Robert Brunner

American industrial designer who led Apple's industrial design group from 1989 to 1996 — establishing the design infrastructure and hiring practices (including hiring Jony Ive) that Ive then built upon — before leaving to found Ammunition Group.

Built Apple's industrial design department and established the design-as-core-function culture — hiring the team (including Ive) and creating the studio conditions — making him the architect of the environment that produced Apple's design renaissance even though Ive received the credit.