Christopher Stringer


Christopher Stringer is a British industrial designer, formerly of Apple. During his 22 years at Apple, he contributed to the design of the PowerBook, IMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Apple Watch, Apple Pencil, HomePod, USB-C. He currently holds over 1,400 patents, and was the key industrial design witness for Apple during the Apple vs. Samsung trial in 2012.

Early life and education

Christopher Stringer was born 9 March 1965 in Australia, then relocated with his family in 1970, initially to the North West of England, then as a teenager to Stourbridge in the English Midlands, where he attended Redhill Secondary School, followed by King Edward VI Sixth Form College to do A levels until 1983. In 1986 he graduated from North Staffordshire Polytechnic and earned an industrial design BA degree. He then moved to London in 1986 to attend the Royal College of Art, where he graduated with a Master of Design degree in 1988. In 2017 he left Apple to pursue new interests.