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If Apple is his client he's probably not going to take any clients that competes with them.
by Despegar 7y ago
If Apple is his client he's probably not going to take any clients that competes with them.
- bitwize 7y agoWhy not? FrogDesign had Apple and competitors as clients.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoHonestly I just doubt Ive would want to "bless" more than one competing product. The way I imagine this is that it frees Jony Ive to expand his unique brand of "perfection" to more product types than Apple sells. Like, maybe Jony Ive continues to push Apple products and design as the best computers/phones, and then also is now designing appliances and cars and furniture.
- slantyyz 7y agoI don't think that's an issue. Few, if any of Apple's competitors are willing to invest in the high manufacturing costs it takes to produce something like a Macbook Pro, or a 2019 Mac Pro. Apple isn't one to cut corners, unlike a lot of its competitors. Any Ive design produced by a competitor is unlikely be at the level of anything Apple produces.
- bgeeek 7y agoThat's an interesting thought. I guess that could hold true if he had clauses in his contract or didn't want to affect his bazillion shares. Other than that, I find it interesting because it doesn't seem to affect other designers. Architecture springs to mind.