“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)[citation needed]

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English designer and VP of Design at Apple 1967

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