Apple chief designer Jony Ive to leave and start own business
By DW
28 June 2019 |
11:39 am
Jony Ive helped bring Apple back from the brink of collapse in the 1990s. He was a close confidant of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and the lead designer for various key projects, most notably the iPhone.
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