06/17/2015
How an industrial designer became Apple's greatest product.
In recent months, Sir Jonathan Ive, the 47-year-old senior vice-president of design at Apple, has described himself as both "deeply, deeply tired" and "always anxious." His manner suggests the burden of being fully appreciated. There were times, during the past two decades, when he considered leaving Apple, but he stayed, becoming an intimate friend of Steve Jobs and establishing the build and finish of the iMac, the MacBook, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad.