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Undoubtedly the most famous name associated with design and company Apple, Yippee Jony Ive, who left the company several years ago. Now another of the company's designers is also preparing to leave Apple. The oldest and longest-serving senior designer, who joined the company at the same time as Jony Ive in 1992, he retires.

Agency Bloomberg this week, she said that AppThe company's longest-serving designer, Bart Andre, is leaving. His departure, among other things, completes a near-complete shakeup of Ive's former design team. Andre announced his plans to retire this month. His departure marks a significant personnel shakeup in the company's industrial design team. Apple, and is at the same time another in a series of changes and departures. Andre is described as "one of Ive's best people" and is credited with things like helping lead the company's industrial design team Apple following the departure of Evans Hankey in 2023. “He is also known as one of the company's biggest patent holders Apple, “ the agency reports Bloomberg.

Bart Andre, who joined the Applu in 1992 alongside Jony Ive, and told colleagues this month that he was retiring, according to people familiar with the matter. Andre was one of the last remaining designers from Ive's era and helped shape the aesthetics of the company's products. Apple released in the past three decades - even before Steve Jobs returned to head the company in the late 90s. He currently leads the company's industrial design team Apple chief operating officer Jeff Williams. “The fact that the division that deals with design and innovation is overseen by an operations officer makes some employeesanc"it irritated me," states Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the situation. Measures aimed at reducing costs have also reportedly contributed to the unrest. "Under Ive's leadership, the team embarked on exploratory projects that may not have an immediate return, which was limited," the agency reports.

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