According to media reports, almost all of Apple's designers in the Johnny Ive era left their jobs, and Apple faced the problem of not being able to find a suitable candidate to replace the departed designer. Currently, a large number of members of Apple's design team have joined IVE's new design company LoveFrom, which is currently collaborating with brands such as Airbnb and Ferrari.
Jony Ive is a very famous former design director at Apple. He led the team to design many famous products, such as the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. However, since he left Apple in 2019, the design team he originally led also gradually disbanded.
On May 8, the media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that yet another designer, Duncan Kerr, announced that he is leaving Apple. Since joining Apple in 1999, he has played an important role in the design of many generations of iPhones, iPads, and Macs. With the departure of him and the other designers, the legendary team led by Jony Ive has almost all left their jobs. An Apple spokesperson declined to comment on the news.
Previously, after Ive himself left in 2019, many top designers such as Jody Akana also left their jobs one after another. Over the past year, key members have also left their posts one after another, including Ive's successor, Evans Hankey, who is Apple's industrial design director, who left Apple last year.
According to reports, a large number of members of Apple's design team have joined IVE's new design company LoveFrom, which is currently collaborating with brands such as Airbnb and Ferrari.
Currently, Apple's design team reports directly to Jeff Williams, the company's chief operating officer, and this change has made some designers unhappy. According to media reports, Apple is also facing the problem of not being able to find a suitable candidate to replace the departed designer.