Good design is everywhere these days. Great design—the objects, places and ideas that fuse functionality and aesthetics and then push the boundaries a step further to capture the imagination—is more elusive. Take a look at the standouts.

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Jonathan Ive

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Apple's design guru Jonathan Ive

Since 1996 Apple's design guru Jonathan Ive and his team have produced the iMac, PowerBook and iPod, and this year the London-born designer's team launched the iPhone, a music player, video player, e-mail device, Web browser and phone all in one.

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