Jonathan Ive Interview and Career Timeline
As a follow-up to our recent post on Apple’s designer Jonathan Ive, here’s a 2007 interview and a brief timeline of his career.
1985 - Enrolls in the design program at Newcastle Polytechnic.
1989 - Graduates from Newcastle Polytechnic and joins London startup, Tangerine Design.
1992 - Leaves for Califormia to work for Apple.
1994 - Designs Apple’s first PDA, Newton.
1996 – Replaces Robert Brunner as Apple’s design chief.
1997 – Named senior vice president of industrial design by Steve Jobs.
1998 – Designs Apple’s revolutionary iMac; two million units sold.
1999 - Apple Cinema Display, Power Mac G4 Cube and iBook released.
2001 – Apple introduces Powerbook Titanium, the first computer made out of titanium;
iPod hits the market.
2002 – Second generation iMac launched.
2003 – Wins Design Museum’s inaugural Designer of the Year Award, PowerBook G4 introduced.
2004 - Revamped Apple Cinema Display released.
2005 - Appointed senior vice-president of design at AppleMac Mini; third generation iMac and iPod Nano released.
2006 - MacBook and iPodWoofer released.
2007 - iPhone introduced.
2008 - Receives Mobile Data Association Personal Achievement Award for the design of the iPhone.
2010 - iPad released.
