Huy Minh Nguyen: May 2011

Jonathan Ive has combined what he describes as “fanatical care beyond the obvious stuff” with relentless experiments into new tools, materials and production processes, to design such ground-breaking products. Lady Gaga, how appropriate—how accurate!—her name is. It is more of a title, really, one she bestowed upon herself mere moments before she became so insanely famous. Winfrey's open, warm-hearted personal style had won her 100,000 more viewers than Donahue and had taken her show from last place to first in the ratings. I remember always being intrested in made objects, excited to the point of being touched by madness. Winfrey, who became almost as well-known for her weight loss efforts as for her talk show, lost an estimated 90 pounds (dropping to her ideal weight of around 150 pounds) and competed in the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC, in 1995. After visiting a few design consultancies I eventually decided that product design would be a pretty good foundation as it seemed the most general. I studied art and design at school. In person, she is unfailingly polite and surprisingly dignified. Importantly, I worked out what I was good at and what I was bad at. The fact that she has a huge voice, plays the piano and the stand-up bass, and wrote every lyric and melody herself and Her relationship with her fans occasionally seems to verge on unhealthy. There is a loyalty that I have for Apple and a belief that this company has an impact beyond design which feels important."Everything you done to me already done to you.' It is the Golden Rule to the 10th power."

REFERENCES:

Oprah winfrey:

http://www.biography.com/articles/oprah-winfrey-9534419
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/The-Oprah-Winfrey-Show-Finale_1/4

Lady Gaga:

http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/lady-gaga-our-lady-of-pop/

Jonathan Ive:

http://designmuseum.org/design/jonathan-ive?print=1