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fine art and ideology since 1978
iKidney
Reuters reports that five people have been charged with intentional injury in southern China after a teenager sold one of his kidneys in order to purchase an iPad and iPhone.
via MacRumors
Where Is Apple's iPad Taking Gadget Design?
Can such rapidly advancing technology and consumerism ever be part of a sustainable future if companies like Apple, who have seemingly limitless clout in the consumer electronics market, are designing gadgets that make everyone go gaga, but that do little to change the direction of not simply greener, but sustainable design?
via Treehugger
Jonathan Ive
“[At Apple] we experiment with and explore materials, processing them, learning about the inherent properties of the material—and the process of transforming it from raw material to finished product; for example, understanding exactly how the processes of machining it or grinding it affect it. That understanding, that preoccupation with the materials and processes, is [very] essential to the way we work.”
via core77
