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Jony Ive

The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products

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Jony Ive

By: Leander Kahney
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An intimate look at the legendary British designer behind Apple's most iconic products - including the Apple Watch.

With the death of Steve Jobs in 2011, Jony Ive has become the most important person at Apple. Some would argue he always was.

Steve Jobs discovered Ive in 1997, when he found the scruffy British designer toiling away in a studio surrounded by hundreds of sketches and prototypes. Jobs instantly realised he had found a talent who could reverse Apple's decline, and become his 'spiritual partner'.

Their collaboration produced iconic products including the iMac, iPod, iPad and iPhone - designs that overturned entire industries and created the world's most powerful brand.

Little has been known about this shy, softly spoken designer. Until now. Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products tells the riveting story of a creative genius, from his early interest in industrial design to his meteoric rise, as well as the principles and practices that led Ive to become the designer of his generation.

©2015 Leander Kahney (P)2022 Penguin Audio
Engineering Science & Technology

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"Sheds new light on technology's most-watched design team." (Observer)

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I’m a huge fan of technology and design with a particular interest in Apple. Jony Ive is a legend to me and this book should be right up my alley. Unfortunately however it draws so heavily on Walter Isaacson’s Steve Job biography that this book was very underwhelming. More than half the content comes directly from that book. I’ve heard the vast majority of this all before. It doesn’t bring much new information to the table. It reads like a retelling of the Jobs biography. The narration is great, but the content below expectations. 3 stars.

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