The Shape of Things to Come

Ian Parker's 17,000-word February 2015 New Yorker profile of Jony Ive, the British industrial designer widely credited — alongside Steve Jobs — with reviving Apple's fortunes after 1997. The piece explores Ive's design philosophy, his approach to managing the Apple Design Lab, the development of the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, and his uniquely close working relationship with Jobs, whose final years they spent thinking up products together. A definitive portrait of the designer behind the products that defined an era. Note: New Yorker blocked direct fetching; verified through multiple secondary sources.