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Jonathan Ive Named Designer of the Year

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-ipod dept.

no_demons writes "Jonathan Ive, the man behind the iMac and the iPod, has won the first Designer of the Year award from the Design Museum in London. The Independent has the scoop, and BBC2 has the documentary on Wednesday, June 11th."

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  1. Is that... by Bingo+Foo · · Score: 0, Funny

    Is that "Ive" as in "I've got an idea?"

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  2. Not yet by corebreech · · Score: 5, Funny

    Almost any room you put a new Mac in is going to look ugly by comparison.

    I want to see the iRoom. With an iDesk, an iLamp, and an iSeat.

    Them maybe we talk about awards and such.

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    1. Re:Not yet by berniecase · · Score: 5, Funny
      God, that's the truth. I've got this ugly desk with my cinema display, and the desk just looks like crap compared to everything else. See for yourself:

      Any way you slice it, the compuer always looks better than the desk. I'm trying to find a decent glass desk to compliment the computer, but then I'll need to see about getting rid of the crappy carpet in here.
    2. Re:Not yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      IKEA has a similar neo-hip funk to all its furniture that Apple does to its computers.. ever been to a store ? They're like bizarre labyrinths where each room idea melds into another.. .. iKEA ? ;-)

      www.ikea.com

    3. Re:Not yet by cioxx · · Score: 5, Funny

      Go into nearest IKEA (Office section) and look for the Glass surface desk. It's not available in the web catalogue and I saw one as recently as last month.

      These things really emphasize the mental asylum enveloped in minimalism if you work hard enough on arranging the shit around and stealthing the cables and such out of the view.

      Wood desks are so last century. The rule of thumb is: the computer environment should be at least 1/4th of the price of the hardware that sits on top and beneath it.

  3. Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Though I love the industrial designs of the iPod and the new iMac, I can not seriously consider the professional opinion of any entity whose website is so damned ugly.

  4. The Apple plan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    1. Take an existing product
    2. Slap an Apple logo on it
    4. Wait for the Apple fanclub to cream their pants over it
    5. ????
    6. Profit!

  5. Re:Innovative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Even if that word [innovative] has lost most of it's meaning with the use of it by a certain Northwest company.

    Yeah, Alaska Airlines has totally lost its edge.

  6. Next article to be titled: by alzoron · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pudge, please don't use the slashdot main page to send me messages.

  7. AUGH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too many fuckin links, you fuckin tools! I'm looking at the story going, "shit, what the fuck do I click?" I try one. Shit! It's the goddamn iMac site. I KNOW what an iMac looks like, you morons, I'm from EARTH. So I try another one. Augh! Fuckin "Design Museum" site! Bitches! Screw this!

    This reminds me of 19-fuckin-93, when hyperlinks were this new and kewl thing. D00D! I can make words to things! So whenever I type "iMac" I should make it link to the iMac site! KEWL! I AM MAD SKILLZ WEBMASTAR!

    You guys suck. Oh, you guys suck.

    1. Re:AUGH! by IO+ERROR · · Score: 2, Funny
      Too many fuckin links, you fuckin tools!

      Here is a site you will really hate.

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  8. Nobody told me. by Ignominious+Poltroon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody told me this design award was up for grabs. If they had, I would have sent in photos of my cool case mod, which is entirely made of potato chips and twine. That would have easily clinched it.

  9. Re:Does he deserve it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Anyone know what ever happened to that story?"

    I believe it won top honors in the 2002 Urban Legends competition.

  10. Gotta say it by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The "Dyson" computer

    Skynet? :)

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  11. Erm... by Cyno01 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Something tells me that optical mouse isn't gonna work to well on that entirely glass desktop...

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  12. Headline for dyslexic people? by FryGuy1013 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did anyone else read the headline as "Ive named Jonathan Designer of the year," then immediately went to look for comments on not putting an apostrophe in Ive, then realize what the headline actually said? I know I did.

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  13. Name? by lostchicken · · Score: 3, Funny

    In keeping with Apple naming, shouldn't his name be Jonathan iVe?

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  14. I nominate... by dafoomie · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd like to nominate this
    for design of the year. It really makes everything around it look so much better.

  15. Re:iPod meets car hood by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've gotta post this anonymously. My friend had his iPod and I was working on my car. He had a look at something and handed the iPod to me. I had to look under the car as well so I set the iPod next to the hood latch. 30 seconds later I try to close the hood, it won't latch. So I try harder, 2 more times...arg stupid hood....oh holy crap, what have I done I thought to myself. So I grab his iPod (which was only protected by that little bag apple gives you) and give it a quick run through- everything was fine! I never told him. Am I a jerk or what? Thanks apple for quality construction.

    oh and after that my hood closed fine as well.

  16. Re:congrats by SmittyTheBold · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, I know what you mean.

    I used images.google to find a picture of this "cannon g5" and boy, you weren't kidding! That's the least-camera-like thing I've ever seen!

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