On: Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple

[psawaya]

I think it's interesting that Jony Ive came to Apple before Steve returned. Jobs didn't have to recruit him, and he fit perfectly into what Apple became.

[sirn → psawaya]

'I often joke that my tombstone will say, "The Guy Who Hired Jonathan Ive",'

- Robert Brunner, Apple's former Chief of Industrial Design

[sylvinus → psawaya]

He didn't recruit him but he got him out of the closet where he was hidden and put him in charge of the design team