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Jonathan Ive’s Earlier Work

Posted: August 12th, 2010 | Author: mark | Filed under: IP, Intellectual Capital, Patents | Tags: , , , | 2 Comments »

Jony Ive started his career at Apple in 1992, although Steve Jobs only returned to Apple in 1998.

These were patented by Jony before the return of Steve Jobs in 1998:

1. Handheld Computer Housing (D366463). Applied for in 1994.
Most fanboys will recognize what this is:
1_handheld_computer_housing1

2. Stylus for a handheld computer (D368079). Applied for in 1994.
2_stylus

3. Cradle for a PDA (D373121). 1994.
3_cradle

4. Computer Printer (D386519). 1996.
4_printer

5. Computer Display (D372023). 1995.
I hated this something rotten. I hate the white noise it emitted. It turned me off Macs for years to come. Okay, yes I know we can’t blame the casing designer for the internal workings.
5_computer_display

6. Another Computer Display (D373120). 1995.
This one sucked too:
6_computer_display

7. Computer Enclosure (D368254). 1995.
Another white noise emitting headache inducer:
7_computer_enclosure

8. Computer Housing (D372019). 1995.
Nnnnooooooo:
8_computer_housing

Then Steve Jobs came back. Jony Ive was inspired. So he designed these… woo:

D456023:
9a

D413105:
9b

D461187:
9c

And thus concludes my current obsessing with Jonathan Ive’s patents.

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2 Comments on “Jonathan Ive’s Earlier Work”

  1. 1 Charlie said at 7:18 pm on August 12th, 2010:

    Jony has brought some fantastic designs to Apple, they’ve always looked the part. I still think that the G4 Cube is one of the best looking computers ever made – despite it’s technical issues.

    Part of the reason I use Apple kit is because I just love the look and feel of it, hardware and software.

    I wish the Amiga could have grown in a similar way :(

  2. 2 mark said at 12:21 am on August 17th, 2010:

    Amiga is still not dead yet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne_X1000

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