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BIOGRAPHY - Jonathan Ive

Jonathan Ive was born in 1967 in Essex, England. He became fascinated with taking things apart as a child. After graduating from university, he co-founded a design studio called Tangerine. Ive joined Apple in 1992 and has led their design team since 1996. Under his leadership, Apple has created many iconic products like the iMac, iPod, iPad, and iPhone that have huge international acclaim for their minimalist designs. Ive is now Apple's senior vice president of Industrial Design and lives near San Francisco with his family.

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BIOGRAPHY - Jonathan Ive

Jonathan Ive was born in 1967 in Essex, England. He became fascinated with taking things apart as a child. After graduating from university, he co-founded a design studio called Tangerine. Ive joined Apple in 1992 and has led their design team since 1996. Under his leadership, Apple has created many iconic products like the iMac, iPod, iPad, and iPhone that have huge international acclaim for their minimalist designs. Ive is now Apple's senior vice president of Industrial Design and lives near San Francisco with his family.

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BIOGRAPHYJonathanIve

BorninChingford,Essex,in1967,JonathanIvewas
fascinated by taking objects apart as a child.
Following his graduation from the University of
Northumbria, he started a design studio,
Tangerine, with a colleague. The company
designed toilets for Ideal Standard, inspired by marine themes, and one of their
otherclientswassoftwaregiantApple.
Apple's design chief Jonathan Ive has been with the company for 20 years and
helpedtoturnarounditsfortunes.WhenIvejoinedApplein1992,thecompanywas
atitslowestebb,havingoustedfounderSteveJobsandfightingapatent
battle with Microsoft. He was promoted when Steve Jobs returned
fiveyearslater,designingtheiMac,Powerbook,iPod,iPadandother
flagshipproductstohugeinternationalacclaim.
Ive has led the Apple design team since 1996 and his main
achievement has been making Apples products instantly
recognisable from their minimalistic curves, challenging the
notion that technological products are purely functional. Ive,
Apples senior vice president of Industrial Design, signed a
huge"goldenhandcuffs"dealfouryearsago.Regulatorydocumentsshowheisnow
duetoreceive25mworthofAppleshares,whichhepurchasedforonly7m.
Hisproductshavewonahugerangeofawards,includingtheprestigiousIndustrial
DesignExcellenceAwardintheUSA,andtheLondonDesignMuseumsDesignerof
theYearaward.
JonathanIvehaspioneeredcomputingwiththedesignoftheiPadin2010.TheiPad
hassoldmillionsworldwide,justliketheiPod.
IvenowlivesnearSanFranciscowithhiswife,Heather,andtheirsons.Hewasgiven
aCBEin2006andreceivedaknighthoodintheNewYearHonoursin2012.
"IamkeenlyawarethatIbenefitfromawonderfultraditionintheUKofdesigning
andmaking,"hesaid."ToberecognizedwiththishonourisabsolutelythrillingandI
ambothhumbledandsincerelygrateful."
"IdiscoveredatanearlyagethatallI'veeverwantedtodoisdesign,"Iveadded."I
feel enormously fortunate that I continue to be able to design and make products
withatrulyremarkablegroupofpeoplehereatApple."

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