Apple's senior vice president of design Jonathan Ive was awarded the title of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen
Elizabeth.
The title recognizes Ive's achievements in industrial design as leader of the team that produced not only the iPod but also the iMac, iBook, and Powerbook computer lines in his nearly 13-year career at Apple.
Ive studied design and art at Newcastle Polytechnic in England. In 1989, he became a partner at Tangerine, a London-based design agency where he worked on products ranging from power tools to wash basins. He joined Apple in 1992 and became the leader of the company's design team in 1996.
Ive and his team of designers have received numerous awards from design institutions, including British advertising trade group D&AD, German design museums Red Dot and iF, Industrial Designers Society of America, and the
(U.K.) Royal Society of Arts.
His work has been exhibited around the world and is featured in permanent
collections at museums including New York's Museum of Modern Art and the Center Pompidou in Paris.
The rank of CBE is the third most senior rank among the five British classes of chivalry.
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