"The result, shaped by industrial designer Jerry Manock and powered by Wozniak's engineering genius, was the Apple II: a smooth, warm-beige enclosure that suggested domesticity rather than machinery. It belonged on a desk the way a telephone did. That calculated approachability helped sell millions of units across sixteen years of production."
"Wozniak designed the Disk II floppy controller over the 1977 Christmas holidays and reduced the chip count from the industry standard of dozens down to six. Competing controllers from the same era used 50-plus chips and cost significantly more. Apple sold the Disk II for $495 in 1978, and the engineering inside that price point was borderline absurd."
"The real Apple II keyboard had no cursor keys in its original 1977 configuration, a REPT key for repeating characters, and RESET sitting exposed and dangerous in the top-right corner like a trap for clumsy typists. The close-up render of this build shows every one of those details reproduced faithfully, including the staggered layout, the CTRL and ESC placement, and the POWER button isolated at the lower left."
The Apple II, designed by Jerry Manock and engineered by Steve Wozniak, revolutionized personal computing through its approachable aesthetic that resembled household appliances rather than machinery. BrickMechanic57 has translated this design philosophy into a 1,772-piece LEGO set that faithfully reproduces the original computer's distinctive features. The build includes the signature Pantone beige coloring across the computer body, monitor, and dual Disk II drives, the iconic rainbow Apple II badge, and a keyboard with period-accurate details such as the REPT key, exposed RESET button, and original key placement. The set even includes a functional brick-built floppy disk that inserts into the lower drive, capturing the engineering elegance that defined the Apple II's era.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]