Jony Ive is taking on the role of Chief Design Officer at Apple, as revealed in The Telegraph. Ive had been Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design for years prior, controlling both the industrial design for devices and the interfaces which run on the finished products since 2012. The promotion leaves Ive at the helm of Apple’s design process, but as of July 1 he will hand off day-to-day duties to new Vice President of Industrial Design Richard Howarth and new Vice President of User Interface Design Alan Dye. Howarth has worked on every version of the iPhone ever produced and Dye was integral in both the iOS 7 redesign and the new Watch OS interface for Apple Watch.
Apple creates Chief Design Officer role for Jony Ive
By Dan Pye
Dan Pye
Dan Pye was a news editor at iLounge. He's been involved with technology his whole life, and started writing about it in 2009. He's written about everything from iPhone and iPad cases to Apple TV accessories.