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- Medhi Naitmazi
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The 24-inch iMac released a few days ago was designed, at least in part, by Jony Ive, the company’s former design director. Wired reports that even though Ive officially left Apple in 2019, he was still involved in the design of the all-new iMac M1.
Jony Ive contributed to iMac 2021
Unfortunately, the details here are quite vague. Apple would not have confirmed the timeline of Ive’s involvement in the new iMac design, only that he “worked on it”.
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Jony Ive was involved in the design of this new iMac, although he left Apple in 2019. Hardware design is a long process, so it might not be surprising that Ive’s fingerprints are all over the place. on this new desktop computer. But, interestingly, Apple wouldn’t confirm or deny whether it was working on the 2021 iMac after leaving the company – just that it had worked on it.
Product design takes years, especially at Apple, especially for a product as drastically redesigned as the iMac M1. Therefore, it is not surprising that Ive was potentially involved in the design of the iMac in 2018 and 2019, before his departure, although some reports indicated that he had started to withdraw from Apple before the official departure, around 2015.
It would have been nice to know if I’ve only contributed in the early stages of the iMac redesign, or if he continued to work on it after he left Apple. As a reminder, whoever created the iPod, iPhone or iPad left Apple to form his own independent design company LoveFrom, and it was said that Apple would be a customer of LoveFrom. However, we have not learned more about the extent of this relationship.
It’s easy to see how Jony Ive potentially influenced the design of the new iMac, ranging from the ultra-thin body to the iconic chin that persists. The design turned out to be somewhat polarizing because of that chin and white framing.
Despite this information, it seems fair to assume that most of the inspiration came from the current Apple industrial design group, led by Evans Hankey and Alan Dye.
What do you think of the new design of the iMac 2021 offered in seven punchy colors and featuring the M1 chip? For our part, we expect a larger and more upscale version, probably with more sober colors and black outlines.
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