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Jony Ive
Oct 3, 2024 5:12 AM

Author:Leander Kahney,Simon Vance

Jony Ive

Brought to you by Penguin.

An intimate look at the legendary British designer behind Apple's most iconic products - including the Apple Watch

With the death of Steve Jobs in 2011, JONY IVE has become the most important person at Apple. Some would argue he always was.

Steve Jobs discovered Ive in 1997, when he found the scruffy British designer toiling away in a studio surrounded by hundreds of sketches and prototypes. Jobs instantly realised he had found a talent who could reverse Apple's decline, and become his 'spiritual partner'.

Their collaboration produced iconic products including the iMac, iPod, iPad and iPhone. Designs that overturned entire industries and created the world's most powerful brand.

Little has been known about this shy, softly-spoken designer. Until now. Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products tells the riveting story of a creative genius, from his early interest in industrial design to his meteoric rise, as well as the principles and practices that led Ive to become the designer of his generation.

'Sheds new light on technology's most-watched design team' Observer

'A real pleasure' GQ

© Leander Kahney 2015 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Reviews

Sheds new light on technology's most-watched design team. Rare glimpses into working practices at Apple

—— The Observer

Kahney does an excellent job. A real pleasure

—— GQ

A look at the design philosophy that has made addicts of millions of us. One for the design geek/Apple freak in your life

—— Harper's Bazaar

Cyber warfare and criminal hacking has never been more pertinent. This a must read to understand the threats currently facing all of us globally

—— Annie Machon, author of Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers

Part detective story, part thriller, but scary since it is all true. White exposes North Korea as a pariah State where ruthless dictatorship joins forces with international cyber crime. A compelling account of a 21st century threat to us all

—— Sir David Omand, former head of GCHQ and author of How Spies Think

Geoff White's thorough investigation reads as part detective story, part thriller, but scary since it is all true. He exposes North Korea as a pariah State where ruthless dictatorship joins forces with international cyber crime. A compelling account of a 21st century threat to us all

—— Professor Sir David Omand, former head of GCHQ and author of How Spies Think

North Korea is one of the world's least understood countries. By uncovering key details about the innovative methods of the Lazarus Group, and richly detailing its operations, Geoff White has performed a crucial service in our conception of the criminal state that is North Korea. Read this book!

—— Isaac Stone Fish, author of America Second: How America's Elites Are Making China Stronger

In this captivating gem of a book, Geoff takes us on a whirlwind global adventure that covers the events around a fascinating and important cyber attack that we all should be aware of

—— Jack Rhysider, founder of Darknet Diaries

While the book reads like a typical Hollywood crime drama, in the end the good guys do not win

—— Foreign Policy

A pacey insight into the cutting edge of modern crime and an equally fascinating portrait of life inside North Korea

—— The Economist

A globe-trotting, criminal thriller, with geopolitical implications, glitz and glamour, high tech, life and death stakes, and, what's more-it is all true.

—— Joshua C. Huminsk , Diplomatic Courier

A riveting investigation reveals a world of shadowy criminals, sophisticated hacks and bungled schemes

—— Financial Times

A captivating read that contains everything from geopolitics and cybercrime to Hollywood and the idiosyncrasies of North Korea's over-the-top regime-none of which can be dull on any day

—— India Times

An easy-to-read book on cybersecurity. If you hold crypto, you need to know the basics of security

—— Changpeng Zhao , CEO of Binance

A powerful critique of the way we conceive of time in the modern, industrial world ... striking ... Odell calls for a way of living that is less extractive, less dependent on domination, and less about the human self

—— Guardian

The bestselling author of How to Do Nothing ... returns with another urgent examination of modern life

—— i-D

A moving and provocative game changer

—— Publishers Weekly

In a work both magisterial and elliptical, Odell takes on the concept of 'time' from every conceivable angle ... This is both an irresistible big-idea book an a guide to rethinking a burning world

—— LA Times

A penetrating, provocative investigation into the subject of time - how to understand and live with it - on both an individual and societal level ... impressive

—— Shelf Awareness

Temporal structure has its comforts, particularly following a tumultuous three years ... That yo-you effect [of the last few years] drew me to Saving Time, Jenny Odell's sharp book tracing the cultural forces that shape our conception of time

—— Laura Regensdorf, Vanity Fair

Odell fights to provide us with an alternative way to experience the time we have

—— i Paper

Ambitious ... a pleasure to read ... thought-provoking

—— New Scientist

A sweeping yet personal challenge to assumptions Western society makes about the relationships between individuals and the finite hours in a given day

—— Time Magazine

Odell argues convincingly that our daily experience is dominated by the corporate clock that so many of us contort ourselves to fit inside

—— Irish Independent

The best beach read of the year ... Read it, and then think deeply about how you are reading your own time

—— The Media Leader

Odell's latest book, Saving Time, is great at analysing where a lot of our notions about how to use our time came from (hint: capitalism).

—— RTE Ireland

One of President Barack Obama's 'Favourite books of 2019'

—— President Barack Obama on How To Do Nothing
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