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What’s inside

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RUMOUR & NEWS

Word on the grapevine

about future Apple kit

9

APPS & GAMES

Our top picks of the

month for Mac and iOS

11

FAC TS &

FIGURES

The mobile app

economy in numbers

12

LETTERS

Have your say

14

OPINION

What Ive’s departure

could mean for the

Apple design team...

Jony Ive leaving Apple

pple’s Chief Design Officer, Sir

Jonathan Ive, is to leave the

company and set up on his own.

However, “Apple will continue to benefit from

Jony’s talents by working directly with him on

exclusive projects, and through the ongoing

work of the brilliant and passionate design

team he has built,” said CEO Tim Cook.

According to some reports, Ive’s company,

LoveFrom, will actually be based in Apple’s

new HQ, Apple Park, in Cupertino, which Ive

was deeply involved in designing alongside

architect Norman Foster. (The concave,

brushed-aluminium lift buttons are said

to resemble iPhone Home buttons.)

Ive was born in Chingford, Essex, in 1967.

His father was a silversmith who lectured in

art and design at Middlesex Polytechnic. Ive

joined Apple in 1992 and has headed its design

team since 1996. He played a key role in the

The influential designer is making his move

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EDITED BY ROB MEAD-GREEN

With LoveFrom Jony: Ive has

played a pivotal role in the

success of Apple products and

beyond, but is now setting up

his own creative business.