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Re:Marc Newson to Join Apple’s Design Team by dewitt on Friday September 05, 2014 @06:22PM (#8276619)
If I were running Apple, I'd be more worried about becoming great at online services (cloud, auth, security, identity) rather than doubling down on their expertise in fashion and user interface.

This is probably just some poorly timed high-profile acquisitions (Beats) and hires (Dre, Iovine, Ahrendts, Newson), though. I'm sure this occurs to them as well...

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Re:Marc Newson to Join Apple’s Design Team by WoodenChair on Friday September 05, 2014 @06:38PM (#8276681)
Design is much more than "fashion" and "user interface." Then again people who don't appreciate design tend to be down on Apple more generally...
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Re:Marc Newson to Join Apple’s Design Team by Igglyboo on Friday September 05, 2014 @07:04PM (#8276760)
I'd have to agree sadly. "Use android you can do way more stuff with it and install custom ROMS". Too bad they all look like shit, especially the vendor specific UIs.

Google really needs to start working on the Android UI and forcing vendors to use it, windows phone/iOS blow android out of the water when it comes to design.

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Re:Marc Newson to Join Apple’s Design Team by ajizzle on Sunday September 07, 2014 @05:12AM (#8280637)
Also, Android should really start restricting their users to a certain screen size. Preferably very very small. This is a basic design principle that they really should have done their homework on.
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Re:Marc Newson to Join Apple’s Design Team by cherry_su on Friday September 05, 2014 @07:25PM (#8276831)
Exactly. "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." said Steve Jobs.
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Re:Marc Newson to Join Apple’s Design Team by serve_yay on Friday September 05, 2014 @06:30PM (#8276644)
Companies "worry" about lots of things at once, especially the ones as big as Apple.
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Re:Marc Newson to Join Apple’s Design Team by threeseed on Friday September 05, 2014 @06:55PM (#8276733)
And that's why you're effectively a nobody and most of the Apple execs are considered leaders in the field.

Pretty sure focusing on strengthening their music talent (given how important it is to the iEcosystem) is far more important than worrying about cloud identity.

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