Rufe talla

Taimakawa Daraktan zane na Jony Ive Muhimman ma’aikatansa kuma sun kai matsayi mafi girma. Richard Howarth ya zama sabon mataimakin shugaban masana'antu zane, wanda jama'a ba su sani da yawa. Wanene wannan mai zanen wanda zai ci gaba da kiyaye sawun Burtaniya a Apple?

Richard Howarth, wanda ke da shekaru arba'in, watakila an haife shi ne a Lukas, Zambia, amma a cewar Stephen Fry, "yana da Turanci kamar Vimto", yana nufin ƙwararren soda na Birtaniya. Howarth ya sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Design ta Ravensbourne kusa da Greenwich, inda David Bowie, Stella McCartney da Dinos Chapman suma suka kammala karatun.

A lokacin karatunsa, Howarth ya isa Japan, inda ya yi aiki a daya daga cikin samfurori na Walkman a Sony. Bayan makaranta, ya ƙaura zuwa ƙasashen waje kuma ya yi aiki a kamfanin IDEO da ke yankin Bay Area. Bayan ƴan shekaru, Jony Ive ya zaɓi shi don Apple a 1996. Jony Ive ya bayyana game da Howarth a wani taron RSA (Royal Society of Arts, Crafts and Commerce) taron shekara guda da ta wuce, "Yana da matukar mamaki, mai hazaka (...) kuma babban aboki ne."

A cikin tsakiyar 90s, Ive ya sami manyan mutane da yawa don ƙungiyar ƙirarsa a Apple, waɗanda suka kafa mafi ƙaƙƙarfan ƙungiyar kusan mambobi ashirin na shekaru masu yawa. Baya ga Howarth, akwai kuma Christopher Stringer, Duncan Robert Kerr da Doug Statzer.

Daya daga cikin ubanni na farko iPhone

A lokacin aikinsa na shekaru 20 a Apple, Howarth ya jagoranci aikin ƙira akan samfuran maɓalli da yawa waɗanda suka haɗa da iPod na farko, da PowerBook, MacBook ɗin filastik na farko, da kuma iPhone ta farko. "Richard ya kasance a jagorancin iPhone na farko tun daga farkon," ya bayyana Ive a cikin hira don The tangarahu . "Ya kasance a can daga samfurori na farko zuwa samfurin farko da muka fito."

Ci gaban iPhone ya fara ne a cikin shekaru Cupertino kafin a nuna ƙarni na farko ga jama'a a cikin 2007. Masu zanen sai suka kirkiro manyan kwatance guda biyu (duba hoton da ke sama), a bayan samfurin daya, mai suna "Extrudo", Chris Stringer, a bayan daya, mai suna "Sandwich", shine Richard Howarth.

Extrudo ya kasance aluminum, kama da iPod nano, amma samfurin Howarth ya ci gaba da ci gaba. An yi shi da filastik kuma yana da firam ɗin ƙarfe. Sanwicin ya fi nagartaccen tsari, amma injiniyoyin sun kasa gano yadda za su sanya wayar siriri sosai a lokacin. Daga ƙarshe, duk da haka, sun koma ƙirar Howarth a cikin ƙirar iPhone 4 da 4S.

A cikin tarurrukan ƙira na Apple, Howarth ya haɓaka girmamawa akan lokaci. A cikin babban bayanin martaba na Jony Ive v The New Yorker an bayyana shi a matsayin “mai tauri idan ana maganar tafiyar da al’amura. (…) Ana jin tsoro.” A cikin littafinsa game da Jony Ive, Leander Kahney ya yi hira da Doug Satzger, wanda ya yi aiki tare da Howarth a farkon.

Ƙaunar filastik

A cewar mataimakin shugaban ƙirar Intel na yanzu, Howarth zai zo taro yana tunanin yana da ra'ayi mara kyau kuma wasu za su ƙi shi, amma sai ya gabatar da kowa da cikakkiyar ƙirar aikinsa. Ya zuwa yanzu, sunansa ya bayyana a cikin 806 Apple patents. Jony Ive yana da sama da 5 don kwatanta.

Dangantakarsa ga sauran kayan ita ma ta bambanta shi da Ive Howarth. Yayin da Ive ya fi son aluminum, Howarth ya fi son filastik. Samfurin “Sandwich” na iPhone da aka riga aka ambata an yi shi ne da filastik, kuma akan irin wannan tsarin, Howarth kuma ya tsara nau'ikan robobi na iPad da yawa. MacBook ɗin filastik wanda Apple ya gabatar a cikin 2006 yana magana da kansa.

A cikin jama'a, a zahiri Howarth ba ya bayyana, amma saboda haɓakarsa, muna iya tsammanin Apple zai gabatar da shi akai-akai, ko dai a cikin latsawa ko yayin wasu gabatarwa. Abin da aka sani shi ne cewa yana zaune a kan tudu da ke sama da Dolores Park a San Francisco tare da matarsa ​​Victoria Shaker da yara biyu.

Ko da Victoria Shaker ba sunan da ba a sani ba ne a duniyar zane. A matsayinta na mataimakiyar shugabar ƙirar samfura a rukunin Ammunition, alal misali, ta shiga cikin ƙirƙirar belun kunne na Beats masu nasara sosai, wanda Apple ya ɗauka a ƙarƙashin reshen sa a bara a matsayin wani ɓangare na babban siye.

A waje da Apple, Howarth an san shi da kyakkyawan aikinsa ga Royal Society of Arts, Crafts and Commerce da aka ambata. Tun daga wannan lokacin, a cikin 1993/94, ya sami lambar yabo ta ƙirar ɗalibi tare da kari na $ 4. Howarth ya yi amfani da wannan kuɗin don tafiya zuwa Japan da kuma horo a Sony.

"Ban san yadda zan iya ba kuma. Ya kaddamar da sana’ata kuma da gaske ya canza rayuwata,” daga baya Howarth ya shaida wa Royal Society, kuma a matsayin godiya ya kaddamar da wata lambar yabo da sunansa (Richard Howarth Award) a bara, inda sabon mataimakin shugaban kamfanin Apple ya zabi wadanda suka yi nasara biyu. wanda ke raba daidai adadin wanda Howarth ya samu daga RSA a 1994.

Source: Digital Spy, Ultungiyar Mac
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