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Sir Jony Ive, designer

2025/3/23
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@Lauren Laverne : 本期节目邀请到了著名设计师乔尼·艾夫爵士,他与已故的史蒂夫·乔布斯合作,设计出许多改变我们生活的苹果产品。他的设计理念注重用户体验,将技术与人性完美结合,推动了苹果公司成为全球首家市值万亿美元的公司。他的父亲是一位银匠和教育家,对他的设计生涯产生了深远的影响。 @Sir Jony Ive : 我从小就对世界充满好奇,喜欢观察和思考,这让我成为了一名设计师。我的设计理念并非专注于技术本身,而是关注人的需求,如何让人们以直观自然的方式与科技连接。我父亲是一位银匠,从小我们就一起制作各种东西,这培养了我的动手能力和设计思维。我小时候很害羞,但这让我能够在自己的世界里思考和探索,为未来的设计工作打下了基础。在苹果公司工作的经历让我与史蒂夫·乔布斯建立了深厚的友谊,我们一起合作创造了许多经典产品,例如iMac。虽然Newton Message Pad的失败让我学习到很多,但我并没有因此沮丧。离开苹果公司后,我与马克·纽森共同创立了LoveFrom公司,继续从事设计工作。我对人工智能技术的发展感到乐观,但同时也担心其快速发展带来的变化速度过快。 Sir Jony Ive: 在苹果公司早期,公司面临困境,但我相信苹果的创始理念,并坚持了下来。与史蒂夫·乔布斯的合作让我受益匪浅,他理解我的想法和感受,这让我感到非常感激。iMac的设计理念是让电脑更易于使用和理解,而非专注于技术本身。我们注重用户体验,让产品更贴近人们的生活。在iPhone的研发和生产过程中,我们付出了巨大的努力,并意识到这项技术对社会的影响是巨大的。虽然这项技术带来了许多积极的影响,但也存在一些负面影响,这让我感到责任重大。我个人也努力控制自己使用科技产品的时间,并教育我的孩子如何负责任地使用科技产品。

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This chapter explores Sir Jony Ive's childhood, highlighting his father's influence as a silversmith and educator, their collaborative projects, and Jony's early curiosity and fascination with objects. It also touches upon his shyness and how his introspective nature shaped his design philosophy.
  • Jony Ive's father was a silversmith and influential educator.
  • They collaborated on projects like a go-kart, treehouse, and toboggan.
  • Jony's curiosity and fascination with objects started at a young age.
  • His shyness drove him to spend time in his own head, observing and analyzing the world around him.

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Sir Jony Ive is a designer who is best known for his pioneering work at Apple alongside his friend and colleague, the late Steve Jobs. Jony’s creative vision is behind some of the company’s seminal products which have transformed the way we live today including phones, music players and watches.

He was born in Chingford in east London and loved drawing and spending time in his father’s workshop where the two of them made the young Jony’s Christmas presents including a go-kart, a treehouse and a toboggan.

He studied Industrial Design at Newcastle Polytechnic and moved to San Francisco to work for Apple in 1992. In 1997 Steve Jobs returned to the company, having been ousted several years earlier, and the two of them set about revolutionising the landscape for home computers with the creation of the iMac. In 2019 Jony set up his own company LoveFrom with the industrial designer Marc Newson. In 2023 Jony and his team designed a foldable Red Nose for Comic Relief and in the same year the company launched a scholarship programme aimed at increasing representation in the design industry.

In 2012 he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to design and enterprise.

DISC ONE: Really Saying Something (US Extended Version) - Bananarama, Fun Boy Three DISC TWO: De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police DISC THREE: Main Theme - Carter Takes a Train - Roy Budd DISC FOUR: Singin’ in the Rain - Harry Ive DISC FIVE: Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds DISC SIX: Define Dancing - Thomas Newman DISC SEVEN: Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L.75: 3. Clair de lune. Composed by Claude Debussy and performed by Claudio Arrau (piano) DISC EIGHT: "40" - U2

BOOK CHOICE: The complete set of Jeeves & Wooster novels by P G Wodehouse LUXURY ITEM: A bed CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: "40" - U2

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