What was clearly a rocky end to Ive’s Apple tenure hung over last week’s unveiling of the Luce. “As I’ve got older and grumpier, who I work with is more important than what I work on, and that’s really driven choices about how I’m spending my time and who I’m spending it with,” he said. “I’m done working with assholes. I’m so happy that we can place creative excellence right at the center of what we’re doing.”