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Before all the Sam Altman drama at OpenAI, we saw various reports claiming that the CEO was setting up plans to develop ChatGPT hardware. What was exciting about those plans was Jony Ive’s involvement. Apparently, Sam Altman and Jony Ive have been meeting to discuss making a product that might be seen as the iPhone of AI. Reports at the time said the new venture might rely on a massive $1 billion backing.I explained why ChatGPT would need its own home and why hardware development is inevitable. With or without…

The days of Jony Ive roaming the halls of Apple Park are long gone, but so is much of the design team that worked under him a swell. Now, another senior member of Apple's industrial design team has moved on to pastures new. Peter Russell-Clarke spent almost 20 years with Apple but reportedly left the company back in October shortly after the unveiling of the revamped iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro handsets.Ive of course left Apple back in 2019 but there has been a steady loss of design know-how ever since, with multiple…

You enjoyed his iMacs, his iPhones, his iPads. You thrilled at the way he said “aluminium” . You admired the typeface. Are you ready for the $60,000 turntable? Better make up your mind fast, because Linn is only producing 250 of these handmade bad boys. A record player doesn’t seem like a logical extension of Jony Ive’s post-Apple career — but then, nothing about Jony Ive’s post-Apple career has seemed especially logical. And hey, more power to him. Apple’s longtime chief designer officer likely isn’t hurting for…

Jony Ive has been busy since leaving Apple, with his design agency working on things like a typeface, a charity clown nose and “the future of Airbnb.” LoveFrom’s latest project takes Ive back to his hardware days — it’s a new model of a modular turntable that’s been around for half a century. LoveFrom helped refine Linn’s Sondek LP12 for a 50th anniversary edition. Ive told Fast Company it was a “very gentle and modest project” for LoveFrom that stems from his team’s admiration for Linn. Perhaps as a result of that,…

LoveFrom, the design firm formed by Apple’s former design head Jony Ive, has collaborated with British audio brand Linn on a 50th anniversary edition of its Sondek LP12 turntable. Just 250 models of the Linn Sondek LP12-50 will be produced and delivered between August 2023 and March 2024, with the limited edition turntable available to reserve now for an eye-watering $60,000 (£50,000). According to a blog post from Linn CEO Gilad Tiefenbrun, the collaboration dates back to early 2022 when Tiefenbrun was offered a meeting…

Jony Ive and his team at LoveFrom have made a new design for King Charles III called the “Astra Carta” seal. The seal is meant to represent the UK’s call to action for public and private sectors to work together on responsible and sustainable use of outer space. It marks his second project for King Charles this year after LoveFrom made a royal emblem to herald the King’s recent coronation earlier. The seal, which is animated on the sustainability initiative’s official site, is a circular badge with the all-caps Latin…

iPhone 15 series is expected to be unveiled later this year as the successor to the current-generation iPhone 14 lineup. The company's upcoming handsets are tipped to feature hardware upgrades such as a periscope camera for the top-of-the-line Pro model, as well as USB Type-C ports. According to a noted Wall Street analyst, Apple's purported iPhone 15 series of smartphones will push owners of millions of older iPhone models to upgrade their handsets, despite an expected increase in pricing for the upcoming phones.Apple…

iPhone 15 series is expected to be unveiled later this year as the successor to the current-generation iPhone 14 lineup. The company's upcoming handsets are tipped to feature hardware upgrades such as a periscope camera for the top-of-the-line Pro model, as well as USB Type-C ports. According to a noted Wall Street analyst, Apple's purported iPhone 15 series of smartphones will push owners of millions of older iPhone models to upgrade their handsets, despite an expected increase in pricing for the upcoming phones.Apple…

Apple on Monday is expected to show off pricy mixed-reality headgear at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, challenging Facebook-owner Meta in a market that has yet to sizzle.The iPhone maker has remained mum on reports that it is poised to unveil a headset for augmented or virtual reality experiences at its annual jamboree for developers and app designers. The release would be the most significant product launch by the iconic iPhone maker since it unveiled the Apple Watch in 2015. It could also invite more…

While you may be looking forward to Apple's rumored VR headset in the coming months or an Apple Watch Series 9 as we approach the fall, the company's ex-head designer has been busy designing a red nose.For those unaware, Red Nose Day (opens in new tab) by Comic Relief (opens in new tab) is an event held in the UK since 1988 that aims to help those in poverty worldwide. The charity was created by Richard Curtis, a writer responsible for films and TV shows such as Notting Hill and Love Actually, alongside Lenny Henry, an…