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A bust of Steve Jobs by famed Serbian sculptor Dragan Radenovic was unveiled in Belgrade today, the result of a competition covering more than 10,000 submitted works that will see the statue placed at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino.

The statue unveiled today is a maquette, a sculpture substantially smaller than the final version for demonstration purposes, that features Jobs' head at the top, with a pair of Cyrillic letters, the Latin letter A, and the binary digits one and zero. According to a report in the Serbian press [Google Translate], sketches of the proposed statue were sent to Apple executives, who said they were very interested in the sculpture and liked "the imperfections of his work".

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The statue features three letters, including the latin letter A, an older Serbian cyrillic letter similar to E from the Miroslav Gospel, and a cyrillic letter ? at the bottom serving as an anchor for the statue. The sculptor, as translated by a MacRumors reader, described his letter choice as representative of a sort of "magnet".
I wanted to present some of the recognizable Serbian motifs such as a letter ? which is the last letter of the Serbian alphabet and Apple rather liked the idea. I've also placed the Latin letter A and binary code 0.1 too. I've wanted it all to represent a sort of "magnet".
The sculptor will head to Apple HQ next to discuss the final version of the statue, which will be approximately 3 to 5 meters in height -- 10 to 16 feet -- and will be shipped to Cupertino upon completion.

Thanks Ivan!

Article Link: Statue Honoring Steve Jobs Destined for Apple Headquarters Unveiled in Belgrade
 

tentales

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Dec 6, 2010
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Imperfect!

I wonder who amongst the executives made the comment about liking imperfections in a statue to an icon that was all about achieving perfection.
 

Happy-Mac

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Dec 12, 2012
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It's Disthinkly Different

Beauty is in the eye of the behol...

Can't say that I like i...

hmm...

That 1 and 0 combination seems a bit phallic.
 

Lesser Evets

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Jan 7, 2006
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Looks like they stuck Steve's head on a pike and will display it in Apple forever... what am I looking at?!??

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Pigumon

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Aug 4, 2004
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So... The Cyrillic letters represent cancer and the 01 is just trying to see if we'd accept a nude statue of Jobs?

Why do I have the feeling they're Android users, laughing?
 

osaga

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You don't look a gift horse in the mouth, but you can compliment it's teeth.
 

Carlanga

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Nov 5, 2009
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I wouldn't call this a statue in the title, it's a bust w/ decorations on the bottom.

Also "Abe Jobs" to anyone else?
 
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