Hankey was named to the post in 2019 to replace Jony Ive, the company’s iconic design chief for two decades. Before taking her current role as vice president of industrial design, Hankey spent several years at Apple reporting to Ive. Since then, sheThe departure was announced inside the Cupertino, California-based technology giant this week, with Hankey telling colleagues that she will remain at Apple for the next six months.
“Apple’s design team brings together expert creatives from around the world and across many disciplines to imagine products that are undeniably Apple,” a spokesman said in a statement. “The senior design team has strong leaders with decades of experience. Evans plans to stay on as we work through the transition, and we’d like to thank her for her leadership and contributions.”
Apple has weathered this year’s tech downturn better than most. Its shares have fallen almost 19% in 2022, compared with a 32% drop for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index. Apple was up almost 1% to $144.62 on Friday.
They didn’t change designs much in 3 years though did they….so no loss there.