'Design' is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing. Jonathan Ive designword Change image and share on social
The benefit of hindsight is we only really talk about those things that did work out. Jonathan Ive benefithindsighttalk Change image and share on social
I find that when I write, I need things to be quiet, but when I design, I can't bear it if it's quiet. Jonathan Ive beardesignfind Change image and share on social
When you're doing something for the first time, you don't know it's going to work. You spend seven or eight years working on something, and then it's copied. I have to be honest: the first thing I can think, all those weekends that I could have at home with my family but didn't. I think it's theft, and it's lazy. Jonathan Ive copyfamilyhome share on social
It's easy to assume that just because you make something in small volumes, not using many tools, that there is integrity and care - that is a false assumption. Jonathan Ive assumeassumptioncare Change image and share on social
We won't do something different for different's sake. Designers cave in to marketing, to the corporate agenda, which is sort of, 'Oh, it looks like the last one; can't we make it look different?' Well no, there's no reason to. Jonathan Ive agendumcavecorporate share on social
There is beauty when something works and it works intuitively. Jonathan Ive beautyintuitivelywork Change image and share on social
Different' and 'new' is relatively easy. Doing something that's genuinely better is very hard. Jonathan Ive easygenuinelyhard Change image and share on social
We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable, that leave you with the sense that that's the only possible solution that makes sense. Jonathan Ive developinevitableleave Change image and share on social