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Umagazini waseMelika weza nezindaba ezithakazelisayo The New Yorker, eyashicilela iphrofayili ebanzi kaJony Ivo. I-athikili iqhamuke nemininingwane eminingi mayelana nomklami wenkantolo yakwa-Apple futhi yembula nemininingwane ebingakashicilelwa ngaphambilini mayelana nemisebenzi ka-Ive uqobo kanye nenkampani iyonke.

U-Ive no-Ahrendts basebenzela ukuklama kabusha i-Apple Stores

Inhloko yedizayini kaJony Ive kanye nenhloko yezokudayisa Angela Ahrendts basebenza ndawonye ukushintsha umqondo wezitolo zezitini nodaka ze-Apple. Idizayini entsha yezitolo zama-apula izojwayela ukuthengiswa kwe-Apple Watch. Indawo yesitolo esanda kwakhiwa izoba yindawo engokwemvelo kakhudlwana yokubukisa ngengilazi egcwele igolide (i-Apple Watch Edition ebiza kakhulu), kodwa futhi engenabungane kangako kubavakashi nakubantu, abangathinta kalula iningi lemikhiqizo yamanje.

Iphansi lingase libone izinguquko. Okwamanje, asitholi noma yimaphi amakhaphethi abekwe phansi ezitolo ze-Apple. Nokho, uJony Ive utshele intatheli uParker z I-New Yorker wabika ukuthi uzwe othile ethi akasoze athenga iwashi esitolo ngaphandle uma emi eduze kwebhokisi elibekwe kukhaphethi.

Ngakho-ke umkhakha wesitolo lapho Iwashi lizovezwa khona lingaba uhlobo lwendawo ye-VIP ezobukeka iwubukhazikhazi futhi yenziwe ngendlela efanele, engasizwa ngokhaphethi. Kodwa-ke, akucaci ukuthi uyini umbono ka-Ive no-Ahrendts wengxenye "yobucwebe" ye-Apple Stores. Kepha kubonakala sengathi izinguquko ezitolo kufanele zenzeke ngaphambi kokufika kwenyanga ka-Ephreli, lapho i-Apple Watch isemashalofini ezitolo ze-Apple. izofika.

Kunoma yikuphi, ukuzibandakanya kukaJony Ivo ohlelweni lokuklama kabusha i-Apple Stores kubonisa ukuthi le ndoda inesikhundla esiqine kangakanani ku-Apple. U-Ive wabona ukwanda okukhulu kwekhono lakhe kanye nomthelela ngo-2012, lapho enikezwa umyalo wokuklanywa kwayo yonke i-hardware nesofthiwe. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ungabona ukuthi u-Tim Cook umethemba kangakanani, futhi u-Ive ufinyelela kulezo zingxenye lapho ayengakwazi nhlobo ukufinyelela kuzo eminyakeni embalwa edlule.

UJony Ive naye ubambe iqhaza ekhempasini entsha

Umsebenzi ka-Jony Ivo nethimba lakhe awugcini nge-software, i-hardware kanye ne-Apple Stores entsha. Ekuqaleni umklami wezimboni, uphinde abe ngemuva komklamo wamabhodi akhethekile okuthi, ngenani elingaphezu kwezingcezu eziyizinkulungwane ezine, azokwakha isakhiwo sekhempasi entsha ye-Apple, kusukela phansi kuya ophahleni kuya ezikhaleni zemishini.

Amabhodi akhethekile azodala isakhiwo esinezitezi ezine sezizonke, kuyilapho azolethwa embonini ekhethekile ye-Apple, inkampani eyakhiwe ngenhloso eduze nendawo yokwakha. Ndawonye, ​​izisebenzi zibe sezihlanganisa amabhodi njengephazili. Ngakho-ke, u-Ive uziveze ngomqondo wokuthi i-Apple yakha ikusasa layo esikhundleni sokulakha.

U-Jony Ive kuthiwa ubehileleke kakhulu kuyo yonke inqubo yokuklama isakhiwo, ngisho ngokuqondile kangangokuthi yena ngokwakhe wabeka ijika elikhethekile lapho kuhlangana khona izindonga naphansi. U-Ive uphinde wabamba iqhaza ekutheni umdwebi wamapulani waseBrithani uSir Norman Foster wakhethwa njengomqambi wekhempasi ye-Apple. Inkampani yale ndoda iphinde ibandakanyeke ekwakhiweni kabusha kwendlu ka-Ivo eSan Francisco.

Umklami omkhulu wakwa-Apple naye ungemuva kwesimo se-iconic spaceship esinikezwe ikhampasi entsha. Idizayini yasekuqaleni yayihlose isakhiwo esinesimo se-trilobal, okungukuthi, into efana neqembu elikhulu elivamile lika-Y. Ivo laphinde langenelela ekwakhiweni kwezitebhisi, isikhungo sezivakashi kanye nawo wonke umqondo wezimpawu.

Ikhampasi entsha iyinto eyasho lukhulu kumsunguli ka-Apple ongasekho uSteve Jobs, futhi u-Ive wathi ngebhilidi le-Apple Campus 2 elisakhiwa: “Lena yinto uSteve ayeyithanda kakhulu. Kumuncu kakhulu ngoba kusobala ukuthi kumayelana nekusasa, kodwa noma nini lapho ngiza lapha, kungenza ngicabange nangesikhathi esidlule—nosizi. Ngifisa sengathi angakubona lokhu.'

Isithombe: The New YorkerApple Insider
Photo: Adam Fagen
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