蘋果明星設計師Jony Ive要離職

蘋果明星設計師Jony Ive要離職

The Apple designer responsible for the look of most of the company’s most iconic products — including the 蘋果公司大部分標志性產品——包括iPhone——的外觀設計師在任職27年后將離職。

Jony Ive, who rose in the ranks under Steve Jobs, will be forming an independent design company called LoveFrom that will boast Apple as a client, the company said in a press release.

蘋果公司在一份新聞稿中表示，在史蒂夫•喬布斯(Steve Jobs)的領導下逐步晉升的喬尼•艾夫(Jony Ive)將成立一家名為LoveFrom的獨立設計公司，蘋果自稱將是該公司的忠實客戶。

The 52-year-old Ive is credited with playing a major role in the design of the iPod, iPad, iPhone, Mac and more. He was most recently responsible for designing Apple’s new campus with a spaceship-shaped headquarters.

現(xiàn)年52歲的伊夫在iPod、iPad、iPhone、Mac等產品的設計中發(fā)揮了重要作用。他最近負責設計了蘋果公司的新園區(qū)，園區(qū)的總體呈太空船形狀。

In an interview with the Financial Times, Ive said that he will still be “very involved” with Apple for “many years to come” despite not being an employee.

在接受英國《金融時報》采訪時，艾夫表示，盡管他不是蘋果的員工，但在“未來許多年”，他仍將“積極參與”蘋果的業(yè)務。

“This just seems like a natural and gentle time to make this change,” he said.

他說：“現(xiàn)在似乎是做出這種改變的自然而溫和的時機。”

Whether investors agree remains to be seen.

投資者是否同意，還有待觀察。

“You don’t replace an Ive,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives told The Post.

Wedbush的分析師Dan Ives告訴郵報：“誰都不能取代艾夫。”

“Ive has been a key part of the DNA in Cupertino and has been the heart of the operation there. I think it leaves a huge void at Apple.”

“艾夫一直是蘋果的靈魂和核心人物，我認為他的離開會給蘋果留下巨大的空白。”

Ive’s departure comes as iPhone sales are slowing amid trade tensions with China, where much of the product is made.

艾夫離職之際，由于中美貿易緊張，iPhone的銷量放緩，中國又恰好是iPhone的主要生產國。

His duties will be taken over by Apple’s vice president of industrial design, Evans Hankey, and vice president of human interface design, Alan Dye, according to Apple.

據(jù)蘋果稱，艾夫的工作將由蘋果工業(yè)設計副總裁埃文斯·漢基(EvansHankey)和人機界面設計副總裁艾倫·戴伊(AlanDye)接替。

News of Ive’s departure sent Apple shares down more than 1.2 percent in extended trading, to $199.74.

艾夫離職的消息傳開，蘋果股價下跌超過1.2%，至199.74美元。