I sometimes joke that when I die, my tombstone will say, “Here lies the guy who hired Jonathan Ive.”

If you’ve got the time, Fast Company has a six-part series of articles looking back at the history of design at Apple, as told by former employees. Comprised of interviews conducted by Max Chafkin (and others), the interviews have been chopped up and presented in a sort of quotable chronology.

Have too much more time on your hands? For two bucks you can read the extended 14 chapter version as an ebook from iTunes or Amazon.