Jony Ive & Marc Newson: A Shared Level of Perfection

Photograph by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair: Marc Newson and Jonathan Ive, photographed on Apple’s campus, in Cupertino, California. No corporate secrets were harmed in the making of this picture.

At Sotheby’s New York this November, the world will get a unique tutorial from two masters of design. Collaborating for the first time, Apple’s Jonathan Ive and his chum, the equally acclaimed Marc Newson, have selected or made more than 40 objects for an auction to benefit Bono’s Product (Red) anti-H.I.V. campaign. Meeting with Ive and Newson, Paul Goldberger explores the shared obsession and philosophy behind everything from iPhones to jumbo-jet interiors.