Apple's design head Jony Ive has given a rare television interview, with Charlie Rose once again being chosen as the man to ask the questions after a similar interview was carried out last year.
Apple's latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides us with a glimpse of information, showing that CEO Tim Cook took home $1 million more in 2015 than 2014, but that his top executives were better compensated during the same period.
Apple Watch is perhaps the most awaited product from the Cupertino company after the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, with the smartwatch being Apple's first attempt at the market. No surprise that Apple Watch carries the same design philosophy as seen in other Apple products, but Jony Ive - Apple's chief designer - says that designing the smartwatch was more challenging than designing the original iPhone.
Few Apple employees capture the imagination quite like Sir Jony Ive. British in a distinctly James Bond kinda way, Ive is the man that not only designs all of the hardware that comes out of Cupertino, but following the ousting of Scott Forstall he now also oversees all of Apple's software design. The result is a 'love it or hate it' kinda thing - the hardware may be universally acclaimed but the same can't be said of the software.
Although the company was quite clearly pushed for time, the iPhone 6 / Apple Watch parade on Tuesday seemed to pass without incident. As ever, it was a grand spectacle (unless you happened to be tuning in via Apple TV in certain areas), and after a lengthy period of preparation at the Flint Center in Cupertino, Apple managed to announce its key new products and features inside the usual two-hour limit. The Apple Watch was the real clincher - a product category that the Mac maker has never previously attempted - and if you enjoyed the original unveiling, you can now catch extended backstage coverage in a clip featuring interviews with CEO Tim Cook and design lead Jony Ive.
If you ever wanted to make yourself feel inferior, then having a good think about what kinds of things you'd be able to buy if you were worth millions or even billions of dollars is a good way to do it. While we should probably just be happy for what we've got - new smartphones, tablets, games etc aren't things everyone has access to - there's no doubting that some people live in a completely different world to the rest of us.
What do you get when you lock two of the world's most rockstar designers in a room, infuse them with inspiration and throw a charitable cause into the equation? It might sound like the beginning of a terrible joke doing the rounds on the Internet, but the reality is actually a lot more inspiring, heart-warming and aesthetically attractive. What you actually get is a bespoke, purpose made work-surface crafted out of solid aluminum that has been designed to raise money for one of the world's worthiest causes.
In terms of tech product design, Apple's Jony Ive is arguably the most iconic. The somewhat enigmatic, cult figure of the Cupertino company has not only been responsible for some of the most memorable gadgets of our times, but was also the mastermind behind Apple's recent design overhaul of the iOS mobile operating system. If you cast your minds way back, you might remember the news that Sir Jony would be designing a one-off camera for Leica, and as first seen in November's Vanity Fair, the creation is just about ready.
It may come as a surprise given the handset's rip-roaring success, but Apple's iPhone very nearly didn't make it out of the company's development labs, according to a man who would know; Apple Senior VP of Design, Jony Ive.
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