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Jony Ive had been the CDO for years and the results weren't great. It's not that Jony Ive isn't a great designer. It's just that it's difficult to judge your
by UIZealot 7y ago
Jony Ive had been the CDO for years and the results weren't great. It's not that Jony Ive isn't a great designer. It's just that it's difficult to judge your own work, no matter how good you are.
What they need, more than a CDO, is someone who they have to run every design by, someone (EDIT: with an impeccable eye) who is not afraid to say no. In other words, someone who can fill the role Steve Jobs used to play.
I, for one, nominate the great John Siracusa, for this job.
See http://hypercritical.co/fatbits/2009/05/06/hypercritical http://hypercritical.co/fatbits/2009/05/06/hypercritical
- unethical_ban 7y agoWhy isn't that Cook? Without knowing Apple internally, the point is that the staff under the COO (if the "C"s have their own divisions) are the back office, the accounting, HR, IT, and other shared services accross an organization. There isn't necessarily creativity as a mission.
- UIZealot 7y agoCook would've been perfect if he had that critical eye, and he would've been the perfect replacement for Steve Jobs then. Alas, he's an operations guy, design is not really his forte. And that, my friend, is the reason we are in this nine circle of flat design hell.
- olliej 7y agoCook doesn't (and recognizes that he doesn't) have the necessary design eye. I think I agree with @UIZealot that there's a need for a design approval that isn't directly involved in the design process, e.g. the SJ world would presumably have SJ saying yes/no to Jony, but in the post-SJ world it was Jony saying yes/no to essentially just Jony. I assume those decisions would be fairly one sided :D