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Apple Designer Honoured By British Crown

Posted by Zonk on from the and-i-have-to-settle-for-the-spike-tv-vga dept.

metalcup writes "The vice-president for design at Apple, the man behind the iPod and iMac, has been inducted into the Order of the British Empire as a Commander (a CBE honour)." From the BBC story: "Mr Ive started working for Apple in 1992 but exerted a big influence on its products only in 1997 when Steve Jobs returned to the company he co-founded. Mr Ive's first design for Apple, the iMac, was hugely influential and has been followed by a series of other widely admired gadgets ... Since the launch of the iMac in 1998, Mr Ive has driven the design of almost every piece of Apple hardware. Landmarks include the original iMac, iBook, Power Mac, PowerBook, Mac Mini and iPod."

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  1. Re:Times have changed. by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They compliment you? But all you did was buy it. That's hardly worthy of praise.

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  2. Re:Times have changed. by nathanh · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Though in my not so humble opinion they still can't hold a candle to that beautiful C64.

    I read your post. I think you are projecting some of your personal preferences onto the memories of these old computers and end up with surprising results.

    No shit sherlock. I did say that the beauty of the C64 was in my not so humble opinion.

    However that doesn't attract from the non-subjective examples I gave to demolish the claim that computers "back in the day" were ugly off-white boxes. I gave several examples of personal computers that were not ugly, not off-white and not boxes. They were innovative designs that were both attractive and functional. Disagreeing with my opinion is pointless; my opinion wasn't the meat of my comment.

    For instance - and as we are talking subjectives here it can't go far - I simply cannot understand how you decide a C64 is 'better designed', aesthetically, than a Mac II? They use practically the same school of thought, that Star Trek II man-ridges and swiss lines sort of thing that was big in the early 80s. I mean, I can understand a slight preference for one over the other (in my case definitely the Mac) but saying they are worlds apart is baffling.

    Huh? Do you even know what a Mac II looks like? It's an ugly off-white box. It's a horrible looking computer. It's got nothing on the sleek all-in-one design of the C64 with its sloped keyboard, rounded edges and chunky appearance. The C64 looked like something that belonged in the Star Wars universe. The Mac II looked like something you used in the construction of buildings.

    The Sinclair was beautiful I'll give you that. But the rest, I think you are basking in the warm glow of Amiga memories

    Man, I didn't use the word Amiga even once in my earlier comment. Who the fuck are you replying to, because it's obviously not me.

    The Smithsonian agrees with me.

    Yeah, because we all know that the Smithsonian is renowned for their opinions on fashion and aesthetics. Though even disregarding that nonsensical justification - the Smithsonian? - I agree that the Mac Classic was an awesome design. Easily the best PC design from the 80s.

    (sigh. Just goes to show you, its all about tone on slashdot.)

    By the way, I really despise it when people use words like "sigh" in their posts, as if somehow they were dictacting to the computer and it was capturing their every grunt and exhalation. Do you write "umm" and "burp" as well? If not, then don't be a pompous ass and write "sigh" as if somehow that conveys your exasperation with the world that lies beneath you.

    PS: How was that for tone?