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I left London in 1992, but I'm there 3-4 times a year, and love visiting.

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Jonathan Ive
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: February 27
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The more I learnt about this cheeky - almost rebellious - company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed to an alternative in a complacent and creatively bankrupt industry. Apple stood for something and had reason for being that wasn't just about making money.
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It's one of the curses of designing that when you look at anything, you're constantly thinking, Why? Why - why was it designed like that, and not like this?
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There are 9 rejected ideas for every idea that works.
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We're very genuinely designing the best products that we can for people.
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When you're trying to solve a problem on a new product type, you become completely focused on problems that seem a number of steps removed from the main product. That problem solving can appear a little abstract, and it is easy to lose sight of the product.
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Being superficially different is the goal of so many of the products we see... rather than trying to innovate and genuinely taking the time, investing the resources and caring enough to try and make something better.
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We shouldn't be afraid to fail- if we are not failing we are not pushing.
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Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great. Competent design is not too much of a stretch. But if you are trying to do something new, you have challenges on so many axes.
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What we make testifies who we are. People can sense care and can sense carelessness.
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As consumers we are incredibly discerning, we sense where has been great care in the design, and when there is cynicism and greed.
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A small change at the beginning of the design process defines an entirely different product at the end.
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Its difficult to do something radically new, unless you are at the heart of a company.
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To do something innovative means that you reject reason.
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I’m always focussed on the actual work, and I think that’s a much more succinct way to describe what you care about than any speech I could ever make.
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Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that's a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple.
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I am keenly aware that I benefit from a wonderful tradition in the UK of designing and making.
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There are a thousand no's for every yes.
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I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.
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