February 15th, 2007
more iPhone reaction
Credit Jonathan Ive, design guru for Apple; he has an uncanny skill for imparting a device with simplicity, distinction and inevitability. He could probably design a better triangle, and when he was done you’d realize that three sides were one side too many.
James Lileks, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Eschewing either a keyboard or a stylus, it provides a context-related soft interface both driven and presented via the touchscreen … I want one.
Seb Janacek, silicon.com
The minimalist styling of the iPhone — it has only one button on its front — is the signature of Jonathan Ive, the award-winning Brit who is Apple’s senior vice-president of design.
The look and feel of the device — it is shaped like a chocolate bar and is only 11.6mm thick — is every bit as impressive and compelling as Apple’s fans have come to expect.
As a number of people noted, it is like something out of Tom Cruise’s science-fiction film Minority Report, which is set in 2054.
Paul Durman, The Times
Mac fans are excited about the fact that Apple has addressed the need to improve user experience while retaining the sleek design most have come to expect as standard from Apple’s head of design Jonathan Ive.
Jane Wakefield, BBC News
The iPhone is a typical piece of Ive design: an austere, abstract, platonic-looking form that somehow also manages to feel warm and organic and ergonomic.
Lev Grossman, Time
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May 15th, 2007 at 6:39 am
Johnny ive, …..First of all my girlfriend loves Johnny. I love him to, just not in the same way :-). Second when that book comes out I will be there day 1. And third and most important, Thankyou Mr John Ive for saving Apple as we know it. Without you sir, I am most certain, I would not cry sometimes when I look at my Macs. Much Respect. Doc