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lezlea · 02:04 PM

hey,
was hoping you all could help me with an assignment... i would just like your opinions on Jonathan Ive, anything ranging from...
Do you think his work is amazing?
to
What would you say his personality is like?

And if you know of the band The Flaming Lips...could you make any comparisons between them and Jonathan Ive?

Anything you have to say no matter how small would really help!

thanks in advance,
Lea

Luca Rescigno · Mar 25, 2005, 12:53 PM

typoon · Mar 25, 2005, 12:56 PM

I really like Ives. To me he seems very humble from the interviews I've seen with him. He's great also in that he might be the one recognized for the wonderful design aspects but he doesn't take all the credit. He gives the credit to his team.

SamuraiDL · Mar 25, 2005, 01:00 PM

I personally have seen a battle of epic proportions staged in the middle east quadrant of the Sahara desert in the months of may. Yoshimi battled Ive for weeks on end and the pink robot struggled to produce breath after breath. Innovative... yes conducive... no....

budster101 · Mar 25, 2005, 01:04 PM

Jonathan, That you?

Fishing for compliments eh?...

dlefebvre · Mar 25, 2005, 01:05 PM

Originally posted by SamuraiDL:
Yoshimi battled Ive for weeks on end and the pink robot struggled to produce breath after breath.

No wonder his lips were flaming.

xi_hyperon · Mar 25, 2005, 01:07 PM

This thread needs

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Mar 25, 2005, 01:20 PM

I know he designed toilets at one point.

I guess that would explain the first iBooks.

historylme · Mar 25, 2005, 01:28 PM

he's alright

Lateralus · Mar 25, 2005, 01:34 PM

Its iMac*

lezlea · Mar 25, 2005, 02:08 PM

unfortunatly i managed to spill a bit of drink on my keyboard last nite and currently have to use the keyboard viewer to type...rather annoying but the capitalisation in iMac is changed,
thanks for all the replies so far, great help!

SamuraiDL · Mar 25, 2005, 02:10 PM

Second post and you are already lying... come on both you and I know we have been no help to you so far!

Agasthya · Mar 25, 2005, 02:26 PM

Jon Ive is a genius.

lezlea · Mar 25, 2005, 02:27 PM

my assignment is very random and any words about either Jonathan Ive or The Flaming Lips will help! basically i need to find a link between the two but it can be anything ranging from they have similar noses to use similar design processes! Then i design or make something about that link but it does not have to reflect either Jonathan Ives' work or The Flaming Lips!
fun!

dav · Mar 25, 2005, 03:48 PM

umm, jonathan ive designed my ipod, and there's at least one flaming lips song on it.

JohnSmithXTREME · Mar 25, 2005, 03:50 PM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
I know he designed toilets at one point.

hmm..

Yes, I am beginning to see the resemblance. The chrome and white color scheme, the sterile, clinical feel. That explains a lot! Apple's computers really do look a lot like toilets!! Even the iPod feels like some sort of hygeine device that should be used in the bathroom. The Shuffle looks especially like an enema thingy. I see how Ives brilliantly ties together all of Apple's products with the toilet theme.

bradoesch · Mar 25, 2005, 04:16 PM

No no no, here's the resemblence:

JohnSmithXTREME · Mar 25, 2005, 04:19 PM

The iBook/toilet seat resemblance is very well known. But I think we should consider the idea that ALL of Ives's computer designs are toilet influenced.

Angus_D · Mar 25, 2005, 04:36 PM

Originally posted by Lateralus:
Its iMac*

It's it's*

Skip Breakfast · Mar 25, 2005, 05:19 PM

The Flaming Lips in 1990? Hell yes!
The Flaming Lips since? Hell no!

Ives? No opinion, really.

dav · Mar 25, 2005, 05:20 PM

Originally posted by JohnSmithXTREME:
The iBook/toilet seat resemblance is very well known. But I think we should consider the idea that ALL of Ives's computer designs are toilet influenced.

and the flaming lips sound like crap, there ya go.

wdlove · Mar 25, 2005, 05:28 PM

I think that Jonathan has done an awesome job. He is a genius of design for Apple products.

SamuraiDL · Mar 25, 2005, 09:28 PM

Yeah the connection between his ipod design and the contents of an ipod containing the flaming lips is a good one.

Johnathan Hives · Mar 25, 2005, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by dav:
and the flaming lips sound like crap, there ya go.

nredman · Mar 25, 2005, 10:14 PM

Originally posted by wdlove:
I think that Jonathan has done an awesome job. He is a genius of design for Apple products.

that about sums it up

Cadaver · Mar 26, 2005, 12:17 AM

Originally posted by Agasthya:
Jon Ive is a genius.

joltguy · Mar 26, 2005, 03:14 AM

Jonathan Ive (or "Jonny iPod" as his U2 friends know him) is super-talented designer! I love when Apple posts those short "design insight" vids with new product launches... always entertaining and inspiring.

Mr. Ive is one of the very few people on the planet who would be cool enough to run Apple when Mr. Jobs eventually (unfortunately) retires. Not sure what his business skills are like, but he's got plenty of "cool" to go around.

insha · Mar 26, 2005, 06:16 PM

Who designed the Mac mini? Was it also an Ives' creation (design wise)?

Jon Ives: So, he's done marvelous stuff.

Luca Rescigno · Mar 26, 2005, 06:53 PM

Originally posted by joltguy:
Jonathan Ive (or "Jonny iPod" as his U2 friends know him)

u2 sux

joltguy · Mar 27, 2005, 03:19 AM

Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:
u2 sux

Yeah, well so does your sig (when it loads).

Link · Mar 27, 2005, 03:48 AM

ManOfSteal · Mar 27, 2005, 10:25 PM

Ives = New Hotness!