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Ive enrolled in Newcastle Polytechnic and spent his spare time and summers working at a design consultancy.
艾弗進入了紐卡斯爾理工學院學習，并利用業(yè)余時間和暑假在一家設計顧問公司工作。
One of his creations was a pen with a little ball on top that was fun to fiddle with.
他曾經(jīng)設計了一支鋼筆，筆帽上有一個可以撥弄的小球，
It helped give the owner a playful emotional connection to the pen.
讓使用者和鋼筆建立有趣的“情感互動”。
For his thesis he designed a microphone and earpiece -- in purest white plastic -- to communicate with hearing-impaired kids.
他的畢業(yè)設計是一套麥克風和聽筒，由單一的白色塑料制成，用于和有聽力缺陷的兒童交流。
His flat was filled with foam models he had made to help him perfect the design.
艾弗的公寓里擺滿了發(fā)泡材料模型，這些模型幫助他獲得了更完美的設計。
He also designed an ATM machine and a curved phone, both of which won awards from the Royal Society of Arts.
此外，他還設計過一臺自動取款機和一款流線型電話機，這兩個作品都曾獲得英國皇家藝術學院獎。
Unlike some designers, he didn't just make beautiful sketches;
和其他設計師不同，他不僅能勾畫出精美的草圖，
he also focused on how the engineering and inner components would work.
還關注工程學以及內(nèi)部元件的工作原理。
He had an epiphany in college when he was able to design on a Macintosh.
大學時期，喬尼在使用麥金塔做設計時突然開竅了：
"I discovered the Mac and felt I had a connection with the people who were making this product," he recalled.
“我開始了解Mac，并且覺得我和制造這個產(chǎn)品的那群人們在冥冥之中有種聯(lián)系，”他回憶道，
"I suddenly understood what a company was, or was supposed to be."
“我突然理解了公司是什么，或者說，‘應該是什么’。”
