Jony Ive

A design patent for aluminium unibody MacBook's glass trackpad developed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and chief designer Jony Ive has been awarded to Apple today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, reports AppleInsider. The patent is titled as 'Portable Computer' and illustrates the ornamental design for a portable computer. The U.S. Patent No. D674382 is a...

TechCrunch is reporting Apple might be acquiring Snapguide, even though the latter's co-founder Daniel Raffel responded and denied any discussions with Apple: “Snapguide has not been acquired by, nor is in acquisition conversations with, Apple,” he said, “While we have a ton of respect for Apple, and love developing products on iOS, it would be...

Bloomberg BusinessWeek published a lengthy interview with Tim Cook looking back over the past 16 months of work as Apple CEO. In addition to what we've already learned from the NBC interview aired last night, Apple CEO goes on to explain how the recent executive reshuffle will change the company's new products. (more…)

Folks over at OSX Daily have dug up an interesting video of Apple design chief Jony Ive, discussing the limited edition 20th Anniversary Mac in 1997. Even 15 years back, Jony Ive is seen detailing the product, design and experience in his typical "poetic" manner. As the source so correctly points out, you could literally insert an iMac or an iOS product...

Once in a long while, on a very special day, you can be shoe shopping and try on a pair that feels amazing... almost as if you've owned those shoes forever and broken them in and made them yours and... forgive me, I've digressed. The point is, sometimes something new will surprise you by fitting...

The New York Times notes the recent executive shuffle at Apple, specifically the firing of iOS chief Scott Forstall could lead to the end of skeuomorphism, which many higher ups opposed. (more…)

We told you earlier that Apple announced and released their new headphones "Earpods" to the public. Apple has never really made changes to the earbuds of their headphones and today that has changed. Apple has posted a video to their website explaining the design process and the reasoning for the release of Earpods. In a...

Apple's senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive a.k.a Jony Ive, who is widely credited for his unique industrial designs of the iPod and iPhone, has reportedly purchased a $25 million house on one of San Francisco's most exclusive blocks (via WSJ). According to people familiar with the deal, Jony, who has been living in San Francisco with...

As the crucial Samsung vs. Apple patents battle began in San Jose federal court this week, Samsung tried to convince the jury that before Apple unveiled the first iPhone, it was pursuing a design inspired by a device from Sony. In response, Apple submitted another iPhone prototype code named ”Purple” which indicated it was designed several months before the...

Technology moves extremely quickly. The iPhone 4S has only been around for a few months and we’re already a little bored of chatting with Siri. That might be because of the fact that Apple didn’t redesign their flagship product’s look, but only its guts. Don’t get us wrong; there are a lot of positive things...

USA Today reports on increasing rumours of an upcoming Apple 'iTV', alluding to the possibility of something appearing at upcoming CES, which was rumoured before. Even Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak chimed in about a possible TV: "I do expect Apple to make an attempt...since I expect the living room to remain a center for family...

The BBC reports Apple's famed Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Jony Ive has received a knighthood as part of the New Year Honours list. We can now call him Sir Jonathan Ive as he is now a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE). His award was even appreciated by Phil Schiller on twitter....