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Apple in Art

Apple in Art

by , 11:05 AM EDT, July 18th, 2008

Apple's products are often compared to art and sometimes are even called works of art. Jonathan Ive doesn't hold exclusive control over Apple in the world of art because the Mac and iPhone maker's customers can be equally creative -- and you never know where their creativity will turn up.

Apple has been including logo stickers with its products dating back to the famous rainbow logo days and even before the first Macintosh computer shipped. Those stickers can show up almost anywhere: on books, computers, toys, and even cars.


Pile 'O Apples: Spotted in a San Jose, California, parking garage.

Apple's products are deeply engrained in our culture, which means that they are showing up in art and pop culture, too. If you have seen or created Apple-related art with the ubiquitous rainbow or white stickers, or with any other medium, .

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Close Name:Guest
Subject: name?

So what's the name of the photograper?

Close Name:Jeff Gamet -   TMO Staff Posts: 102 Joined: 15 Mar 2006
Subject: Re: name?

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Anonymous wrote:
So what's the name of the photograper?


I snapped the photo with my iPhone while I was out shopping. It was one of those fun random moments when I was in the right place at the right time.

Jeff

Close Name:Sir Harry Flashman Posts: 792 Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Subject: Children

You know those window stickers of a family with father, mother, and offspring? Today up in Temecula California the wife and I spotted a car with the large Apple sticker and a number of the small ones set up similar to the family ones. We couldn't get the camera before the car turned the other way from our direction

Close Name:Guest
Subject: Rainbow logo

I got the rainbow logo tattooed (?) to my upper arm....

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