Following the launch of the Jony Ive-led streamlining of the iOS user interface, the designer himself has seen his job title receive a redesign as well. Ive is now the Senior Vice President of Design at Apple; previously, he was SVP of Industrial Design.

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Jony Ive's Biography Page from Apple.com (Old: Left)

Ive received a promotion of sorts back in October when he was put in charge of Human Interface teams -- software design -- in addition to his previous duties as head of Industrial design (via 9to5Mac).

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ckeck
165 months ago
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Mohammad Ridwan
165 months ago
OS X Redesigned by Jony Ive

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Mohammad Ridwan
165 months ago
Nike

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Mr. Retrofire
165 months ago
I know I'll get hit for this, but I couldn't resist :p
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IMHO, the iOS 7-HI is much clearer, compared to other OS-versions.
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cuda12
165 months ago
He got rid of the clutter.
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3282868
165 months ago
I know I'll get hit for this, but I couldn't resist :p
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