As Walt Mossberg pointed out, the original iPhone first went on sale 12 years ago this weekend, which makes it interesting that Jony Ive announced on Friday that he would be leaving Apple later this year. If you were to simply pose the question “if Jony Ive designed a [insert product here],” most people would be able to visualize exactly what that product would look like: minimal design, clean form, functional utility and a copious use of aluminum. That’s remarkable. But not only has Ive made being an industrial designer "cool," he has also been a personal inspiration. So I wrote some words about Ive's influence and published them on The Verge. #apple , #jonyive , #design , #productdesign …see more