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A sleek, admiring portrait of the quiet perfectionist who shaped the modern technological aesthetic. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Jony Ive.
- sleek
- focused
- industrious
- inspiring
- 01
Creative Selection
Ken Kocienda
A quiet, meticulous look over the shoulder of a craftsman building the digital tools that changed the world.
- 02
Becoming Steve Jobs
Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
An intimate, deeply humanizing portrait of how a brilliant but flawed founder learned to actually lead.
- 03
The One Device
Brian Merchant
A globetrotting, investigative journey that shatters the myth of the lone genius to reveal the sprawling, messy human reality behind a sleek modern marvel.
- 04
Designed by Apple in California
Jonathan Ive
A pristine, museum-like gallery of technological evolution that invites quiet reverence for the beauty of industrial design.
- 05
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
A gripping, unvarnished portrait of how ferocious drive and uncompromising vision can change the world while leaving a trail of personal wreckage.
- 06
Steve Jobs
Carol Kelly-Gangi
A sleek, thematic distillation of a visionary's thoughts on business, innovation, and life.
- 07
iWoz
Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith · 2006
A joyful, geeky conversation with the ultimate hardware hacker about the pure thrill of invention.
- 08
The Everything Store
Brad Stone
A gripping, fly-on-the-wall plunge into the relentless engine room of modern retail's most formidable empire.
- 09
Change by design
Brown, Tim · 2009
An empowering, pragmatic guide that reframes complex challenges as opportunities for human-centered design.
- 10
Revolution in the valley
Andy Hertzfeld
An energetic, insider's look at the eccentric brilliance and creative chaos that birthed the personal computer.
- 11
Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance
A high-octane, unvarnished look at the relentless drive and staggering personal costs behind modern technological miracles.
- 12
Originals
Adam Grant
An invigorating intellectual dinner party that leaves you feeling equipped to change the world, or at least your workplace.
