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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. 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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  2. 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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