• Apple reveals $300 book containing 450 pictures of Apple products
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[IMG]http://images.apple.com/newsroom/images/passions/design/designed-by-apple-in-california-1_big/large.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE] Apple today announced the release of a new hardbound book chronicling 20 years of Apple’s design, expressed through 450 photographs of past and current Apple products. “Designed by Apple in California,” which covers products from 1998’s iMac to 2015’s Apple Pencil, also documents the materials and techniques used by Apple’s design team over two decades of innovation. The book is dedicated to the memory of Steve Jobs. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Pricing and Availability “Designed by Apple in California” — Small 
[B]Starts at $199[/B] (US) in small (10.20” x 12.75”)
 Available beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, November 16, exclusively from Apple.com in Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the UK and the US, and select Apple Stores.1 Available at the following US retail locations: Apple SoHo, Apple Fifth Avenue, Apple Upper East Side, Apple Williamsburg and Apple World Trade Center in New York; Apple The Grove in Los Angeles and Apple Third Street in Santa Monica; Apple North Michigan Avenue and Apple Lincoln Park in Chicago; Apple Northpark in Dallas; Apple Union Square in San Francisco; Apple Palo Alto and Apple Infinite Loop in Cupertino. The book is on display at the Apple Stores where it is sold. “Designed by Apple in California” — Large 
[B]Starts at $299[/B] (US) in large (13” x 16.25”)
 Available beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, November 16, exclusively from Apple.com in Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the UK and the US, and select Apple Stores.1 Available at the following US retail locations: Apple SoHo, Apple Fifth Avenue, Apple Upper East Side, Apple Williamsburg and Apple World Trade Center in New York; Apple The Grove in Los Angeles and Apple Third Street in Santa Monica; Apple North Michigan Avenue and Apple Lincoln Park in Chicago; Apple Northpark in Dallas; Apple Union Square in San Francisco; Apple Palo Alto and Apple Infinite Loop in Cupertino. The book is on display at the Apple Stores where it is sold. [/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.apple.com/newsroom/2016/11/designed-by-apple-in-california-chronicles-20-years-of-apple-design.html?imgid=1479148785549"]http://www.apple.com/newsroom/2016/11/designed-by-apple-in-california-chronicles-20-years-of-apple-design.html?imgid=1479148785549[/URL] [URL="http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/15/13635788/apple-coffee-table-book-products-images"]http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/15/13635788/apple-coffee-table-book-products-images[/URL]
The book of courage.
How fucking stupid.
And I thought Apple products can't get more overpriced for what they actually are...
Talk about borderline minimalistic, there isn't even any description.
Probably not bad for hard cover high quality full color pages. I pay more for shitty text books.
Steve Jobs rolls in his grave
It's the latest technology! Finally I won't have to charge the thing I'm reading on.
$300. For a book. Ok.
Good for hardcore apple fanboys I guess? $300 is a bit much, just saying
This is Onion-tier bullshit
I knew MacBooks where going for a drastic change but I didn't expect it to be that drastic.
Picture of product in front of a white background Incredible.
The Hipster Bible. With that price, I think this is the most pretentious thing Apple ever done.
Are they running out of money or something.
Cool, a porn book for pretentious hipsters?
You know, I don't like calling things pretencious, but with the price and the fact it's so minimial, that seems to be the appropriate word for this sort of thing, and the people who would likely buy it. Apple fucking inflating the price of everything again just because it has their name on it.
300 bucks for a handbook that'll be outdated in less than a year with apple's next iphone.
Now this just comes off as seriously pretentious. They really think they are gods gift to computing.
too bad it's not a fucking coloring book
Ever since Jobs died, apple's just been becoming more and more pretentious. I thought they hit the lowest possible with the Iphone 7 but they managed to go even further. i mean look at this video [video=youtube;IkskY9bL9Bk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkskY9bL9Bk&feature=youtu.be[/video] A day ago, people would find this to be a snarky commentary on apple's stupid obsession with minimalism but now it's being presented as an offical video from apple. It's post ironic as fuck
Apparently this book began development at 2008 (no source on that though, so take this with grain of salt) And fashion books like these go for 700-800$ usually.
[QUOTE=DoktorAkcel;51375151] [B]fashion [/B]books[/QUOTE] this is what it boils down to
[QUOTE=DoktorAkcel;51375151]Apparently this book began development at 2008 (no source on that though, so take this with grain of salt) And fashion books like these go for 700-800$ usually.[/QUOTE] [URL="https://www.amazon.com/GUCCI-Making-Frida-Giannini/dp/0847836797"]This 384 page Gucci artbook goes for 100 dollars[/URL] [URL="https://www.amazon.com/Louis-Vuitton-Modern-Luxury-Updated/dp/1419705563/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MVF6Y96CWEHDKFZZ0NM3"]560 page Louis Vuitton artbook goes for 125 dollars. [/URL] They had to pay models, designers, photographers, make up, all that jazz. Apple had to pay designers and a photographer to take a picture of apple products in a lightbox.
The fact that it comes in two sizes separated by 100 dollars is the kicker. Has to be some kind of smug self-awareness. It's the best April Fools joke they could have come up with. [QUOTE=Svinnik;51375198][URL="https://www.amazon.com/GUCCI-Making-Frida-Giannini/dp/0847836797"]This 384 page Gucci artbook goes for 100 dollars[/URL] [URL="https://www.amazon.com/Louis-Vuitton-Modern-Luxury-Updated/dp/1419705563/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MVF6Y96CWEHDKFZZ0NM3"]560 page Louis Vuitton artbook goes for 125 dollars. [/URL] They had to pay models, designers, photographers, make up, all that jazz. Apple had to pay designers and a photographer to take a picture of apple products in a lightbox.[/QUOTE] I have a 12" x 9" 250 page book of watercolors by the guy who does backgrounds for Miyazaki that was only printed once for an exhibition in Japan back in 2007. It's the same shit; really nice thick paper and glossy pages. You can get them used on JP Amazon for the equivalent of about $43.
I would be a lot more interested in this if it actually had text along with it. Like. I don't know. History behind each product. Specs. Something like that.
is there actually no text?? a $300 picture book lmao
[QUOTE]The book is dedicated to the memory of Steve Jobs.[/QUOTE] The book is dedicated to the memory of MONEEEEYYYY [t]http://picturesofmoney.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/money.3.jpg[/t] [editline]15th November 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=GhillieBacca;51375042]Talk about borderline minimalistic, there isn't even any description.[/QUOTE] it should have had descriptions of all the products, a history of them, as well as prototype photos for 15, 30 USD that would have actually been good for apple lovers this thing is a fucking parody of apple itself
If there is a line Apple crossed it a long time ago
I really think that Steve Jobs would have wanted his memory preserved through innovation and customer satisfaction. Not backwards design tactics and money grubbing via cheap picture books and what was prior unnecessary dongle adapters. I don't normally call people asshats, but man I can't think of a better term at the moment.
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