Sir Jonathan
Mr Ive, who can now style himself Sir Jonathan, has been made a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE).
Mr Ive began working for Apple in 1992 and since then has been the brains behind many of its products. He described the honour as "absolutely thrilling" and said he was "both humbled and sincerely grateful". Mr Ive added: "I am keenly aware that I benefit from a wonderful tradition in the UK of designing and making.
Mr Ive has been lauded for the tight fit between form and function seen in Apple gadgets such as the iPod and iPhone.
On graduation he started work as a commercial designer and then, with three friends, founded a design agency called Tangerine. One of the clients for the agency was Apple which was so impressed with the work he did on a prototype notebook that it offered him a full-time job. Mr Ive was apparently frustrated during his early years at Apple as the company was then suffering a decline. Everything changed, however, in 1996 when Apple bought Next and Steve Jobs returned to the company he helped found.
"What’s made him so outstandingly successful is the relationship he’s had with Steve Jobs and Apple," said Deyan Sudjic, director of The Design Museum. "He’s been working there for 19 years and has built up the kind of relationship that’s very rare."
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