Keep It Simple

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1. smpetreyNov 2016
   This was not before the Macintosh as the author points out.

   Hartmut Esslinger prototyped the "MacPhone" in a study in 1984 after the success of the Macintosh. [1] Other prototypes in this series were part of the Snow White project. [2]

   Information sourced from "Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple" by Hartmut Esslinger. [3]

   [1] http://imgur.com/MMYDogd [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_design_language [3] https://www.amazon.com/Keep-Simple-Early-Design-Years/dp/389...

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2. joezydecoNov 2016
   Yes. A lot of these prototypes were documented in the 1997 book "AppleDesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group" by Kunkel and English (now out of print).

   https://www.amazon.com/Appledesign-Apple-Industrial-Design-G...

   Some images from the book can be found here:

   http://www.99mac.se/forum/t/301501-samlarbok-i-nyskick-apple...

   Esslinger also wrote his own book called "Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple".

   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3897904071

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