Jony Ive designs special iPad Pro for London's Design Museum

Apple's widely respected hardware designs have sometimes been likened to museum-quality pieces. Now the company's design chief is leveraging that reputation to help a famous museum

In a bid to raise money for a move from the Thames waterfront to Kensington, the Design Museum of London has teamed with auction firm Phillips. One of the lots being auctioned is a specially-designed, 12.9-inch iPad Pro and accessory set crafted by Jony Ive and his team at Apple

The set includes a one-of-a-kind yellow-gold iPad Pro, a blue leather iPad Smart Cover as well as an orange Apple Pencil holder, an item Apple doesn't currently offer in any color. The estimated price for these one-off items is predictably high: between $14,000 and 21,000 for the set. That would make it the most expensive iPad ever Read more...