Biography

Jonathan Ive is Apple's Chief Design Officer, responsible for all design including the look and feel of Apple hardware, user interface, packaging, major architectural projects such as Apple Park and Apple's retail stores, as well as new ideas and future initiatives. Since 1996 Ivy has led Apple's design team, holds over 5,000 patents and has been recognized with numerous design awards, including the Design Museum London's first Designer of the Year in 2003, the Design and Art Direction (D&AD) President's Award in 2005 and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's Product Design Award in 2007. In 2012, D&AD named Ivy and his team the Best Design Studio of the past 50 years. Their work is featured in the permanent collections of museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Pompidou in Paris. A native of London, Sir Jonathan Ive was made a Knight Commander of the British Empire in 2013.
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He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) before being awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to design and enterprise. He is the Senior Vice President, Industrial Design, Apple Inc. USA.

Best friends with fellow British designer Marc Newson.

[on being awarded Knighthood in 2012] To be recognized with this honor is absolutely thrilling and I am both humbled and sincerely grateful.