Apple Sees Further Designer Departures Post-Ive Era

👉 Key Highlights:
📍 Duncan Kerr announces departure from Apple, further depleting the original design team.
📍 Nearly all designers from Jony Ive's era have now left Apple.
📍 Kerr was instrumental in the development of iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
📍 Exodus includes notable designers like Jody Akana, Joe Tan, and others.
📍 Remaining members from Ive’s team are Richard Howarth, Molly Anderson, Ben Shaffer.
📍 Apple's design team now reports to COO Jeff Williams, causing some discontent.

👉 Context/Background:
Duncan Kerr's departure marks another chapter in the changing landscape of Apple's design team post-Jony Ive, who left in 2019. Ive's team was crucial in defining Apple’s aesthetic and functional design ethos that revolutionized several tech categories.