One Of Apple's Key Designers Is Out As Jony Ive Gets More Power
Mike Nudelman/Business Insider
Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac reports that Apple's Human Interface Vice President Greg Christie will soon be leaving the company. Gurman, citing internal Apple sources, writes that Jony Ive, Apple's VP in charge of design, will soon helm all of Apple's software design efforts.
Christie currently reports directly to Apple's Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering, but Ive will soon take the lead in managing the company's design team.
Sources have reportedly told Gurman that this shakeup has resulted from a falling out between Ive and Christie. The two reportedly clashed over creative direction when Ive tasked Apple's Human Interface team with designing iOS 7.
iOS 7 signified a major design change for Apple's mobile software compared to previous versions. The overall operating system now sports a much flatter design than its former iterations, and Apple has added a new Control Center menu for quickly managing settings. It feels like a completely new environ emt compared to older editions of iOS.
The shakeup comes just before Apple's World Wide Developer Conference in June, where the company is likely to reveal iOS 8 and its next-generation desktop software, Mac OS X 10.10.
We've reached out to Apple for comment and will update if we hear back.
- Tesla tells some laid-off employees their separation agreements are canceled and new ones are on the way
- Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is the messiest, horniest, and funniest album she's ever made
- One of the world's only 5-star airlines seems to be considering asking business-class passengers to bring their own cutlery
- UP board exam results announced, CM Adityanath congratulates successful candidates
- RCB player Dinesh Karthik declares that he is 100 per cent ready to play T20I World Cup
- 9 Foods that can help you add more protein to your diet
- The Future of Gaming Technology
- Stock markets stage strong rebound after 4 days of slump; Sensex rallies 599 pts