President Obama invites Apple design chief Jonathan Ive to state dinner

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Source: Guardian/Apple Insider

The recently knighted Sir Jonathan Ive, Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, will join other notable brits at President Barack Obama's state dinner honoring British Prime Minister David Cameron's first visit to the U.S.

As part of his first U.S. tour, Cameron will take part in a White House dinner where a number of British elites and other guests are planned to take part in a meet and greet with President Obama, reports The Guardian.

Gathering at the nation's capitol with Ive will be other big names familiar to the U.S. public including Sir Richard Branson, golfer Rory McIlroy, musical group Mumford & Sons, and actors Damian Lewis and Hugh Bonneville.

Ive, who has worked for Apple for over 19 years, was a close confidant to the company's late co-founder Steve Jobs. In an interview for his biography, Jobs said that "there's no one who can tell (Ive) what to do. That's the way I set it up.' In December 2011, Ive's status was upgraded from Commander of the British Empire to Knight Commander of the British Empire.



Read more: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/14/ive_invited_to_obamas_state_dinner.html

[Lasher]

1. Obama shouldn't allow an Apple executive anywhere near the White House.

It hasn't been a year ago that Steve Jobs said, "Those jobs aren't coming back." Ive should feel much more welcome at a government-sponsored extravaganza in China.

[got root]

15. I would advise otherwise. Apple has no peer, in one of the most important industries of our time.

Also, he, as well as thousands of others, is employed right here in America, so how can that be done by others, and also increased, is what I would like to know, if i was the president (among other things).

[NYC_SKP]

2. Good. I appreciate Apple's Industrial Design approach.

PC and other electronics and product designers take note.

:kick:

[msongs]

3. yeah PC designers need to design a PC that costs 2X as much and does nothing better lol nt

[Nostradammit]

5. "nothing better"

Tell that to every high-end recording studio in the world that uses a computer.

Macs own that world because they do what they do so much better than PCs.

Same thing in the video world.

[NYC_SKP]

7. Ditto all that.

Reliability. Smart design, inside and out.

And the OS and applications are so intuitive (except iTunes which gives me a headache).

[Nostradammit]

19. Satan himself designed ITunes.

[Art_from_Ark]

20. I don't have any problems with iTunes

In fact, I think it's quite user-friendly

[NYC_SKP]

21. For me, it's an exception to the Apple rule....

...typically, I almost never have had to resort to a user guide or ask for help.

Not with iTunes. Now that I think about it, though, I need help with Pages and Keynote and the new version of iMovie.

I might just be getting old!

[got root]

16. yeah, and then they somehow brainwash everyone to buy the crap! How do they do that?

geniuses i suppose

[high density]

6. Too much form over function.

For instance, power buttons that are hidden on the back of an iMac and silly tiny keyboards that are useless for a touch-typist.

I am being drawn into the Apple world because as a software developer that's increasingly where my customers are, but I definitely would not be seeking it out otherwise.

[got root]

17. function follows form

most folks have it backwards, due to cliche 'thinking'.

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[NYC_SKP]

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[uppityperson]

10. Here's the link to The Guardian story....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/14/white-house-dinner-british-guests

[alp227]

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[uppityperson]

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[muriel_volestrangler]

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There's actually a missing "way to go" post, that you can see in the 'tree' at the top, but not here. It's possible it's something in that that is the problem.

[got root]

14. I would make sure i was seated right next to him

His work speaks for itself, and since i am in the computer industry, in particular user interface, and user experience design and development, i would love to hear his thoughts on those topics... wow, that would be great.

What an honor for Ive, and great pick by team Obama.

[NeedleCast]

23. Seems like a certain president is angling for a free iPad-3