Apple's New CEO John Ternus Is Making Product Design a 'Major Priority'
Ternus is visiting the studio several times a week as Apple promotes junior designers and hires new talent to rebuild its design bench.
- Since becoming CEO about a month ago, John Ternus has taken a hands-on role in Apple's industrial design and human interface teams, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
- Apple has lacked a true design lead since Jony Ive departed in 2019, with former COO Jeff Williams managing the department until his departure last year.
- In contrast to former CEO Tim Cook, who visited about once a month, Ternus visits the design studio multiple times weekly, with Gurman describing him as "immersed" in the work.
- Molly Anderson and Steve Lemay now serve as leads for industrial design and human interface respectively, with Ternus acting as the overarching decision maker for design.
- While Apple has lost design talent to Meta and OpenAI, the company has not sought a new Chief Design Officer, focusing instead on internal promotions and external hiring.
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Apple's CEO, John Turnus, works with industrial and software design teams several times a week.
John Ternus is taking a more 'hands-on' role in Apple's design teams as CEO: report
Since Jony Ive’s departure from Apple in 2019, the company hasn’t had much of a true design lead. For a while, former COO Jeff Williams was in charge of design, until his departure last year. Since then, CEO John Ternus has taken a significant interest in both of Apple’s design teams: industrial design and human interface, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. more…
Since taking office as CEO of Apple last month, John Ternus has made product design an absolute top priority. This is reported by Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman in his weekly Power On newsletter.
Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, has made product design a top priority for the company. Here are all the details of the new engineer-driven leader's design vision at Apple.
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