Talk:Jonathan Ive

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1 Uh Duh?
2 Recognition
3 1992-1998?
4 NPOV?
5 Newton Messagepad
6 Recognition (again)
7 Ive also worked on the iMac G4..
8 Personal involvement
9 MacBook?
10 Revolutionary?
11 Design motifs
12 Home

[edit] Uh Duh?

Don't you think a picture should be added for such a renowned guy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.bombo (talk • contribs) 07:45, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recognition

I think these news should be covered:

Akaabc 05:55, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1992-1998?

What did he do at Apple in the 6 years before the iMac? —pfahlstrom 06:02, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV?

The first two paragraphs of the article don't seem to be NPOV, in my opinion. It reads like a press-release.--71.144.86.246 02:56, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Newton Messagepad

One of Ive's earlier projects was working on the design of the Newton MessagePad 100 (the original). Mentioned in BusinessWeek Who is Jonathan Ives?: "He designed the first PDA to run Apple's short-lived Newton software." --Bratling 16:20, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recognition (again)

The CBE he was awarded is mentioned twice in the "Recognition" section. The second time it is mentioned, it says:
"Ive was also listed in the 2006 New Years Honours list, receiving a CBE, for services to the design industry."
Is that also as in:
... as well as the CBE we have already read about?

I think Ive is a dude, but I don't think it twice.
Anyway, you get my drift.

[edit] Ive also worked on the iMac G4..

How could anyone forget that it was Ive who came up with the amazing iMac G4 design with the built-in counter-balanced floating screen design? I remember his part in envisioning the design was explicitly mentioned in the announcement video when the product was introduced. It was probably the most interesting design for a computer ever produced.. much more striking than the minimalist iMac G5 (iPod-like) that followed it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Matt Carrell (talk • contribs) 06:55, 24 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Personal involvement

This article makes the perrenial mistake of creditting all the designs to Ive personally, rather than to his team. Apple have never been particularly clear about how much Ive actually does himself, so it's impossible to know either way. I think the article should credit "The team led by Ive" (or whatever) unless there's a reliable source that explicitly says it was him that came up with the idea. I'm going to start on those changes now. --82.45.163.4 14:23, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MacBook?

Er, everyone knows Sony designed the MacBook after Apple proved they can't design a decent toilet seat - sorry, laptop - themselves, so why is Ive and his team credited with it? -- 86.17.211.191 00:32, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revolutionary?

The G3 was hardly revolutionary, despite what Apple marketing may think. The transistor was revolutionary, putting the computer in the same case as the screen isn't.

There's clearly bias in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kestasjk (talk • contribs) 12:36, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Design motifs

While I think that the section on design motifs is well written and informative, does it really belong in an article on Ive? Ianbetteridge (talk) 21:44, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Home

The Guardian article states that he lives in Twin Peaks. If correct, this is in San Francisco, not "near" San Francisco. Anyone who can confirm this? Gglockner (talk) 17:30, 27 March 2008 (UTC)