苹果明星设计师Jony Ive要离职

苹果明星设计师Jony Ive要离职

The Apple designer responsible for the look of most of the company’s most iconic products — including the 苹果公司大部分标志性产品——包括iPhone——的外观设计师在任职27年后将离职。

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.

苹果公司在一份新闻稿中表示，在史蒂夫•乔布斯(Steve Jobs)的领导下逐步晋升的乔尼•艾夫(Jony Ive)将成立一家名为LoveFrom的独立设计公司，苹果自称将是该公司的忠实客户。

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.

现年52岁的伊夫在iPod、iPad、iPhone、Mac等产品的设计中发挥了重要作用。他最近负责设计了苹果公司的新园区，园区的总体呈太空船形状。

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.

在接受英国《金融时报》采访时，艾夫表示，尽管他不是苹果的员工，但在“未来许多年”，他仍将“积极参与”苹果的业务。

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

他说：“现在似乎是做出这种改变的自然而温和的时机。”

Whether investors agree remains to be seen.

投资者是否同意，还有待观察。

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

Wedbush的分析师Dan Ives告诉邮报：“谁都不能取代艾夫。”

“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.”

“艾夫一直是苹果的灵魂和核心人物，我认为他的离开会给苹果留下巨大的空白。”

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

艾夫离职之际，由于中美贸易紧张，iPhone的销量放缓，中国又恰好是iPhone的主要生产国。

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.

据苹果称，艾夫的工作将由苹果工业设计副总裁埃文斯·汉基(EvansHankey)和人机界面设计副总裁艾伦·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.

艾夫离职的消息传开，苹果股价下跌超过1.2%，至199.74美元。