Apple boxes as objets d'art
There have been many discussions in the past about what to do with your Apple boxes once you've unboxed your gear, and some people even think Mac boxes make great furniture, but this may be the first case I've seen of people using old Apple boxes purely as home decor. Mike and Regina shared their idea with Apartment Therapy, an NYC-based home design blog... "Here's a great way to save money, spruce up your apartment, and reduce waste. If you buy something small and have a nice-looking product box, then save it and use it as a decoration. Small cubbyholes or nooks and crannies can be spiced up for free and do the environment a favor. From consumption and waste to useful art. I happen to be partial to Apple products so I use their excellently designed boxes in my apartment instead of buying more stuff to decorate with. I save money, and save on the landfill."
Sure, with Apple the packaging is part of the appeal, but as much as I like the way the boxes look, I'm not sure I'd want to decorate my home with them. My office perhaps, but not my home. I'd prefer to let the products themselves be the focal point. My Cubes are always conversation starters when people spot them all over my apartment, but if I left my Cube boxes on display it would look I have a serious storage problem, not a flair for design.
I think one of the commenters on the AT post summed it up nicely: "If they sold Mac boxes at West Elm in persimmon these people would be all over'em like white on rice."
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Joel Heflin said 10:51PM on 11-30-2006
I've seen plenty of people do this with Apple boxes. I've done it with almost every single box from an Apple product I've ever bought.
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max cascone said 12:11AM on 12-01-2006
I have almost all of the smaller Apple boxes of mine up on a shelf above the living room computer, sort of on display. Next to them are the last three OSX boxes. Looks nice.
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Steve said 12:37AM on 12-01-2006
If I could post a picture of mine I would, but I've been doing this with all my iPods and the like size boxes for a few years now. I've got a nice little collection of iPods dating back to a gen2 iPod and everyone there after. The boxes are a work of art! And I thought I was alone. Guess not!
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Chris said 12:31PM on 12-01-2006
I prefer this:
http://davidweiss.blogspot.com/2006/10/30000-apple-logo.html
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