Chief Apple designer Jony Ive has been appointed chancellor of London’s Royal College of Art (RCA), it was announced on Thursday. Ive is set to take up the role in July and will replace British engineer Sir James Dyson, who has been provost of RCA since 2011.
“I am thrilled to formalise my relationship with the RCA, given the profound influence the college has had on so many of the artists and designers that I admire,” Ive said in a statement.
“Our design team includes many RCA alumni, who embody the fundamental values of the college. I look forward to advising both the college and students, hoping that my experience proves useful in their work.”
In his unpaid five-year term as head of the college, Ive will preside over meetings and help to govern RCA, which in 2017 was ranked the world’s best institution for art and design for the third year in a row by QS University World Rankings.
“We are delighted to welcome Sir Jony Ive as our new chancellor,” said Paul Thompson, RCA’s rector. “It is a great honor to be joined by the world’s leading designer of his generation, who has produced consistently innovative and commercially successful technology and design.”
The designer of the iMac, iPod, and iPhone received an honorary doctorate from the RCA in 2009. Ive also holds honorary doctorates from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and has received several other accolades from leading British institutions.
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