Fiiiiinaly

I’ve wanted a copy of this book for a long, long time. Apple product design couldn’t have moved farther away from these concepts – from the front, off, an iPhone is so neutral that it resembles a Braun-engineered river stone. Which is good. But the old stuff, the Memphis stuff, is full of 90s optimism. Now that what we were reaching for has arrived, we are sober.

Prototype orange Newton eMate. There were also purple and red test shots.

Exchanger! This photograph captivated me the first time I saw it. It’s funny someone thought oh, what’s needed is technology to work with paper money. Related: 3-2-1 Contact, The Case of the Funny Money, 3:30.