No, me too. Glass in itself is invisible, it's the edges that refract light light and give it dimension and interest. Imagine a polished diamond cube without facets. It would make sense if the building behind were some kind of architectural landmark that you wanted to get out of the way of. But it appears to be an uninspired piece of 20th century functionalism. I don't get it.
No, it appears you do not. You even have the nerve to call this "functionalism" for fuck's sake. But don't worry, Apple and Steve Jobs apparently do.
Bet it would't be putting a few hundred people to work in designing, planning, managing, organizing, manufacturing, transporting, delivering, constructing, organizing, securing, etc., that it takes to accomplish the job.
Much of it manufactured in America by Americans. Not like the car that is at the top of your list.
The new one is not a photo, but instead is a mock up. Notice that the rendering does not show any internal ceiling lighting. The completed structure is not going to look like that unless the internal lighting has been eliminated or modified.
Wonder where the old glass is going. That's very expensive glass, so I hope it's going somewhere. Is it going to be Steve's new greenhouse at his new home?
And at least from the photos/rendering, I think I kind of like the old one better as well. But these things always look better in person.
Wonder whether Apple or Steve is paying for the new one and what drove the change.
At first I was with you. I thought it looked like a phone booth then I realized that the cube is still the same, just without the sections and brackets. Man that's some engineering. Some dolt will probably walk right into it since it's much less visible??. at least from the picture.
I hope Apple recorded the process from design to glass creation to cube construction.
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Wonder where the old glass is going. That's very expensive glass, so I hope it's going somewhere. Is it going to be Steve's new greenhouse at his new home?
Maybe they will ship the 90 standard panes plus support panes back to Cupertino to be part of their new spaceship center, which also will use unbelievable long and curved pieces of glass.
Wonder where the old glass is going. That's very expensive glass, so I hope it's going somewhere. Is it going to be Steve's new greenhouse at his new home?
And at least from the photos/rendering, I think I kind of like the old one better as well. But these things always look better in person.
Wonder whether Apple or Steve is paying for the new one and what drove the change.
Well, considering that Steve owns the cube, I just assumed he was paying to re-design it.
The new one is not a photo, but instead is a mock up. Notice that the rendering does not show any internal ceiling lighting. The completed structure is not going to look like that unless the internal lighting has been eliminated or modified.
Still, I reckon the difference will be like between a MacBook Pro 13" and MacBook Air 13", even when seen IRL.
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No, me too. Glass in itself is invisible, it's the edges that refract light light and give it dimension and interest. Imagine a polished diamond cube without facets. It would make sense if the building behind were some kind of architectural landmark that you wanted to get out of the way of. But it appears to be an uninspired piece of 20th century functionalism. I don't get it.
No, it appears you do not. You even have the nerve to call this "functionalism" for fuck's sake. But don't worry, Apple and Steve Jobs apparently do.
Unfortunately no. But that's the problem with most humans: they are utterly tasteless.
I sure hope you are kidding. Humans taste great if you slice them thin enough. ;-)
No, it appears you do not. You even have the nerve to call this "functionalism" for f$%k's sake. But don't worry, Apple and Steve Jobs apparently do.
Angry much?
And both photos need the same lighting
No, it appears you do not. You even have the nerve to call this "functionalism" for fuck's sake. But don't worry, Apple and Steve Jobs apparently do.
Perhaps I was not as clear as I should have been. It was the architecture of the building behind the cube that I characterized as functionalism.
Looks nice.
But man the things I'd do with 6.7 million....
yeah but if 6.7 Million was 1/10,000th of your bank account and you had a big deposit every three months, why the hell not?
is that only me who thinks OLD 1 was much better
I'm with you, lighting differences aside, I actually think the original looks better. More visually interesting with the joins.
Oh well, it's his money, he can do with it what he wishes I guess...
Looks nice.
But man the things I'd do with 6.7 million....
Bet it would't be putting a few hundred people to work in designing, planning, managing, organizing, manufacturing, transporting, delivering, constructing, organizing, securing, etc., that it takes to accomplish the job.
Much of it manufactured in America by Americans. Not like the car that is at the top of your list.
Old one looked better.
And both photos need the same lighting
Pretty hard to take a photo of something that isn't there yet.
Old one looked better.
And both photos need the same lighting
The new one is not a photo, but instead is a mock up. Notice that the rendering does not show any internal ceiling lighting. The completed structure is not going to look like that unless the internal lighting has been eliminated or modified.
And at least from the photos/rendering, I think I kind of like the old one better as well. But these things always look better in person.
Wonder whether Apple or Steve is paying for the new one and what drove the change.
is that only me who thinks OLD 1 was much better
At first I was with you. I thought it looked like a phone booth then I realized that the cube is still the same, just without the sections and brackets. Man that's some engineering. Some dolt will probably walk right into it since it's much less visible??. at least from the picture.
Wonder where the old glass is going. That's very expensive glass, so I hope it's going somewhere. Is it going to be Steve's new greenhouse at his new home?
Maybe they will ship the 90 standard panes plus support panes back to Cupertino to be part of their new spaceship center, which also will use unbelievable long and curved pieces of glass.
Wonder where the old glass is going. That's very expensive glass, so I hope it's going somewhere. Is it going to be Steve's new greenhouse at his new home?
And at least from the photos/rendering, I think I kind of like the old one better as well. But these things always look better in person.
Wonder whether Apple or Steve is paying for the new one and what drove the change.
Well, considering that Steve owns the cube, I just assumed he was paying to re-design it.
Less is more. For a cube, it looks absolutely stunning. I hope Apple has a patent on it or everyone will be building them.
It was NeXT's patented shape. Apple acquired it in '97
The new one is not a photo, but instead is a mock up. Notice that the rendering does not show any internal ceiling lighting. The completed structure is not going to look like that unless the internal lighting has been eliminated or modified.
Still, I reckon the difference will be like between a MacBook Pro 13" and MacBook Air 13", even when seen IRL.
I wonder if Apple gave any thought to constructing it from the "highly recyclable" glass used in many of their products.
What glass isn't highly recyclable?