Jony Ive was promoted to director of Apple design

In today's letter to employees Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the reshuffle. The first changes were one of the most famous designers in the world - Jonathan Ive. Now he takes a completely new, specially created for him the post of design director (Chief Design Officer) Apple.

Quince previous responsibilities were divided between the two new people. Now, Apple's two vice president of design. Richard Howarth (Richard Howarth) will be engaged in industrial design, Alan Dai (Alan Dye) - user interface.

- The new role of Johnny Quince displays a large amount of work that has been entrusted to him lately. Responsibilities to develop design of our products have expanded from hardware to software level. Then he began to help with the design of retail stores, packages of goods, even in the construction of our new campus, - says Tim Cook.

Among the merits of Richard Howarth Cook said almost 20 years of experience in the Apple and participate in product design virtually all Mac computers and every generation of iPhone. Give Alan remembered the head of Apple as an innovator, a hand in the creation of iOS 7 and Apple Watch user interface.

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