Today it became known that Apple’s chief design officer Jonathan Abe is leaving the company. He worked at Apple for 29 years. At the same time, Aive does not plan to completely retire. According to reports, the leading designer of Apple will open his own firm called LoveForm.
Ayve became Apple’s designer in 1992, and five years later became vice president of industrial design. Under his leadership, products such as the first iMac, iPod and iPod touch players, iPhone, iPad, MacBook and MacBook Air were created. In addition, Jonathan Ayve had his hand in the company’s software products. In particular, he was responsible for creating the iOS 7 interface.
As for Apple’s design department, after Iwa’s departure, key figures will be Evans Hankey, Vice President of Industrial Design, and Alan Dye, Vice President of Human Interface Design. They will report directly to Apple CEO Jeff Williams, who has in the past overseen the development of the Apple Watch since the line was founded.
There is almost no information about Jonathan Ive’s new firm. What is known now is that its first customer will be Apple.
