Originally posted on sciy.org by Ron Anastasia on Mon 02 Jan 2006 08:42 PM PST
Queen Honors iPod Designer
Jonathan Ive of Apple receives United Kingdom’s prestigious New Year’s award.
Red Herring Magazine
January 2, 2006
Queen Elizabeth II named Jonathan Ive, the designer of Apple Computer’s iPod and iMac, to the Queen’s New Year’s Honors List.
The
38-year-old London-born Apple employee was named a Commander of the
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) on Saturday.
He
began working for the Cupertino, California-based computer maker in
1992, but his first big success came after Steve Jobs returned in 1997
to lead the company he had co-founded with Steve Wozniak. Mr. Jobs
reinvigorated Apple by introducing the iMac designed by Mr. Ive in
1998.
The
unusual look of the iMac, with its translucent blue views of the
interior of the rounded monitor, echoed by its rounded partially
translucent mouse, inspired imitators not only within the computer
industry, but in numerous consumer goods as well, which began sprouting
more colorful looks.
Mr.
Ives also led the design of Apple’s subsequent trendsetting products,
including the iBook, Power Mac, PowerBook, Mac Mini, and its biggest
hit, the iPod. The iPod now holds more than 80 percent of the market
among digital music players and has sold more than 22.32 million units.
Queen Elizabeth is an iPod user, as is President George W. Bush.
Sales
of iPod players remain strong and were up 500 percent in 2005 compared
to 2004. Apple shipped 6.5 million iPods, including more than 1 million
iPod nanos, introduced in early September. That’s 220 percent growth
from the same quarter a year ago.
The music players accounted for $1.2 billion of all of Apple’s revenue for the fourth quarter (see Apple Q4 Revenue Disappoints).
They
were big sellers this past holiday season too, along with new models
like the video-enabled iPod, and the iPod nano, the successor to the
iPod Mini (see ’Tis the (iPod) Season).
Mr. Ives played a role in the design of all the different iPods as well.
“We are proud as can be that Jony is receiving such a prestigious commendation,†said Apple in a statement quoted by the BBC.
CBE and OBE Awardees
The
CBE was created by King George V as a way to honor British subjects who
had served the empire in different noncombatant duties during World War
I. In 1918, the Order was divided into both civil and military
divisions.
Many of the other recipients of the CBE this New Year included people who assisted Londoners after the
Other
CBE awardees this New Year included singer Tom Jones, TV chef Gordon
Ransay, playwright Arnold Wesker, jazz musician John Dankworth, BBC
Radio chief Liz Forgan, writer Jeanette Winterson, and TV star Bruce
Forsyth.
Recipients of the OBE (Order of the
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