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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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jared said 6:34PM on 2-04-2009
The vetruvian phone.
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antiorario said 6:38PM on 2-04-2009
It's "da Vinci" – two words. It means "from Vinci." Vinci is the place where Leonardo was born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinci,_Italy
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Joost Schuur said 7:59PM on 2-04-2009
I got my shirt yesterday and it's beautiful. I immediately changes shirts and got comments all day about it.
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Gilles said 11:31PM on 2-04-2009
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...
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ianlive said 10:59AM on 2-05-2009
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.
Drake said 9:24PM on 2-04-2009
This makes me giggle! I love it! I might have to buy one!
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Eric Aitala said 9:51PM on 2-04-2009
Very nice.
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Joel Carlton said 12:48AM on 2-05-2009
That looks Sick!!!
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