http://deconstructingproductdesign.com Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:22:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://deconstructingproductdesign.com/apple-power-mac-g4-cube/comment-page-1/#comment-1461 Jason Mesut Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:03:47 +0000 http://deconstructingproductdesign.com/?page_id=55#comment-1461 I often get ridiculed for my ownership of a Cube. I bought mine from a friend. Mine never suffered from the cracks that others suffered from, but I was amazed by the engineering that went into it - just try pulling out the innards from inside - the way the handle pops out is truly extraordinary. I often get ridiculed for my ownership of a Cube. I bought mine from a friend. Mine never suffered from the cracks that others suffered from, but I was amazed by the engineering that went into it – just try pulling out the innards from inside – the way the handle pops out is truly extraordinary.

]]> http://deconstructingproductdesign.com/apple-power-mac-g4-cube/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Robert Kingslyn Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:04:16 +0000 http://deconstructingproductdesign.com/?page_id=55#comment-534 Though a failed product commercially, the innovative, candy-shelled design of the G4 Cube brought attention back to the Mac after many loyal Mac users had begun lounging about the PC pool, pondering a dip. As a group, designers often chose products that reflect their design aesthetic and the G4 Cube brought many of us back into the Apple fold, if not for the Cube itself, at least for what it represented — the power of design to inspire innovation. Though a failed product commercially, the innovative, candy-shelled design of the G4 Cube brought attention back to the Mac after many loyal Mac users had begun lounging about the PC pool, pondering a dip. As a group, designers often chose products that reflect their design aesthetic and the G4 Cube brought many of us back into the Apple fold, if not for the Cube itself, at least for what it represented — the power of design to inspire innovation.

]]> http://deconstructingproductdesign.com/apple-power-mac-g4-cube/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Trevor van Gorp Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:16:50 +0000 http://deconstructingproductdesign.com/?page_id=55#comment-451 When the G4 cube arrived, it was the first time I had wanted a computer more for its appearance than for what it could do. When the G4 cube arrived, it was the first time I had wanted a computer more for its appearance than for what it could do.

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