I figured out some basic stuff: that form and colour defines your perception of the nature of an object, whether or not it is intended to. — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
At the start of the process the idea is just a thought - very fragile and exclusive. When the first physical manifestation is created everything changes. It is no longer exclusive, now it involves a lot of people. — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
The more I learnt about this cheeky - almost rebellious - company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed to an… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
To design something really new and innovative you have to reject reason. — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
The most important thing is that you actually care, that you do something to the very best of your ability — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
We’re surrounded by anonymous, poorly made objects. It’s tempting to think it’s because the people who use them don’t care-just like the people who make them. But what we’ve shown is that people do care. It’s not just about aesthetics. They care about things that are thoughtfully conceived and well made. We make and sell a very, very large number… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share
And I said couldn't we be more moderate? And he said why? And I said because I care about the team. And he said, 'No Jony, you're just really vain. You just want people to like you. I'm surprised at you, because I thought you really held the work up as the most important and not how you are perceived… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share
The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple. — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
In our quest to quickly make three-dimensional objects, we can miss out on the experience of making something that helps give us our first understandings of form and material, of the way a material behaves--'I press too hard here, and it breaks here' and so on. Some of the digital rendering tools are impressive, but it's important that people still… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share
We don't do focus groups - that is the job of the designer. It's unfair to ask people who don't have a sense of… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
I am very aware that I'm the product of growing up in England and the tradition of designing and making, of England industrialising first. — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
It's a very strange thing for a designer to say, but one of the things that really irritates me in products is when I'm… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
