Surprise! Steve Jobs has said time and again that Apple is a company that sits at the cross-roads of design and technology. At its core, it has a bit of creative DNA (infused by music, mostly) that makes its products hum in a way companies like Google and Research in Motion can’t quite match. Obviously the guys in charge of the overall visual appearance of a product and how it communicates visually with consumers is a key role at Apple, and a highly valuable one.