[IP] Honour goes to Apple gadget guru
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From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 1, 2006 6:00:42 AM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Honour goes to Apple gadget guru
Dave:
For IP if you wish, from the BBC web-site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4569912.stm
Happy New Year!
Cheers
Brian
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Honour goes to Apple gadget guru
Jonathan Ive, the man behind Apple's iconic iPod and iMac, has
become a CBE in the New Year Honours list.
He is widely seen as one of the key figures in Apple's resurrection.
Mr Ive started working for Apple in 1992 but exerted a big
influence on its products only in 1997 when Steve Jobs returned to
the company he co-founded.
Mr Ive's first design for Apple, the iMac, was hugely influential
and has been followed by a series of other widely admired gadgets.
Apple said in a statement: "We are as proud as could be that Jony
is receiving such a prestigous commendation."
The Queen's New Year Honours list is dominated by people who helped
in the aftermath of the July 7 London bombings.
The list is also peppered with the usual crop of celebrities and
sporting figures.
Gadget guru
A Londoner by birth, Mr Ive studied industrial design at Newcastle
Polytechnic. After graduating, he set up his own design studio
called Tangerine.
He left Tangerine when one of his early clients, Apple, offered him
a job at its offices in Cupertino, California.
Since the launch of the iMac in 1998, Mr Ive has driven the design
of almost every piece of Apple hardware. Landmarks include the
original iMac, iBook, Power Mac, PowerBook, Mac Mini and iPod.
Although many drool over the sleek look of Apple products, Mr Ive
has always emphasised the need for a close union of form and function.
Famously private and rarely giving interviews, Mr Ive always seeks
to stress the teamwork that goes into creating Apple's products.
The portable iPod music player has done the most to boost Apple's
fortunes and in September 2005 it reported its best financial
quarter for nine years. Sales of iPods were up 500% on the year
before.
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