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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. PDA by Aliencow · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now I want this guy to Design a PDA... Palm should hire him for their high end devices...

  2. The "Dyson" computer by donnz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I went to a talk given by British invetor James Dyson (check out their Home Page) a few weeks back. He invented the "bagless vacuum cleaner" and one of his engineers' "inovations" was to have a clear case round the rubbish it sucked up. They thought it was cool. One of the most interested people in the design was Steve Jobs...The rest is history.

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  3. Why the Logitech Keyboard? by YOU+LIKEWISE+FAIL+IT · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The shots are very good, and demonstrate the same problem I have with my eMac on a crappy old wooden bench. But I must ask, why did you toss the stock / pro keyboard?

    As we're talking about Apple design ( heh ) this is one of the things that really surprised me when first using the e - the keyboard has very clean lines, nice key size and elevation, and very satisfying tactile response. The special keys are well laid out and chosen ( even if the contrast ones don't seem to be marked? ) and it even shipped with little plastic end-caps over the connector to protect it from dust / particles in shipping.

    Its possibly one of the best keyboards I've ever used, including an old "clicky" IBM one I had in one of my old jobs. Is this also one of Ives designs? The only problem I have with it is that if it gets crap in it ( e.g., if you eat crackers at the keyboard while you're working ) the curvature of the transparent plastic optically blows them up into huge Godzilla Scale crumbs, which then attact mockery from nearby friends.

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  4. iPod meets car door by malia8888 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Jonathan Ive should get special kudos for designing the iPod in a way that can take abuse. It is not only good-looking but it can take a good hit.

    I slipped my iPod in my cargo pants "leg" pocket one day as I was getting out of the car. I had totally forgotten that it was there. The car door was partly shut and locked; so, I have it a good body slam with my thigh. My iPod took it head on and it was not broken, not dented, not nuttin.

    Buying quality never paid off so well. A cheap mp3 box from Radio Snack would have been flat as a pancake.

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    1. Re:iPod meets car door by withnothingtodo · · Score: 3, Interesting

      yeah, I've dropped my ipod in a parking lot from the height of about my chest--maybe 5 feet. landed with a plunk and a hop, had a small dent on the steel corner but otherwise, was perfectly fine.