I think it looked fine and was cutting-edge in the first place. It had only been up for less than 5 years, and they are already re-doing it. Apple just has too much money to throw around right now on this chicken gibberish.
Whenever pitching before/after graphics, always show the new in bright sunlight, with perfectly clean, sanitized surroundings, and show the existing structure on a dark evening, on an overcast, rainy day with cluttered surroundings.
Note that the statistic was "most photographed geo-tagged photo uploaded to Flickr and Picasa".
Consider that geo-tagging is pretty rare, except in some expensive cameraphones. Consider also that most people don't upload their photographs to Flickr/Picasa.
Not shown to be the "most photographed" by any realistic measure - only by one highly biased statistic.
is it any thinner?
Oh ok, now that I see it has fewer lines; definitely worth 6 million.
I find the old one to be more architecturally interesting. They should have considered changing only the center panels on each side so that the Apple Logo was not interrupted by the lines and left all the other smaller panes.
I agree....I like the 3d grid pattern created by the edges and intersections of the original much better!![]()
It's hard to tell from the rendering but I prefer the smaller glass panels.It looks more complex and the light hits it more areas. I'll have to wait and see once it's done.
Of course it's just a mockup, but I too like the old design.
Like the facets of a diamond, the panels and hardware increased the interest factor of the cube.
The new one seems very plain and boring in comparison, IMO.
I prefer the old one - because I can see it! I can see people walking face-first into the new one, looking all shocked and surprised, then embarrassed when they realise what they've just done..