A recent New Yorker profile offers a particularly revealing look into the self-described "shy" Ive. Here are our favorite tidbits:  * His office art aesthetic is varied. A framed Banksy print (a Queen with the face of a chimpanzee) leans against the wall, as does a framed poster that reads "Believe in your f***ing self. Stay up all f***ing night," and "Think about all the f***king possibilities," among other words of inspiration.  * He's got a Playmobil figure in his likeness. Sunglasses, wide-leg pants, cropped hair: It's a look he embodies frequently. (The Christmas gift from his colleagues lives on his office shelf and a photo of it is his iPhone lockscreen.)  * Apple (AAPL, Tech30) may or may not be designing a self-driving car, but Ive has very specific auto preferences. He's a fan of old-school Bentleys for their design aesthetic and calls the Toyota Echo design "baffling" and "insipid." His first vehicle after moving to San Francisco was a yellow Saab convertible.  * Ive loves Apple's famously rounded corners. Reporter Ian Parker says Ive came alive when talking about the design.  * He likes to sketch with brown ink. Parker drew a comparison to the infamous sketches by Leonardo da Vinci.  * What does he really think about Walter Isaacson's 2011 bio of Steve Jobs? "My regard couldn't be any lower."  * His colleagues don't get to experience much of his "English irony." ("I think you reserve that for entertainment," he said.)  * He was never intimidated by Google Glass. "We always thought it would flop, and, you know, so far it has." Ives, a watch collector, is the leading force behind the Apple Watch.  * Ive believes that letting consumers make their own choices -- like picking a color -- is "abdicating your responsibility as a designer."  * He might be reading Fifty Shades of Grey, but we'll never know. He only shared his reading list with Parker off the record.  CNNMoney (New York) February 19, 2015: 10:47 AM ET
A revealing New Yorker article delves inside the mind of Jonathan Ive. Here's CNNMoney's favorite tidbits about Apple's head of design.