Robert Brunner rebuilt Apple’s design team in the 1990s, hired Jonathan Ive, and led the creation of the PowerBook - shaping Apple’s design DNA before Jobs returned. Kazuo Kawasaki had no role in Apple’s design during this time.
In the 1990s, Apple moved industrial design in-house under Robert Brunner, creating the IDg and developing the Espresso design language. Kazuo Kawasaki led portable device design. Their work laid the foundation for the iMac and Apple’s design-led future.