I spotted these coin displays at the U.S. Mint in New Orleans, LA and Veken & I couldn’t help but think they look a hell of a lot like today’s iPod.
4 responses to “Ancestors of the iPod?”
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That reminds me that IPods look a lot like voltmeters.
Off topic: Are you involved with the Brooklyn Rail? If so, good on you.
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I’ve wriiten for the Rail since 2002…do you read it?
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It’s crazy how occasionally one come across items that could have/perhaps did, serve as the genesis for items that then become ubiquitous.
I once stumbled across the published sketchbook of an artist from the 60s-70s whose drawings look suspiciously similar to Jonathan Adler’s animal menagerie.
Funny how things like that happen…
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hv: I read it occasionally. I read it regularly when I lived in Brooklyn.
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