Caught my eye as well. For more click on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4569912.stm Well deserved indeed! jg On 31-Dec-05, at 4:54 PM, Dr Trevor J. Hutley wrote: > > I was pleased to see that the brilliant [British] Apple industrial > designer (iPod, iMac, Powerbooks, etc) appeared in the British New > Years Honours List, being appointed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth > II, a > > Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, CBE > > (just one level below a knighthood): > > "IVE, Jonathan Paul, Vice-President of Industrial Design, Apple. > For services to the design industry."