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Let's See Your Vintage Inspired Office!

J. M. Stovall

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Story said:
Err... JM, check my last post. [huh]

All joshing aside, there's probably a cottage industry for someone on these forums (or a Friend-of-a-Friend) who has basic computer hardware skills and an artistic bent. Anyone in an Undergraduate or Graduate Design course might also be a good candidate.

There's a perfect opportunity for someone to bridge the 21st century world of necessary technology with art, particularly Art Deco. I know that ElectriClerk caught my eye about four years ago and I've never forgot it, so I'd be interested in 'disguised technology'. I'm saving up for a Bose WAVE system to hide away in a cabinet, since I don't want a modern monstrosity in my domicile.

FWIW, if anyone takes up on the creative idea expressed above, drop me a line - I'm a pretty good scrounger and I've passed by scads of pre-WWII typewriters (in fact, I've got one boat-anchor example in my garage as I type this, should anyone be interested).

I think I was looking up the link and posting the same time you were.
Great minds...!
 

CharlieH.

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All this talk about machine age... "machines" reminded me of a design for hypothetical 1940's personal computing apparatus I sketched a while ago:

RetroMac.jpg


I guess the case would have been made out of mahogany or shiny black bakelite.
 

zeus36

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You fellows were reading my mind... I was gonna post something about Art Deco design for computers, but you beat me to it!

Guess you could make the flat panel monitor look like a vintage picture frame and the keyboard like a typewriter. How about a mouse that looks like a Ronson tabletop lighter?
 

Mr. 'H'

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zeus36 said:
You fellows were reading my mind... I was gonna post something about Art Deco design for computers, but you beat me to it!

Guess you could make the flat panel monitor look like a vintage picture frame and the keyboard like a typewriter. How about a mouse that looks like a Ronson tabletop lighter?

That would be so cooool.

Even to get a vintage-esque cover for my Dell laptop would be great.

:eusa_clap
 

scotrace

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It hurts it, you know...

To be lashed to a Beige (grey, black blah) box like that.
Rather like forcing Audrey Hepburn to wear orange baggy gym shorts and a wife beater....

And good god man, clean up your desktop. :)
 

mysterygal

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it still amazes me how people who have clutter everywhere can still find everything they need. My ideal office layout: everything all neat and tidy. I would love an office with a big window looking out over some kind of body of water
 

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