THE SHORTLIST:

Winner: Jonathan Ive Michael Boyd Stephen Fry

The 2007 Creative Industries winner is: Jonathon Ive

Britain is widely seen as one of the most creative countries in the world, noted for everything from grand architectural triumphs, ingenious design solutions to ground-breaking TV and cinema. From Vivienne Westwood to Alexander McQueen, from David Attenborough to Ricky Gervais and from James Dyson to Lord Foster, Britons have always been at the forefront of this arena, pushing back boundaries people previously didn’t know existed. This award celebrates achievements in creative fields such as architecture, film production, broadcast, fashion and design.

Jonathan Ive - Winner

The senior vice-president of design at Apple and the winner of the Design Museum's first Designer of the Year prize. Ive was instrumental in the turnaround of Apple and a period of unrivalled creativity and innovation which continues to this day. The launch of the radical and visually stunning iMac G3 is regarded as the birth of the ‘new Apple’. By combining what he describes as “fanatical care beyond the obvious stuff” with relentless experiments into tools, materials and production processes, he and the Apple design team have designed and developed a succession of iconic products including the iBook, iPod and iPhone. These products were met with universal acclaim and became instant masterpieces of product design, spawning countless imitations. In 2007, Ive received the 2007 National Design Award in the product design category for his work on the iPhone.

Michael Boyd -

The Belfast-born Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company who trained as a director at the Malaya Bronnaya Theatre, Moscow.  Boyd has been an associate director of the company since 1996. His productions for the RSC include Measure for Measure and Richard III, for which he won the Olivier award for best director. From April 2006 to April 2007, the RSC hosted a year-long festival of the entire Shakespeare canon. The company invited theatre companies from across the world and around the UK to join it in a unique celebration of Shakespeare's works. Michael Boyd has been described as one of the most distinctive and original Shakespearean directors in the country having flair, intellectual rigour, and real powers of leadership.

Stephen Fry -

English comedian, writer, actor, humorist, novelist, columnist, filmmaker and television personality. He became famous as one half of the Fry and Laurie double act, in A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster, and is also well known for his roles in Blackadder, Wilde, and as the host of QI. Fry has spoken publicly about his experience with bipolar disorder and has presented his documentary about it, Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic-Depressive. The two-part series was broadcast in 2006, then repeated in March 2007 as part of the BBC's programming in aid of Comic Relief. It has won both an Emmy and a BAFTA. His documentary HIV and Me screened in Autumn 2007 also received widespread critical acclaim. He is currently guest-starring in US Drama Bones, a new series of Kingdom on ITV and filming a six-part travel series entitled Stephen Fry in America. He has also written a pantomime version of Cinderella which opens at the Old Vic for Christmas 2007.

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