing new gemstone-inspired color palette…
Apple’s post-Jony Ive hardware designs: Function over form
Less than ten months have passed since the renowned Jony Ive stepped down as Apple’s Chief Design Officer to start a new company – LoveFrom – that will…
Looking forward to an Apple without Jony Ive
In June, Jony Ive announced he’s parting ways with Apple to form an independent firm…
With Jony Ive gone, Apple is finally willing to make products thicker so they work better
Under Jony Ive, Apple seemed obsessed with creating really thin devices but now…
Apple’s likely next CEO is more Tim Cook than Steve Jobs – and that’s bad news
Let me be the first to say that Tim Cook has done a superb job at Apple…
Apple doubled design team staffing plans ahead of Jony Ive’s departure
Apple posted fewer jobs in roles like Marketing and Corporate Functions over the course of 2019…
‘LoveFrom Jony’ trademark filed as Ive exits Apple to launch independent design firm
Last month, Apple announced that Jony Ive would be leaving the company to form his own independent design firm…
Jeff Williams, Apple’s heir apparent, is much more like Tim Cook than Steve Jobs
When Apple announced the pending departure of Chief Design Officer Jony Ive last month, it threw the spotlight on an executive…
On the Mac Pro, the G4 Cube and their shared vent design
It seems that the vents on the new Mac Pro came from a design rooted in the era of the G4 Cube, nearly 20 years ago…
Former Apple VP: I wrote the book on user-friendly design and what I see today horrifies me
Take the screen design for Apple’s phones. The designers at Apple apparently believe that text is ugly, so…
Apple’s famous design team now has no original members left
Recent departures from Apple’s Industrial Design group mean that no one remains from the original group…
Another Apple industrial designer leaves company
Airbnb’s offshoot design studio Samara has hired Apple industrial designer Miklu Silvant…
Significant turnover hits Jony Ive’s famed industrial design team at Apple
Apple Inc.’s close-knit industrial design team is undergoing its most pronounced turnover in decades…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple’s next-gen iPhones will have significantly larger batteries
Apple’s 2019 iPhone lineup could include new iPhone models with significantly more battery capacity…
Apple successfully builds new products from the bones of old ones
Apple may have its fair share of new and updated devices, but it’s also made a habit of…
Wishlist for Apple’s 2019 iMac: Updated design, touch support, budget-friendly
Apple released the current sleek iMac design in 2012 at its yearly October Mac/iPad event…
Energizer’s new Android phone has an 18,000 mAh battery. Yes, it’s a wee bit thick
The Energizer Power Max P18K Pop promises up to fifty days of standby time between charges
2019 iPhone could deliver big upgrades where it matters most
This year’s iPhone refresh will bring big upgrades for some of the handset’s most important features…
The design nightmare that is the Apple TV Siri Remote
I’ve been an Apple guy since the beginning. My first laptop was a Powerbook 100 with a built-in plastic trackball…
Can never be too thin? Battery-life of iPhones getting worse with each generation
It’s not a problem specific to iPhones, but something seen with Android flagships too…
Jony Ive: Apple is exciting and extraordinary
The energy and vitality and sense of opportunity…
Sir Jony Ive awarded 2018 Stephen Hawking fellowship
Ive, chief design officer at Apple Inc. and chancellor at the Royal College of Art in London…
Apple’s MacBook butterfly switch keyboards target of second class action lawsuit
Customer complaints over Apple’s butterfly keyboard have again turned into legal action…
Apple hit with class action suit over MacBook, MacBook Pro butterfly switch keyboard failures
A class action lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday takes Apple to task over an allegedly flawed keyboard design…
Report: Butterfly MacBook Pro keyboards require more frequent, more expensive repairs
These keyboards already have plenty of detractors….
MacBook Pro users petition Apple to recall and replace defective butterfly keyboards
If the latest iPhone battery replacement controversy hadn’t generated enough bad publicity for Apple…
Apple’s MacBook Pro keyboards said to be failing twice as frequently as older design
Apple launched its new butterfly key-switch keyboard with the MacBook…
MacBook Pro: The butterfly keyboard effect
This keyboard has to be one of the biggest design screwups in Apple history…
Apple’s next iPhone doesn’t need to be faster or thinner
It’s clear that engineering is taking a backseat to design over at Apple HQ…
Apple has an iPhone design problem it’s getting harder to solve
Apple made waves in 2016 when it decided to get rid of the iPhone’s headphone jack…
Naomi Campbell interviews Jony Ive
I’m on the outskirts of Cupertino in California, visiting a gargantuan building that looks like a spaceship…
Volkswagen looks to Apple for electric-car design guidance
Volkswagen is looking at Apple products for guidance on how to style its new generation of electric car…
Former Apple exec: The pipeline that Steve Jobs started is over, Apple has fundamentally changed
Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, grew longer, slimmer and…
The low-tech ambitions of Apple’s design guru, Sir Jony Ive
Last week I got the chance to interview Jonathan ‘Jony’ Ive, Apple’s chief design officer…
How Steve Jobs’ motorcycle inspired Apple’s beautiful designs
Apple’s recent move into its new multi-billion-dollar, spaceship-like headquarters brought back memories…
Veteran Apple industrial designer Christopher Stringer leaving the company
Long time Apple industrial designer Christopher Stringer is leaving the company…
Hey Apple, it’s time to give up thinness for bigger, longer-lasting batteries
Apple has a problem with batteries. In fact, the problem is so serious that…
Apple’s desktop Macs need some innovation in 2017 – and, no, Apple, we don’t mean thinner
As we approach the Mac’s third-of-a-century mark, the world looks a lot different from the way it did…
Apple patents Apple Watch-style digital crown for iPhone and iPad
Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple…
This is what the Apple iPhone 7 Plus will look like – report
We’ve bagged the CAD files being used to make prototypes of Apple’s upcoming smartphone sensation…
GoPro hires longtime Apple designer Danny Coster to head up a new hardware design group
While Apple prides itself in maintaining a tight group of 19 industrial design team members under Jony Ive…
