“While there is still a decent chance this year’s U.S. continues to decline as consumers contend with both economic uncertainties and a new post-pandemic normal,” said Sensor Tower gaming insights lead Dennis Yeh last week. But this year's decline marks a surprising downturn for mobile. Mobile gaming has typically offset the losses in console and PC gaming and has been the largest and fastest-growing sector in the industry for years. And from a business perspective, Pinterest is continuing to embrace creators and new kinds of content, evolving beyond the original pinning concept. More recently, Christine Martinez filed a lawsuit against Silbermann and Sciarra (but not Sharp) saying that she helped create the company and wasn't fairly compensated. Ifeoma Ozoma, one of those former Pinterest employees, has been a force for culture change across tech, including with the Silenced No More Act. Sharp also leaves Pinterest at a complicated time in the company's history, as it continues to reckon with an internal culture that some employees said included racism and discrimination. "This chance for me to learn alongside the very best at their craft is a tremendous opportunity," Sharp wrote in a note to Pinterest staff. He wrote in a memo to Pinterest staff that he's joining LoveFrom to "grow as a designer and product builder." The new company has scooped a few other designers from Apple in recent weeks, including Chris Wilson and Eugene Whang, according to the Financial Times. He worked with the company as chief design and creative officer, and said he'll remain on the company's board and stick around as an adviser. Silbermann is still the company's CEO, while Sciarra left Pinterest a couple years after its founding. Sharp founded Pinterest alongside Ben Silbermann and Paul Sciarra. In recent years, he had increasingly become one of Apple’s most prominent faces, regularly appearing in design videos for the company.Evan Sharp is leaving Pinterest and heading to LoveFrom, Jony Ive's new company. VP Industrial Design Evans Hankey and VP Human Interface Design Alan Dye, will be stepping up to take the reins from Ive, who joined the company full time in September 1992.īefore ascending to the role of Chief Design Officer, Ive made a name for himself at the company with the design of the PowerBook while still at the London-based design firm, Tangerine. This just seems like a natural and gentle time to make this change.” Ive echoed the sentiment, telling the site, “While I will not be an employee, I will still be very involved - I hope for many, many years to come. After so many years working closely together, I’m happy that our relationship continues to evolve and I look forward to working with Jony long into the future.” “Apple will continue to benefit from Jony’s talents by working directly with him on exclusive projects, and through the ongoing work of the brilliant and passionate design team he has built. “Jony is a singular figure in the design world and his role in Apple’s revival cannot be overstated, from 1998’s groundbreaking iMac to the iPhone and the unprecedented ambition of Apple Park, where recently he has been putting so much of his energy and care,” said Tim Cook said in the release. Per the interview, “There was an employee meeting a number of years ago and Steve was talking . . . He that one of the fundamental motivations was that when you make something with love and with care, even though you probably will never meet . . . the people that you’re making it for, and you’ll never shake their hand, by making something with care, you are expressing your gratitude to humanity, to the species.Īpple confirmed the move in a press release, noting that it will remain a client of his new design firm. Ive says the firm’s name was inspired by late-Apple founder, Steve Jobs. The executive will begin transitioning away from the company at the end of 2019, launching a new project titled LoveFrom next year. Ive led a design team that created an army of consumer electronics’ most iconic devices, including the iPhone, iPod and various Mac models. Sir Jonathan Paul “Jony” Ive told The Financial Times today that he’s leaving Apple after 27 years. The man who won over decades of Apple fans with iconic product design and his pronunciation of “aluminum” is out at the company.
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