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He was ego-free, which was very rare in the design student world. Most design students had lots of ego and very little talent. Jony was the other way around. — Leander Kahney
The iPhone When we are at these early stages in design . . . often we'll talk about the story for the product - we're talking about perception. We're talking about how you feel about the product, not in a physical sense, but in a perceptual sense. - JONY IVE — Leander Kahney
When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they've had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people ... Unfortunately, that's too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have. — Leander Kahney
Someone started taking notes, Steve said, 'You don't need to takes notes. If it's important, you'll remember it'. — Leander Kahney
The lead and his two deputies will also pore through the pages trying to find ways to integrate new ideas. — Leander Kahney
If there's not some sort of friction in a move forward, your step is not as consequential as you'd like to believe it is. — Leander Kahney
We are not interested in design statements. We do everything we can to simplify design. — Leander Kahney
He hated computers having names like ZX75 and numbers of megabytes. He hated technology as it was in the 1990s. — Leander Kahney
He was a really energetic person and desperately keen for his son to succeed. He was simply a caring father who tried to make sure that Jony had all the best opportunities to get on as a designer. — Leander Kahney
We have something really exciting for you today, said Steve Jobs on October, 23, 2001, at a special press event on Apple's campus. Jobs had asked only a few dozen journalists to a product unveiling. — Leander Kahney
When it came to showing models to Steve Jobs, we would select models that we ourselves thought were good,' said Satzger. — Leander Kahney
He was completely interested in humanizing technology. — Leander Kahney
The late eighties was a good vintage. ID was not yet fashionable so a lot of people were doing it for the right reasons - to make good design, not become stars. — Leander Kahney
When you see the most dramatic shift is when you transition from an abstract idea to a slightly more material conversation,' Jony said. — Leander Kahney