Design

[caption id="attachment_264377" align="aligncenter" width="1632"] Image: Apple[/caption] Apple's former chief design officer, Sir Jonathan Ive, recently listed down his 12 must-have design tools and instruments for making, marking, measuring, and simply carrying on his person every day, and detailed the list with The Financial Times. Jony Ive's list of top design tools includes: Torque wrench —...

Apple's Chief Design Officer Sir Jonathan ‘Jony’ Ive has become the second person to receive the Professor Hawking Fellowship, which is an award that celebrates the best in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Ive originally joined Apple back in 1992, where he worked with Steve Jobs to design the iPod, iPhone, iPad, iMac, and MacBook. Currently,...

Today, Apple collector Stephen Hackett announced a new project that aims at documenting the history of software design on the Mac. The Aqua Screenshot Library is a database of over 1,500 images that celebrates every major release of macOS since the first public beta in September 2000. The screenshots capture major features and applications across...

In an interview at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC, Apple’s head of design Jony Ive talked about a variety of topics including his design team and Apple rumours. Even though Apple is the most valuable company in the world, the industrial design team only consists of 20 people. Ive feels that this intimate approach...

Apple's design chief Jony Ive sat down for an interview with Smithsonian Magazine, where he discussed his work on Apple Park and the iPhone X. Ive appeared on stage at Washington, D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum with Fast Company's Rick Tetzeli, who moderated the wide-ranging hour-long talk. As has been discussed in previous interviews, Ive said it was during the...

Today, Google released an update for its YouTube Kids app for iOS. The update brings kid-specific profiles and a design that dynamically changes based on a child's age and preferences. If a family has one device that is being shared across multiple children, each child can have his or her own profile with a custom...

The Royal College of Art in London has appointed Apple’s chief design officer Sir Jony Ive as its new chancellor, taking over from previous chancellor Sir James Dyson, reads a new report from Business Insider. Sir Jony Ive's appointment was announced today in a statement released by the RCA. He will formally begin the role as...

A trio of molds from China claims to show the shape and design of Apple's 2017 iPhone lineup. The side-by-side comparison of all three molds shows that the so-called "iPhone 8" may be slightly taller than the 4.7-inch "iPhone 7s," but considerably smaller than the "iPhone 7s Plus." The photos were revealed on  Chinese microblogging site...

When Apple Music was first launched back in 2015, one of the most common issues with the platform was centred on its somewhat confusing interface. Even though the music streaming platform was redesigned with the release of last year's iOS 10, concerns were still brought up regarding the design, most commonly about the font. Now, visual...

According to a new report from Japanese blog Mac Otakara, Apple is in the process of finalizing its design specifications for the so-called "iPhone Edition," which is expected to debut alongside the "iPhone 7s" and "iPhone 7s Plus" models later this year. The report claims the forthcoming smartphone will feature a polished stainless steel "glass...

According to J.D. Power's 2017 U.S. Tablet Satisfaction Study, the Microsoft Surface has outranked the iPad with the highest overall score in consumer satisfaction. This marks the first top spot win for Microsoft in all six years that J.D. Power has published the Tablet Satisfaction Study. The Microsoft Surface tablet earned a total 855 satisfaction...

New supply chain reports suggest that Apple is having difficulty with the design and sourcing of components of the "iPhone 8." The Chinese-language Economic Daily News reports that "technical issues" related to the OLED screen lamination process and unspecified difficulties with the 3D sensing system. The report notes that these supply chain issues could shift...