Well, aside from Airbnb’s current Chief Design Officer, Alex Schleifer, who is “stepping down” following this news. Airbnb hires former Apple designer Jony Ive This story is from October 22, 2020.
So maybe it’s a net neutral for everyone. Obviously Ive going there is unlikely to make the company change (which is a shame), but it will probably improve the service (which is good). Which is a little bit of a shame because it has been a driving force behind gentrification, rising rents, and the housing crisis. Jony Ive fretaget fr att dra igng den egna konsultfirman LoveFrom. You’ll have to make do with a new website instead.Īirbnb has been hit hard by the pandemic ( bookings were down by 80%), but it is bound to survive. The Verge har hittat ngra intressanta utbyten mellan hgt uppsatta p Apple dr. What this actually means - according to the Financial Times - is that Ive will overhaul Airbnb’s app and website, one element of this being revamping the site’s rating system for guests and hosts.Īll this is exciting, but a shame if you were expecting a fleet of swanky new Airbnb complexes that are an engineering feat, managing to distill the essential form of humanity into a relevant architectual mechanism. Airbnb has hired Sir Jony Ive, the lead designer of Apple’s IMac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, to create the next generation of the home rental firm’s products and services. The goal? Well, that’d be to “design the next generation of Airbnb products and services” and help “develop its internal design team.” Chesky wrote that Airbnb and LoveFrom will be “engaging in a special collaboration,” working together through a “multi-year relationship.” In his final years at Apple, he led design work on the Apple Park campus and the new look of Apple Stores.The flat-sharing accommodation chain’s CEO - Brian Chesky - announced this collaboration in on its blog. Obviously, Ive has a passion for architecture … and Airbnb rents homes. It seems unlikely Airbnb is going to start creating consumer hardware gadgets, signalling a departure of Ive’s interests from what he his best known for at Apple that is, helping to create the most popular consumer electronics gadgets of all time. Ive helped flesh out Airbnbs logo in 2014, while Chesky wrote Ives biography for Time magazines top 100 most influential people in 2015. It’s not entirely clear what Airbnb has planned. As noted by The Information, Ive and Chesky have known each other for years. The Airbnb release says that LoveFrom has amassed a creative team including designers, architects, musicians, writers, engineers and artists. The company’s co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky has announced Airbnb’s multi. In Airbnb’s statement today, Chesky said that he and Ive have been “good friends for many years”. Airbnb has brought Jony Ive onboard to help the company design new products and services over the next few years.
Back in 2015, Ive wrote the TIME 100 entry for Airbnb’s CEO Brian Chesky, calling the company a “remarkable startup”. Ive will help design the next generation of Airbnb products and services.Īlthough the announcement is a surprise, it is true that Ive has long held Airbnb in high praise. Whilst we are still waiting for Ive’s supposed ongoing relationship with Apple to bear any fruit, today Airbnb revealed a multi-year partnership with Jony Ive and LoveFrom. At the time, it was announced that Ive would form a new independent design firm called ‘LoveFrom’ which would regard Apple as a primary client. Sir Jony Ive, the designer behind the iPhone, will lead a redesign of Airbnb's core products and services, as it aims to shift public perception of its brand. Jony Ive retired from Apple about a year ago, following an almost 25 year tenure as head of Apple product design.
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