Jony Ive to Form Independent Design Company with Apple as Client
June 27 2019 - 4:50PM
Business Wire
Apple® today announced that Sir Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design
officer, will depart the company as an employee later this year to
form an independent design company which will count Apple among its
primary clients. While he pursues personal projects, Ive in his new
company will continue to work closely and on a range of projects
with Apple.
“Jony is a singular figure in the design world and his role in
Apple’s revival cannot be overstated, from 1998’s groundbreaking
iMac to the iPhone and the unprecedented ambition of Apple Park,
where recently he has been putting so much of his energy and care,”
said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Apple will continue to benefit from
Jony’s talents by working directly with him on exclusive projects,
and through the ongoing work of the brilliant and passionate design
team he has built. After so many years working closely together,
I’m happy that our relationship continues to evolve and I look
forward to working with Jony long into the future.”
Design team leaders Evans Hankey, vice president of Industrial
Design, and Alan Dye, vice president of Human Interface Design,
will report to Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer. Both
Dye and Hankey have played key leadership roles on Apple’s design
team for many years. Williams has led the development of Apple
Watch® since its inception and will spend more of his time working
with the design team in their studio.
“After nearly 30 years and countless projects, I am most proud
of the lasting work we have done to create a design team, process
and culture at Apple that is without peer. Today it is stronger,
more vibrant and more talented than at any point in Apple’s
history,” said Ive. “The team will certainly thrive under the
excellent leadership of Evans, Alan and Jeff, who have been among
my closest collaborators. I have the utmost confidence in my
designer colleagues at Apple, who remain my closest friends, and I
look forward to working with them for many years to come.”
Apple’s design team, recognized with countless design awards,
brings together creatives from around the world representing
multiple disciplines, including user interface, industrial design,
graphic and font design, haptics and sound design.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS —
provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower
people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple
Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000 employees
are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving
the world better than we found it.
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