Seen on the Green - Jonathan Ive

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    Seen on the Green

    Famous Faces From Chingfordby Thom Goddard

    This Month: Jonathan Ive

    Everyone knows Jonathan Ive. One of the most famous people in the world and a true man ofthe moment. No, name not ring a bell? How about some of his creations: The iPod, theiPhone, the iPad, the iMac and the MacBook. Some of modern times most famous and iconicinventions were designed and created by a boy from Chingford.

    Jonathan Paul Ive CBE, or Mr Mac as he is known in the technology industry, was born in 1967at Whipps Cross Hospital. His father, once a silversmith and now an Ofsted Schools Inspector,remembers how young Jonathan used to drive him wild by painstakingly dismantling their radiosand cassette recorders just so he could try and put them back together again. All this training inChingford has certainly paid off as Ive is listed by The Times as one of the most influentialBritish people in the world: the man who designed the iPod and many more of Apple's mosticonic products has shaken up both the global music and the electronics industries.1

    Jonathan Ive attended the Chingford Foundation School, Nevin Drive, and moved on to studyIndustrial Design. His passion for art and design was noticed from an early age as one of histeachers says You see his kind of talent probably once in a lifetime of teaching students. Whileworking in London in 1992 thinking up new toilets, Jonathan was approached by then almostbankrupt Apple Computers.

    Ive moved to California and was an instant success as he designed and created the first iMaccomputer reversing Apples fortunes. Then, in 2001, Jonathan changed the modern world withthe iPod which has made him an iconic legend and The man who made computers cool2. Thetasteful, minimalist design of the iPod is already enjoyed by hundreds of millions of fans acrossthe world including the Prime Minister David Cameron, Queen Elizabeth II, Tony Blair, George

    W. Bush and even Pope Benedict XVI. U2 singer Bono has said of Jonathan: If he had a fanclub, Id be in it.

    One could believe that all this fame, and tidy $2 million-a-year salary, might have gone to hishead. However, Jonathan Ive likes to remain incognito by rarely giving interviews or attendinggala events, always dressing in jeans and a t-shirt, and supposedly reading The Sun everymorning. So if our modern day Isambard Kingdom Brunel returns to Chingford we may neverknow. But do keep a look out for anyone you meet in the Mount or have seen on the Green!

    If you spot anyone contact: [email protected] Sunday Times 2007The Daily Telegraph 2008