Jonathan Ive: Quotes about the trip

Jonathan Ive is English designer and VP of Design at Apple. Explore interesting quotes on way.

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“I think so many of the objects we're surrounded by seem trivial. And I think that's because they're either trying to make a statement or trying to be overtly different. What we were trying to do was have a very honest approach and an exploration of materials and surface treatment. So much of what we try to do is get to a point where the solution seems inevitable: you know, you think "of course it's that way, why would it be any other way?"”

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It looks so obvious, but that sense of inevitability in the solution is really hard to achieve.
In an interview in Icon Magazine (July 2003)

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“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.”

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In an interview at the Design Museum (2003)[citation needed]

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“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.”

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Ive explaining his view on Apple's use of design in the product video shown at WWDC 2013 for iOS 7.

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“Very often design is the most immediate way of defining what products become in people's minds.”

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In an interview for the BBC (January 2002)

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