Jonathan Ive Quotes
February 1967 in London
More Jonathan Ive Quotes
Very often design is the most immediate way of defining what products become in people's minds.
Jonathan Ive— In an interview for the BBC (January 2002)
The memory of how we work will endure beyond the products of our work.
Jonathan Ive— A reference to the Apple design team, in an interview at the Design Museum (2003)
The defining qualities are about use: ease and simplicity. Caring beyond the functional imperative, we also acknowledge that products have a significance way beyond traditional views of function.
Jonathan Ive— In an interview at the Design Museum (2003)
The more I learnt about this cheeky – almost rebellious – company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed to an alternative in a complacent and creatively bankrupt industry. Apple stood for something and had reason for being that wasn't just about making money.
Jonathan Ive— On how he felt when he used a Mac for the first time at college, in an interview at the Design Museum (2003)
There's an applied style of being minimal and simple, and then there's real simplicity. This looks simple, because it really is.
Jonathan Ive— On the design of the Apple Cinema Display, in an article by Leander Kahney in Wired News magazine (June 2003)
It's sad and frustrating that we are surrounded by products that seem to testify to a complete lack of care. That's an interesting thing about an object. One object speaks volumes about the company that produced it and its values and priorities.
Jonathan Ive— In an interview in The Daily Telegraph newspaper (November 2005)
It’s not too shabby is it?
Jonathan Ive— About the iPhone, in the Macworld Keynote (2007)
We have always thought about design as being so much more than just the way something looks. It's the whole thing: the way something works on so many different levels. Ultimately, of course, design defines so much of our experience.
Jonathan Ive— Ive explaining his view on Apple's use of design in the product video shown at WWDC 2013 for iOS 7.
I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It's about bringing order to complexity.
Jonathan Ive— Ive explaining the design philosophy behind iOS 7 in its product video, shown at WWDC 2013.
