Imran Chaudhri

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Imran Chaudhri
File:Imran Chaudhri 2017.jpg
Chaudhri in 2017
Born
OccupationDesigner
Known forHumane 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Zach Ezer, "Five Things You Might Not Know From 'The Secret History of the iPhone'," Gizmodo, June 22, 2017.
  3. ^ Brian Merchant, "What is the iPhone? 10 Years In, Its Creators and Chroniclers Explain," Motherboard, June 29, 2017.
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  6. ^ Brian Merchant, "The Secret Origin Story of the iPhone," The Verge, June 13, 2017.
  7. ^ Brian Merchant, The One Device, p. 209.
  8. ^ "Apple Granted 19 Patents Covering the iPhone, iOS, Folder Management, the UI Jiggle Effect & Much More," Patently Apple, April 16, 2013.
  9. ^ Tripp Mickle, "Inside the dissolution of Apple’s legacy design team" Fast Company, June 15, 2022.
  10. ^ Brian Merchant, The One Device, p. 376.
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