In October of last year Apple announced some major shakeups to management designed to increase collaboration across its different divisions. The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that some walls are starting to come down, with one of the biggest walls being in the design division. For years Apple’s software design team for iOS have [...]

Word got around last week that Scott Forstall, the man responsible for much of the visual design of Apple’s iOS, has parted ways with Apple due to disagreements over Apple Maps. As one of the primary creators the aesthetic of iOS, Forstall’s departure from Apple will likely cause the appearance of iOS to change significantly. [...]

As you may have heard, possibly due to issues with the Maps app, Scott Forstall is no longer the Senior Vice President of iOS Software at Apple. According to the New York Times, this shakeup of Apple’s leadership may give Apple’s knighted designer, Sir Jonathan Ive, unprecedented power in determining the way Apple’s software looks. According to [...]

With the fiftieth anniversary of the D&AD Awards coming up this year, the prestigious advertising and design awards gave out an award for the best design studio of the last 50 years. The award went to Jonathan Ive and the rest of the Apple design studio, who were evidently thrilled to receive it. In an [...]

If you’re into ridiculously high-end camera gear, you probably heard about the new Leica M digital camera that was announced last night. It’s a 24 megapixel, full-frame sensor camera with an incredibly high-res screen, and it will cost you a cool $6,950. I know what some of you are saying, though: “That’s not nearly expensive [...]

If you are an Apple fan and have not heard of Jonathan Ive, it would be quite alarming. Ive is Apple’s senior vice president of industrial design and was the mastermind behind the design of the iPod, iPhone and many other products. Ive was even knighted earlier this year, and is currently leads Apple’s most secretive teams. [...]

There’s evidence (sometimes literal evidence) that the iPhone’s success has had an impact on design in the larger phone market. But would you believe that Apple had an impact on car colors? Maybe it’s a stretch, but in an quote for Motoramic, BMW’s lead designer for colors, material, and finish — Sandy McGill — admitted that “Prior [...]

According to a talk from Apple’s SVP of industrial design, and sculptor behind Apple’s most iconic products, Sir Jonathan Ive said at the British Business Embassy that he nearly scrapped the iPhone along with other potential products that were “good and competent, but not great.” That means that Apple scraps revolutionary ideas if it can’t [...]

An article appearing on CNN Money, on behalf of Fortune Magazine, compares Apple’s current CEO, Tim Cook, to Steve Jobs, Apple’s iconic co-founder. The writer, Adam Lashinsky, writes that Apple’s changed under Tim Cook’s leadership to be more corporate. It’s managed by a committee of MBA graduates instead of a closeknit group of artists and [...]

If anyone knows whether or not Apple will release an iPhone with a drastic redesign (such as a 4 inch screen), it would be Jonathan Ive. Ive is the lead designer behind Apple’s products, such as the MacBooks, the iMac and the iPhone. This morning The Telegraph published an interview with Ive, who is being [...]