Imran Chaudhri
Imran Chaudhri | |
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 Chaudhri in 2017 | |
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| Occupation | Designer |
| Known for | Humane Inc |
Imran Chaudhri is a designer and founder of Humane Inc., a company created with his wife, Bethany Bongiorno. He created user interface and interaction designs for Apple products from 1995 to 2017.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Chaudhri was part of the design team that made the original iPhone interface.[3][4][5] He co-created the iPhone home screen, complete with its rearrangement functionality.[6][7][8]
Chaudhri was fired by Apple in 2017, a month before he was expected to leave, after sending a departure email.[9][10]
He formed his own technology company, Humane with his wife Bethany, who he met while they both were working on the iPad.[1] In 2025, HP acquired most of the Humane company, along with Chaudhri, who will lead a new team to integrate AI features into HP products.[11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "The iPad's original software designer and program lead look back on the device's first 10 years". Input. 27 January 2020.
- ↑ Zach Ezer, "Five Things You Might Not Know From 'The Secret History of the iPhone'," Gizmodo, June 22, 2017.
- ↑ Brian Merchant, "What is the iPhone? 10 Years In, Its Creators and Chroniclers Explain," Motherboard, June 29, 2017.
- ↑ Schwab, Katharine (27 August 2018). "The iPhone's original UI designer on Apple's greatest flaws". Fast Company.
- ↑ "He helped design the iPhone. Now he wants to fix the relationship between humans and technology". Fast Company.
- ↑ Brian Merchant, "The Secret Origin Story of the iPhone," The Verge, June 13, 2017.
- ↑ Brian Merchant, The One Device, p. 209.
- ↑ "Apple Granted 19 Patents Covering the iPhone, iOS, Folder Management, the UI Jiggle Effect & Much More," Patently Apple, April 16, 2013.
- ↑ Tripp Mickle, "Inside the dissolution of Apple’s legacy design team" Fast Company, June 15, 2022.
- ↑ Brian Merchant, The One Device, p. 376.
- ↑ Ford, Brody (19 February 2025). "HP to Acquire Parts of Humane, Ai Pin Startup From Ex-Apple Managers, for $116 Million". Bloomberg.