Jony Ive is leaving Apple after nearly three decades to start a design company

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Apple is about to fundamentally change, with the sudden departure of one of its long-time executives.

Chief design officer Jony Ive is leaving Apple after nearly 30 years. He helped create the company's most influential products, including Macs, the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and so on. He even helped design its "spaceship" campus.

Ive confirmed he is exiting "to form an independent design company which will count Apple among its primary clients". Designer Marc Newsom will be working with him on this new startup, which is called LoveFrom. Ive said he still plans to work with Apple "on a range of projects".

_This story is developing._

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