As suspected by many, Jony Ive is the main man behind the next version of iOS which will be unveiled at WWDC in the coming month. The confirmation has come from Apple CEO Tim Cook who has been talking at the AllThingsD D11 Conference.

In case you don’t know too much about Jony Ive, he has been behind Apple’s famous hardware designs including the MacBook Pro, iMac, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and iPad Mini. And last year, when Scott Forstall was removed, Ive was given the charge of “human interface”.

According to Cook, the company “recognized that Jony had contributed significantly to the look and feel of Apple over many many years and could do that for our software as well“. The designer is “absolutely incredible“, added Cook.

So what is coming with Ive’s redesign? Ive is famous for his anti-skeuomorphism, and recent rumors have suggested that iOS 7 will remove the glossy realistic effect that the current software has to bring in a “flat” and black and white design. That could very well be what’s coming now that Cook has said that Ive is “really key” to the update.

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A series of job postings have been put up by Apple and these seem to indicate that Jony Ive and his team are preparing to completely overhaul both iOS and OSX. It’s hard to say when the final products will be ready, but it’s quite possible that this is when we’ll start to see a deeper marriage between the two Apple operating systems. I don’t think it’ll be a merger of the two, per se, but they’ll likely have much more interplay.

First, Apple has a listing for senior software engineers to revamp the iLife software suite. Shipping with every new Mac, iLife has such staples as iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand. The listing calls for an engineer to “help us re-imagine how user interfaces should be built and work.” Similarly, there’s a listing for someone to overhaul Siri and develop more of a “distinct personality” for the digital assistant. Sticking with iOS, there’s another listing looking for new APIs and frameworks. This certainly sounds like big changes are ahead.

And I think they’re due. For a company that’s supposed to be slick, shiny and on the cutting edge, Apple has remained a little stagnant recently. It’s time to change everything… again.

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