[Sigia-l] Putting the "Graphic" back with"Designer"(was:thelesser importance of home pages)

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Christopher Fahey:

> Apparently you are buying into the hype that Steve Jobs "Designed" the iPod.

I am? Based on what?

> I doubt the iPod team had anyone on it called a "Designer". Besides, of
> course, Steve Jobs.

So, I'm confused. Are you saying Jobs designed the iPod?

 
> The iPod team almost certainly had a few "industrial designers" who didn't
> have a whole lot of input into what the battery icons on the screen looked
> like, and at least one "graphic designer" who understood their role to be
> limited to what appeared on the screen and maybe (although I'd doubt it) the
> labels on the hardware buttons.

And the "iPod team" almost certainly had a PM, a secretary, cleaning crew,
an accountant or two, too.

Let's take another approach here.

What *problem* was the iPod designed to solve, for Apple?

To create new on screen battery icons? Labels on the hardware buttons? Does
it really matter, in the grand scheme of things, who implemented the visual
presentation of the battery icons, as eye-pleasing as they may be?

The iPod turned AAPL from a $5 billion to a $60+ billion company in three
years.

You think this happened because of graphic designers creating new icons?

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Ziya

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