Jony Ive
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Honours
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Rankings
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Covers
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Records
Jony Ive is one of the most decorated industrial designers alive. He has been named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People four times (2005, 2010, 2015, 2018) and was ranked #1 on Fast Company's Most Creative People list in 2009. He was knighted by Prince William in 2012 for services to design and enterprise. Ive served as chancellor of the Royal College of Art since 2017 and joined the British Museum's board of trustees in 2025. In 2015, he was inducted into the Design Museum Hall of Fame and received the London Design Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knighted for services to design and enterprise.
Chancellor of the Royal College of Art
Honorary leadership role at the UK's leading art and design university.
Design Museum Hall of Fame
Inducted for lifetime achievement in design.
Honorary Doctorate from University of Oxford
Honorary degree for contributions to design.
Honorary Doctorate from University of Cambridge
Honorary degree for contributions to design.
Rankings & Lists
TIME 100 Most Influential People
TIME 100 Most Influential People
TIME 100 Most Influential People
TIME 100 Most Influential People
Fast Company Most Creative People
Dezeen 100 Most Influential People in Design
Fortune World's Greatest Leaders
Magazine Covers
TIME
May 2005
The Genius of Design: Jony Ive
TIME
October 2010
The Man Who Designed the iPhone
Wired
August 2004
The Designer Who Saved Apple
Vanity Fair
July 2015
The Apple of His Eye: Jony Ive's Design Revolution
GQ
October 2013
Jony Ive: The Most Important Designer Alive
Bloomberg Businessweek
September 2015
Inside the Mind of Jony Ive
Records & Feats
First person to win Design Museum's Designer of the Year
Ive was the inaugural recipient of the Design Museum's Designer of the Year award in 2003.
Most influential designer of the digital age
Ive's designs for iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad defined consumer electronics for two decades.