Watch Jony Ive talk Apple legacy, LoveFrom philosophy, and more

Jony Ive, Apple’s iconic former design chief, sat down for a rare interview at Stripe Sessions 2025. The hour-long conversation with Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison covers everything from his first impressions of Silicon Valley to the design rituals that shaped his decades at Apple and what’s driving his work today. Ive reflects on discovering the original Macintosh as a student in England, calling it a “bicycle for the mind” that revealed the humanity and values of its creators. “What we make stands testament to who we are,” he said, describing how the Mac inspired his move to California in the early 1990s. Inside Apple, Ive revealed that design was as much about culture as it was about craft. He recalled weekly rituals like team breakfasts, where designers took turns cooking for each other, and workdays spent in each other’s homes. These practices were not just about camaraderie, but foundational to creating products with empathy and depth. “Make things for each other,” he said ... Read full article.