The company said in a blogpost that he would take on an advisory role and continue to serve as a board member.
Pinterest Inc said Thursday that co-founder Evan Sharp is leaving the company to join Lovefrom, the firm led by Jony Ive, the designer of several iconic Apple products.
(Sign up for today’s cache, our technology newsletter, for insights on emerging topics at the intersection of technology, business and policy. Click Here To subscribe for free.)
Sharp built the core platform of Pinterest and oversaw its rapid growth over the past decade, most recently serving as the company’s chief design and creative officer.
Sharp co-founded the online scrapbook and photo-sharing platform with Ben Silberman, who is the company’s chief executive officer, and Paul Cyrra, who left in 2012.
The company said in a blogpost that he would take on an advisory role and continue to serve as a board member.
Read also | Pinterest will pay $22.5 million to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
Ive co-founded the design firm LoveFrom with fellow designer Mark Newson. “Lovefrom is a creative collective”, says the firm’s website. Its clients include home rental company Airbnb Inc. and Italian luxury car maker Ferrari.
Ive was a close creative associate of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. He spent more than two decades at the tech giant before leaving in 2019, and pioneered the design of the candy-colored iMacs that helped Apple re-emerge in the 1990s as well as the near death of the iPhone .
.