{"id":273207,"date":"2024-02-14T05:39:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T10:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=326273"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:03:59","slug":"one-of-the-people-responsible-for-making-apple-what-it-is-today-is-leaving-the-company-after-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/one-of-the-people-responsible-for-making-apple-what-it-is-today-is-leaving-the-company-after-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the people responsible for making Apple what it is today is leaving the company after 30 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only other designer who has worked at Apple for as long as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/apple-almost-eliminates-the-macbook-air-jony-ive-wanted-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jony Ive<\/a> has announced that he will be leaving the company very soon. <strong>This is the end of something very important within Apple, which has been known for its designs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"AppleTV+\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8f7cb2d7-74e2-4492-af0c-06a1761742a1\/457874704\/apple-tv-plus-2019-03-28_12-07-17.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">AppleTV+<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/apple-tv-plus.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/apple-tv-plus.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bart Andre, described as one of &#8220;Ive&#8217;s top partners&#8221;, was part of the design team for 30 years <\/strong>and, with his departure at the end of this month, there will no longer be any high-ranking executives from the Ive era at Apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The design team will now report to the Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Williams<\/strong>, but that decision has caused internal dissent among the staff, as reported in a recent report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apple\u2019s longest-serving senior industrial designer, Bart Andre, is leaving the company, marking the near-complete turnover of a team once led by Jony Ive <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N2iezPISlc\">https:\/\/t.co\/N2iezPISlc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bloomberg Technology (@technology) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/technology\/status\/1757537110804906044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A career of success, farewell to a legend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Andre has been helping the design team to continue launching products with amazing designs since 1992, when he worked alongside Jony Ive<\/strong>. After Evans Hankey&#8217;s resignation in 2022, Andre took over and resumed the work where the previous executive had left off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, with his retirement comes another problem, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-02-13\/apple-s-longest-serving-designer-bart-andre-retiring-from-company?embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"according to Bloomberg\">according to Bloomberg<\/a>. <strong>The design team will now be under the leadership of Jeff Williams and, according to sources familiar with the matter, the relationship between the two parties is more than sour.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Apple?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Apple<\/a>&#39;s longest serving industrial designer, spending 32 years at the company, is leaving. <br>Bart Andre was one of Jony Ive&#39;s top lieutenants and helped run things after Evans Hankey left in 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qpyCnp8eKE\">pic.twitter.com\/qpyCnp8eKE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; AppleInsider (@appleinsider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/appleinsider\/status\/1757671983041380787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the reasons for this heated behavior is that <strong>the design team is accountable to an executive in charge of Apple&#8217;s operations<\/strong>, which can lead to a conflict of competencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secondly, <strong>Williams has implemented some cost-cutting measures, which likely frustrates the team<\/strong> that has invested countless hours in designing numerous prototypes. Fortunately, there are still some Apple employees who were previously part of Jony Ive&#8217;s core design team to maintain peace: Richard Howarth, Molly Anderson, and Duncan Kerr.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"AppleTV+\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8f7cb2d7-74e2-4492-af0c-06a1761742a1\/457874704\/apple-tv-plus-2019-03-28_12-07-17.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">AppleTV+<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/apple-tv-plus.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div 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