If daVinci had designed the iPhone

The steampunk mod meme is not going away. From the Mac mini to R2D2, all sorts of hardware is being made to look Victorian. No one knows why.

Artist Kevin Tong continues the tradition with the iPhone ... sort of. The iSteamPhone T-shirt presents the iPhone in a blown-apart presentation like you might find in a daVinci sketch pad. Even the "parts" of the iPhone are vintage. Note the analog clock and what looks like a muffler in the center.

True, we're cheating here a bit in that this isn't a physical steampunked iPhone, but who wants to see that? The T-shirt is clever and sure to be a hit at your next MUG meeting. Grab yours for $20US.

[Via Guy Kawasaki]

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Source: http://www.isteamphone.com/

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Joel Carlton

That looks Sick!!!

February 05 2009 at 12:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Eric

Very nice.

February 04 2009 at 9:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Drake

This makes me giggle! I love it! I might have to buy one!

February 04 2009 at 9:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gilles

Would you call Steve Jobs "From Cupertino"? Leonardo da Vinci is known to art historians and everybody, in fact, as "Leonardo". Dan Brown influence, I presume...

February 04 2009 at 9:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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ianlive

I know where you are coming from Gilles and that may have been the custom at the time but it is accepted today that da Vinci is his last name. I would even go so far as to say that of all the artists in the world, his is the most recognizable by his last name.

Other artists such as Monet, Picasso, and Klimpt are all referred to, and most easily recognized, by their last name.

And with reference to your Steve Jobs analogy, with the exception of fans boys and girls like us, most would refer to Jobs by his last name, not as Steve.

February 05 2009 at 10:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Joost Schuur

I got my shirt yesterday and it's beautiful. I immediately changes shirts and got comments all day about it.

February 04 2009 at 7:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

antiorario

It's "da Vinci" â€“ two words. It means "from Vinci." Vinci is the place where Leonardo was born.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinci,_Italy

February 04 2009 at 6:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jared

The vetruvian phone.

February 04 2009 at 6:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply