Jonathan Ive

Jonathan Ive is Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design. Reporting directly to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Ive has led the Apple design team since 1996. During his tenure as Senior V.P. of Industrial Design, Ive has been involved in bringing to life such innovations as the iMac, iPod, and the iPhone.Official Site: Jonathan Ive Bio

Jonathan Ive went to Newcastle Polytechnic in the United Kingdom to study design. Newcastle Polytechnic has since been renamed Northumbria University. After finishing his studies, Ive went on to become one of the founders of the company Tangerine.http://designmuseum.org/design/jonathan-iveTangerine was created in 1988 and designs specialized products and delves into research involving their clients' needs.http://www.tangerine.net/about.htm

In 1992, Apple, which was one of Tangerine's clients, offered him a job. He worked on some projects with the company before accepting a full-time position and permanently moving to California.http://designmuseum.org/design/jonathan-ive

In 2003, Ives won the first Designer of the Year award at the Design Museumhttp://designmuseum.org/design/jonathan-ive in London.http://designmuseum.org/contactTwo years later, in 2005, he was offered and accepted his current position of the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple. The next year, he acheived a CBE award.http://designmuseum.org/design/jonathan-iveCBE stands for Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and is given to people who have demonstrated their importance and significance as leaders in organizations or businesses.http://www.communities.gov.uk/corporate/honours/awards-guide/cbe/ Jonathan Ives has received other awards in the recent years including a National Design Award and an MDA Personal Achievement Award both for the work he did on the iPhone.http://designmuseum.org/design/jonathan-ive

Fortune reported in May 2008 that Jonathan Ive consulted with Pixar on the design of the sleek heroine, Eve, for the Disney/Pixar computer animated film Wall-E.Fortune: Ive Helped Design Pixar Heroine