1984 macintosh made of LEGO by jason kinsella + charlotte bakken

jason kinsella + charlotte bakken develop 1984 LEGO macintosh
all images courtesy of jason kinsella + charlotte bakken

oslo-based advertising creatives jason kinsella and charlotte bakken have recreated a scale model of the 1984 classic, the apple macintosh. the computer replica was constructed using pieces of LEGO with a few simple adjustments, enabling the technology icon to incorporate an apple iPad in its design. the project references how a brand is sometimes able to move in a full circle, the reproduction functions as a place to dock the iPad, read the newspaper, or watch a film.

kinsella and bakken’s sculptural reconstruction isn’t the first reinterpretation of apple’s early version of a desktop. creative chris mcveigh also built an original macintosh made of LEGO which designboom published here. 

the LEGO macintosh functions as an iPad dock

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