Sir Jonathan Ive is an English designer whose work for Apple Inc. has made him one of the world’s gurus of industrial design. His groundbreaking and stylish work includes the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. He has won many top design awards and has twice been honoured by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. Ive married his high school sweetheart in 1987. They have twin sons and live in California.
喬納森·伊夫爵士是一名英國設計師，他在蘋果的成就讓他成為工業設計領域大師。他的突破性作品包括iMac、iPod、iPhone以及iPad。他獲得過許多設計業的最高獎項，并兩次被伊麗莎白女王表彰。1987年，伊夫與高中同學結婚。并育有雙胞胎兒子，目前生活在加州。
Sir Jonathan was born in London in 1967. Design has been important to him since his childhood. He was fascinated by the skill of his silversmith father, whom he called a “fantastic craftsman”. Ive developed an interest in how things were made and how they worked, as well as their shape and material. He studied industrial design at university before co-founding a design consultancy in London.
伊夫爵士出生在1967年。自孩童時代起，設計對他就十分重要。爸爸是一位銀匠，他被父親的高超技藝所傾倒，他將他稱為“不可思議的手工藝者”。伊夫培養了對事物制作原理，工作原理，形態以及材料的興趣。他的大學專業為工業設計，而在這之前，他在倫敦與別人聯合創辦了一家設計咨詢公司。
Ive’s work on a project for Apple in 1992 landed him with a job at the tech giant. In 1997, he was made Senior Vice President of Industrial Design by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. He headed a team that developed some of the world’s most iconic and innovative products. Six of these are housed in New York’s Museum Of Modern Art. His creations embody simplicity of design, ease of use, and beauty.
1992年，他給蘋果的一份設計方案讓他獲得了這份工作。1997年，聯合創始人喬布斯聘用他為工業設計資深副總裁。全球最標新立異，最富創新精神的產品來自他的團隊。其中六部作品在紐約現代藝術博物館展出。他的設計體現了簡單，實用和美觀。
Ive has received many awards for his genius, including the Design Museum's Designer of the Year prize in 2003. In 2007, Britain’s Observer newspaper listed him in "The 50 Men Who Really Understand Women". In 2010 Fortune magazine named him the "world's smartest designer". A year later he was knighted by Britain’s queen to become “Sir Jonathan”. Ive currently holds around 600 design patents.
伊夫獲得了諸多獎項，包括2003年的設計博物館年度設計獎。2007年，英國《觀察家》雜志將他列入“最了解女性的50名男人”榜單中。2010年，《財富》將他評選為“世界上最聰明的設計師”。一年后，他被伊麗莎白女王授封“喬納森爵士”。目前，他擁有約600個設計專利。
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