Now that Jony Ive is done designing iPhone-inspired toilets, he could make Apple products great again

MAGA: That's Make Apple Great Again.
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Apple's Chief Design Officer Jony Ive is back in charge of the company's product design teams, according to a Bloomberg report.

And that could mean really great things for the company's future products.

In 2015, Ive, who was then senior vice president of design at Apple, was promoted to chief design officer. Richard Howarth and Alan Dye took over the teams for industrial design and user interface, respectively, and reported directly to CEO Tim Cook.

While Ive, no doubt, still played a role in shaping Apple's new iPhones and MacBook Pros, his new position allowed him the freedom to work on other projects.

Like helping architect Apple Park, the company's recently completed spaceship-shaped campus that reportedly has toilets inspired by iPhones.

And redesigning Apple Stores so that they're more like town halls and, uh, have trees inside of them!

Or making expensive AF coffee table books filled with pretty pictures of old Apple products.

See? He's been really busy.

Now that Apple Park is finished and they're all but moved in, Apple's top design guy is ready to take full control of the company's design teams again.

The Bloomberg report says Howarth and Dye and their product design teams now report to Ive rather than Cook.

What does this mean for future Apple products when Mr. Alu-min-nee-um is back in the saddle instead of having one foot in the door?

Hopefully good things ahead. Like maybe focus on meaningful features that aren't a step back from prior designs.

Here's my wish list:

  • Kill the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro

  • Bring back MagSafe on all MacBooks

  • Add another USB-C port to the MacBook

  • Give us back our SD card slot

  • Bring back the headphone jack on iPhones

  • Chop off the huge-ass camera bump on the iPhone X

  • Move Control Center on the iPhone X to a place that makes sense

  • Make sure the new Mac Pro isn't trash

  • Fix the terrible Siri remote on Apple TV

  • Redesign the Mac Mini

I don't have a lot of confidence any of these things will happen, but no harm in wishing.

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Raymond Wong

Raymond Wong is Mashable's Senior Tech Correspondent. He reviews gadgets and tech toys and analyzes the tech industry. Raymond's also a bit of a camera geek, gamer, and fine chocolate lover. Before arriving at Mashable, he was the Deputy Editor of NBC Universal's tech publication DVICE. His writing has appeared on G4TV, BGR, Yahoo and Ubergizmo, to name a few. You can follow Raymond on Twitter @raywongy or Instagram @sourlemons.

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