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He recognize good design but he does not have great design taste to make the tough calls. That only comes with experience of designing, building products. Steve
by rockarage 15y ago
He recognize good design but he does not have great design taste to make the tough calls. That only comes with experience of designing, building products. Steve has the design experience so does Ive. When presented with competing
designs, he has to have great design vision to chose the one that would be the most successful. Being and editor is not easy.
- replicatorblog 15y agoWell he has been "designing" right along side Steve and John for the past 13 years right? While he might be "just" an ops guy, I'd argue that as much (or more) of Apple's design brilliance comes from the willingness to embrace and invent new industrial processes rather than the radius of a curve on a design. The candy colored iMacs required inventive injection molding at the time. The Cube, Unibody Macbooks, the Air, iPad battery life, etc. As nice as the ID is, it is the willingness to invest in and incorporate new processes that makes Apple's design special. Given that we know almost nothing about the guy except that Steve picked him as his replacement, I'd say he'll do ok:)
- philwelch 15y agoAccording to an interview with Jony Ive in Objectified, part of industrial design is designing the manufacturing process. Of course, implementing and enforcing that process involves the ops team. On your second point, you're almost certainly right. Aside from the appointment of a certain Mr. Sculley almost 30 years ago, Steve's track record in hiring the absolute best people to work with is as good as his track record in shepherding innovative products into the marketplace.
- replicatorblog 15y agoYou are right that industrial designers should specify the manufacturing processes. That said, it is rare to see designers have SO much sway over how things get built.