{{short description|British-American designer and inventor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = 250px | image_size = | caption = Chaudhri in 2017 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = London, England | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | alma_mater = | other_names = | known_for = Humane Inc | occupation = Designer | years_active = | spouse = | website = }}
'''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.<ref name="input127"/><ref name="zezer">Zach Ezer, [https://gizmodo.com/five-things-you-might-not-know-from-the-secret-history-1796296877 "Five Things You Might Not Know From 'The Secret History of the iPhone',"] Gizmodo, June 22, 2017.</ref>
==Career== Chaudhri was part of the design team that made the original iPhone interface.<ref>Brian Merchant, [https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-is-the-iphone-its-creators-explain/ "What is the iPhone? 10 Years In, Its Creators and Chroniclers Explain,"] Motherboard, June 29, 2017.</ref><ref name="fc827">{{cite news |last1=Schwab |first1=Katharine |title=The iPhone's original UI designer on Apple's greatest flaws |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90226151/the-iphones-original-ui-designer-on-apples-greatest-flaws |work=Fast Company |date=August 27, 2018}}</ref><ref name="fc86">{{cite news |title=He helped design the iPhone. Now he wants to fix the relationship between humans and technology. |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/video/he-helped-design-the-iphone-now-he-wants-to-fix-the-relationship-between-humans-and-technology/NjnRqvD7 |work=Fast Company}}</ref> He co-created the iPhone home screen, complete with its rearrangement functionality.<ref name="merchantverge">Brian Merchant, [https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15782200/one-device-secret-history-iphone-brian-merchant-book-excerpt "The Secret Origin Story of the iPhone,"] ''The Verge'', June 13, 2017.</ref><ref>Brian Merchant, ''The One Device'', p. 209.</ref><ref>[http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/04/apple-granted-19-patents-covering-the-iphone-ios-folder-management-the-ui-jiggle-effect-much-more.html "Apple Granted 19 Patents Covering the iPhone, iOS, Folder Management, the UI Jiggle Effect & Much More,"] Patently Apple, April 16, 2013.</ref>
Chaudhri was fired by Apple in 2017, a month before he was expected to leave, after sending a departure email.<ref name="tmickle">Tripp Mickle, [https://www.fastcompany.com/90741719/inside-the-dissolution-of-apples-legacy-design-team "Inside the dissolution of Apple’s legacy design team"] ''Fast Company'', June 15, 2022.</ref><ref>Brian Merchant, ''The One Device'', p. 376.</ref>
He formed his own technology company, Humane with his wife Bethany, who he met while they both were working on the iPad.<ref name="input127">{{cite news |title=The iPad's original software designer and program lead look back on the device's first 10 years |url=https://www.inputmag.com/tech/the-ipads-original-software-designer-and-program-lead-look-back-on-the-devices-first-10-years |work=Input |date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Brody |date=February 19, 2025 |title=HP to Acquire Parts of Humane, Ai Pin Startup From Ex-Apple Managers, for $116 Million |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/hp-116-million-deal-for-humane-includes-ip-but-no-ai-pin-device |website=Bloomberg}}</ref>
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