Apple iMac G3

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ATKINSON, Paul (2014). Apple iMac G3. In: LEES-MAFFEI, Grace, (ed.) Iconic designs : 50 stories about 50 things. London, Bloomsbury, 146-149. [Book Section]

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Jonathan Ive's design for the iMac marks the very point at which computers ceased to be pedestrian objects of work production and became instead aspirational signifiers in their own right. Selected for the permanent collection at MoMA and the recipient of many accolades, including a Gold 'Design of the Decade' Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America, the iMac is undoubtedly an icon of personal computing

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http://bloomsbury.com/uk/iconic-designs-9780857853...

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Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Art and Design Research Centre

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146-149

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6633-7242