Don Draper’s PC? J. Stephenson answers Core77’s challenge to design Mid-Century Modern computer (and seeks Core reader feedback)
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pWe first wrote about A HREF=”http://core77.com/blog/object_culture/jeffrey_stephensons_computers_with_class_16504.asp” Jeffrey Stephenson’s killer computer designs/A back in May, and he wowed us with his Art Deco, Mission-style and Machine Age machines (above), which are not just concepts but working PCs. We closed our entry with a request for a Mid-Century Modern, and Stephenson has taken us up on the challenge!/p
p(A caveat: Stephenson has warned us that this machine, unlike A HREF=”http://slipperyskip.com/page23.html” the ones on his site/A, is “a crude draft” and “not ready for primetime” and that he had no intention of posting it in such an early iteration; but he did want to get some feedback, and agreed to let you Corohounds take a look and offer your opinions.)/p
pHis departure point for the design: “What if IBM had invented the PC twenty years earlier? Could this have been a computer used in the offices of Sterling Cooper Draper and Pryce?”/p
pFirst, some shots of Stephenson’s inspiration for this piece, a Danish-made desk from 1964 that he found on eBay:/p
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pNow, Stephenson’s work-in-progress:/p
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pHit the jump to see more shots, then dust your thinking caps off and have a gander at Stephenson’s feedback requests (in italics, below)./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/don_drapers_pc_j_stephenson_answers_core77s_challenge_to_design_mid-century_modern_computer_and_seeks_core_reader_feedback_17007.asp”(more…)/a
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