English - Designer | February 27, 1967 -
It is sad that so many designers don't know how to make. CAD software can make a bad design look palatable! It is sad that four years can be spent on a 3D design course without making anything! People who are great at designing and making have a great advantage.
Jonathan Ive
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Eight years of work can be copied in six months. It wasn't inevitable that it was going to work. A stolen design is stolen time.
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Apple's Industrial Design team is harder to get into than the Illuminati, and part of the reason is because no one leaves. In the last 15 years, not one of the 18 designers has ditched Apple for greener pastures.
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I like to work in a small team. There is only 18 of us on the design team. Nobody has ever left.
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There are 9 rejected ideas for every idea that works.
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I think that we're on a path that Apple was determined to be on since the '70s, which was to try and make technology relevant and personal.
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I don't know how we can compare the old watches we know with the functionality and the capability of the Apple Watch.
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It's easy to assume that just because you make something in small volumes, not using many tools, that there is integrity and care - that is a false assumption.
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We all use something - you can't drill holes with your fingers. Whether it's a knife, a needle, or a machine, we all need the help of a device.
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All I've ever wanted to do is design and make; it's what I love doing.
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It's great if you can find what you love to do. Finding it is one thing, but then to be able to practise that and be preoccupied with that is another.
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Growing up, I enjoyed drawing, but it was always in the service of an idea. I drew all the time, and I enjoyed making.
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