Former Apple Designer Published Futuristic Concepts of Devices as of 1982 [Photos]

Zeit Online edition published images of the concepts of future Apple devices, developed in 1982 the by the ex-designer and the company founder Hartmut Esslinger Frog Design .

Esslinger told the story of his work at the Apple in the book «Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple», which was out in 2013. In his projects Esslinger and several other designers had to develop a line of future Apple products. There were some prototype devices images on the web earlier, but the German edition provided the most complete photos set.

Esslinger worked directly with Steve Jobs, with whom he developed the “design language”, applied to all of the company products from 1984 to 1990; he participated in the development of the Apple IIc and the first Macintosh computers and took part in the creation of the first Apple store in California.

In 2013, Esslinger said in an interview, that Apple ceased to be an innovative company. According to him, right now the American corporation resembles the Sony in the 80s, when it decided to aim the profits. Esslinger has been teaching recently, while allocating most of his time to the Chinese educational institutions.

Source: macdigger.ru