[proee]

At this point in his career, Jony Ive is best suited for doing deep dive studies on the corner-radius of new products. And even then, you might as well just default it to that of an ipad, because that seems to be his preference for all things, including $650k Ferraris.

[jazzpush2]

He has no taste anymore. He was right once, made too much money, and lost touch with everything. Now he's a tasteless boomer.

[paradox460]

Even that's a stretch. Without Dieter Rams Braun designs, he likely wouldn't have anything

[wolvoleo]

Rams was part of a whole movement that certainly inspired Ive. But really he's come up with great original work.

Especially the fruity era that brought apple back from the brink was not Rams inspired at all. And it was pretty genius. I still see his work from that time as a retro icon in hipster coffee shops. I owned a blue iBook from that time and it was really comfortable to work on due to its smooth edges (though carrying it by its handle had a bit too much of a handbag look)

One thing I do criticise him for is that he's always been form over function. The puck mouse is one good example from that era, anyone who has used it will understand that round is not a good shape for a mouse.

But originality, yes. He was inspired sure but nobody exists in a vacuum.

[redorb]

I would say he isn't what he once was, age will get us all. However 'has no taste anymore' is too far the other way AND 'tasteless boomer' is in itself a tasteless comment.

[UltraSane]

I don't think the new Ferrari looks bad, just not like a Ferrari.

[ulfw]

It would make a nice 35,000$ Nissan as designed. Not a 650,000$ Ferrari

[BizarroLand]

It looks like someone went to 2060 and brought back a Beetle

[beAbU]

Imagine what he'll be able to charge if he does one of those pepsi logo analyses things for a large corp...