Designed in California, made in China. As all their stuff.
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Here's a Look Inside Apple's New $200 Photo Book
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Well, academic text books can easily exceed that price, and they're printed on what seems to be fairy silk.
I like design and I like physical objects like books. I bought it to add to my collection of design books. Arrived today and it was interestingly packaged with a box in a box in a box. Kind of cool, funky, Apple packaging. The book itself and printing are high quality. Fabric cover, glossy/heavy pages, and silver on the page edges. Lots of content in the book and it's actually been fun to flip through, so far.
Is it worth $300 (I got the HUGE one. YES IT IS HUGE!) ? Considering what most high end printing costs these days, I'd say so. This isn't really just for Apple "fans", but for people that like design. Many people like me really enjoy this type of publication for what it is.
The only thing that bugs me...and the same thing that bugs me about all Apple products these days:
Designed in California. MADE IN CHINA (!)
Come on, Apple...I'm not surprised, but still...
Is it worth $300 (I got the HUGE one. YES IT IS HUGE!) ? Considering what most high end printing costs these days, I'd say so. This isn't really just for Apple "fans", but for people that like design. Many people like me really enjoy this type of publication for what it is.
The only thing that bugs me...and the same thing that bugs me about all Apple products these days:
Designed in California. MADE IN CHINA (!)
Come on, Apple...I'm not surprised, but still...
They are arrogant with the pricing , though I can see some fans happy to pay whatever amount apple set.
Other high end product companies such as Rolex give these type of products alway for free.
In my opinion this should have gone out to long terms fans as a thank you for supporting apple over the generations....Tim is too worried about cashing in though.
Other high end product companies such as Rolex give these type of products alway for free.
In my opinion this should have gone out to long terms fans as a thank you for supporting apple over the generations....Tim is too worried about cashing in though.
I've been around long enough to observe that the Beginning of the End of most companies is heralded when execs become disconnected from their customer base and start drinking the Kool-Aid of their own hubris.
Sad to say, "Designed by Apple in California" is pretty much an artifact of this process. As are the new MacBook Pros, and to a larger extent, the new Apple spaceship campus and the yacht Jobs never got to enjoy.
Empires rise, empires fall, time marches on.
Sad to say, "Designed by Apple in California" is pretty much an artifact of this process. As are the new MacBook Pros, and to a larger extent, the new Apple spaceship campus and the yacht Jobs never got to enjoy.
Empires rise, empires fall, time marches on.
rather than post a less than useful video mocking the price, why not talk about other high end books in this category, as Gruber did? turns out it's not out of line. just not cheap.
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/11/15/coffee-table-book-prices
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/11/15/coffee-table-book-prices
8 years to "design" a book...
It doesn't surprise me. It's going to take them more than 8 years to release a new Mac Pro.
I'd be willing to bet that Jony wanted to release one of these books right after the release of the iMac in 1998. And he's probably wanted to release one every year since. Seems like Tim finally got tired of listening to the same pitch every year.
I'm gonna order one of these. It's meant to be a piece of art. Something that you put on your coffee table. I can see why people think it is expensive and it is but I have been a fan of Apple products for over 15 years and think it would look good on my own coffee table when I hopefully move out next year.
iJustine has done a video on it if anyone is interested.
iJustine has done a video on it if anyone is interested.
try double. i suspect it will be limited run.I think it's kind of cool. It's like a final nod to Steve Jobs. By putting all of the products he hand crafted into one book, including the final ones that he affected, even after his death, it packages up his legacy in one simple book.
I'd like to own one of these but I'm not sure if I'll be willing to shell out that kind of money.
Perhaps I'll find one of these on Amazon at half price in a few years?
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and misunderstood by fandroids near you.
It's not so much the price, but the fact that there's two sizes that makes Apple seem like a sad parody of its former self.
$300 book and all of the pages are permanently glued to the binding. Typical Apple. Non-upgradeable pages is a deal breaker.
It's a joke. Relax, Francine.
ignorant nonsense. as has been noted elsewhere, high end photography/art/fashion books often go for this price range and well above.
not everyone is in school or lives at home w/ the parents.
The photos in the book by Apple are taken by Andrew Zuckerman, a very renowned filmmaker and photographer. And from what I can gather, the style of photography in the book may look simple and easy to do, but it is not quite easy at all. And it is certainly not just "recycled product marketing images" or some 5-minute copy and paste job as some might allude to.
While the $200 and $300 price tag may be a bit on the high side, it's not really that much higher than other photo books of similar sizes and using similar paper quality and binding.
not. DOOM sayers like yourself have been saying this for, well, 40 years. still not happening.
i love Apple products. my macs today are a million times more useful than the first apple machines i worked on. they suit my needs perfectly, so I'm not getting how you feel theyre out of touch. they arent cheap, is that what you mean?
Don't pretend people wouldn't have paid that for the NES Classic. Not nearly as many, obviously, but I'm frankly kinda amazed that Nintendo asked for as little as they did.
I'm pretty sure most people live at home.
that doesnt make any sense. you're looking at them wrong -- think of the smaller size as a budget-conscious version, which makes it more tolerable to those not used to buying high-end books.
It's just another notebook with a high margin ba dum tsss.
For a second I thought the front cover was actually a new size of Apple Sticker. One that you can frame and put on your wall kind of huge.
Waiting for a Jony Ive promo video talking about the design work of the book and how it's impossibly thin...
I know one thing that the book isn't worth: All of the articles it is getting on MacRumors.