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Lucky sod, Sir Jony Ive has just been awarded the highest accolade possible, the exclusive golden Blue Peter badge. He might as well give up now; he’ll never top that.
In a special gadget-focussed episode of Blue Peter, which is scheduled to air tomorrow morning, 10am on CBBC if you’re interested, Sir Ive reviews a load of viewer-submitted product designs. Not only that, the minimalist-design wizard also busts out a unique, solid aluminium Blue Peter badge CNCed out of a block of the Apple-loved stuff, and presents it in good old Blue Peter-fashion with “here’s one we made earlier”. Oh Jony, you’re a right riot.
Ive joins only a handful of iconic British industrialists in winning his golden Blue Peter badge, with the likes of David Beckham, JK Rowling, Tom Daley, Damian Hirst, and The Queen already on the list. I say only a handful, apparently they’ve given out about 1,000 of the things, so they’re dolled out more or less like penny sweets, then.
Anyway, Sir Ive seemed to be stoked, as he called the honour of receiving said golden trinket, “absolutely incredible”. In fact, if I’m not mistaken, he even gets a little emotional over the whole thing, which is kind of nice. Jack it in now Jony, it’s only down hill from here mate. [BBC]
“we’d like you to have a look at this” on this strategically placed iPad Mini…..
and has Jony Ive always had that much of a hunchback?
It’s rather big, isn’t it? Make a right mess of your shirt if you pinned that on. Still, at least he can get into museums for free with it. :p
I’d imagine he’d find it hard to wake up the next day after getting one of those.
Reminds me of my brother, he read ‘Of Mine & Men’ at school and declared it was the best book he ever read, so he just stopped reading.
I have both a Blue Peter badge from an appearance on Blue Peter in my yoof.
I also have a Blue Peter Competition Badge (read: less snazzy) for a cross-stitch of a church that I sent in when I was about 10.
These are my greatest ever achievements.
Sorry…that reads back terribly. No prizes for grammar!
Awww poor Grmmmar, she doesn’t win any prizes. Incidentally your appearance on blue peter, was that the week you’d just started as an elephant keeper?
I wish that was me!
I actually appeared on ‘Blue Peter’ and ‘The Michael Barrymore Show’ in the same week. I was in a West End production of ‘Scrooge’ at the time playing Tiny Tim and sang the song ‘Miracles Still Happen at Christmas’ on both shows.
Does any video exist of this?
I have an old VHS of it somewhere…
It lives with a dusty recording of my moment as ‘boy in wooly hat’ in a Woolworths Christmas ad, and a cassette of some jingles I did for Chris Tarrant’s Capital FM breakfast show.
You’re basically in the company of A-List Hollywood celebrity!
I demand video be available for the next meetup.
Jony.. SMILE FOR FUCK SAKE.
Putting your lips in a position that simulates you’ve put food in your cheeks isn’t a smile. Jesus…
Ridiculous…the guy is a clown…talentless clown
Whatever you might think of “Sir Jonny” you can’t call him a talentless clown surely? No matter how much anyone hates Apple their products are still amazingly well designed which is all down to this guy.
they all look the same. rounded rectangles.
I honestly don’t see what is so great about their designs :/
Yeah, I suggest you research a little bit about product design, engineering or design in general before making such an naive judgement. The guy is a genius, the Mies van der Rohe of his day.
give me a break……hardly naivety…I’ve seen his products…they’re poor
I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
well you will have to wait….indefinitely
Pearls before swine.
alright if you say so…..
moron
That program still exists? When growing up it was what all the poor kids watched lol.
No, the poor kids watched Magpie on ITV.
I thought the poor kids were out on the streets because they didn’t have TVs?