Jony Ive is a producer of an Apple TV+ animated film

Jony Ive is adding film production to his resume as he's seen credited on an upcoming Apple TV+ animated film. He's credited alongside Woody Harrelson for the upcoming animated film, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse. It's based on a book of the same name and will debut on the streaming service this Christmas. Unless there's another Jony Ive in Hollywood, we're fairly certain it's that Ive.

The famed designer was responsible for everything from the look of the iPhone to iOS 7. He left the company in 2019 to start his design firm LoveFrom. Apple was a client, and he was credited on the new iMac design. But there wasn't a definitive public collaboration between the two, and that arrangement recently ended.

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Jony Ive was involved in with the M1 iMac's design, but we don't know how much

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It takes years to redesign a product, so it's not surprising that the revamped M1 iMac's design was crafted with the help of former design executive Jony Ive. According to Wired, he was involved in this first new iMac redesign in a decade, but the company won't reveal when and how Ive was involved. Apple just said, "he had worked on it."

He left the company back in 2019 and then went off to put up an independent design firm called LoveForm. Apple was said to be a client of the company, but we don't know what that relationship is like.

Via: 9to5Mac

Jony Ive and Apple's CFO Luca Maestri may be contenders in Ferrari CEO position

Ferrari's CEO Louis Camilleri retired at 65 last week and now the exotic carmaker is in search of a new CEO to take over the reins of the legendary brand as it navigates its transition to hybrid technology. A recent Reuters report cites Apple's chief financial officer Luca Maestri as one of the possible candidates. Long-time Apple industrial designer Jony Ive, who left Apple years ago to form his own studio LoveFrom was also mentioned as a potential candidate.

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Jony Ive enters into multi-year partnership with Airbnb

Roughly one year after he left Apple Inc. Sir Jony Ive is back in the tech limelight, not for a revolutionary new product or innovation but because of a multi-year partnership with Airbnb. Ive retired last year to form his own LoveFrom design firm which was supposedly still open to collaborate with Apple. We've had a slew of product releases from Apple that seemed to have no direct involvement with Jony Ive. 

News has it that Ive's firm LoveFrom will help design the next generation of Airbnb products and services. This might seem confusing since Airbnb's service is hinged on technology that enables individuals to rent out their homes or apartments (something that has fallen out of favour lately, because of COVID-19). Collaborating with a design luminary like Ive seems strange, but if you consider Ive's final masterwork for Apple was his involvement in the Apple Park mothership, it makes sense to leverage his substantial knowledge of architecture, interior design, and innovation. Of course, the joke Ive watchers will make is that Airbnb is gearing up to create a series of white rooms like the one Ive used to do his Apple keynote voice overs from. This partnership could see Ive move on to his next phase as a designer and will likely yield some surprising new products for Airbnb.

Source: 9to5Mac