Shrine of Apple (shrineofapple.com) was a collection of Apple hardware photos captured by the talented Jonathan Zufi. Zufi's beautiful product photography was showcased in his former Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation book.
For Apple technical specifications, you may find EveryMac.com helpful. Founded in 1996, EveryMac.com not only features stock photos and detailed specs, but also provides thousands of answers to Apple questions, original Apple prices from around the world, an extensive Apple Device Lookup function by serial number and other identifiers, and much more.
If you liked Iconic, you might also enjoy these similar books about computers, technology, and industrial design:
- Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs: Written by Ken Kocienda, and based on his 15 years of experience at Apple in software development, this is an insider's account of Apple innovation during the 2000s.
- Home Computers: 100 Icons that Defined a Digital Generation: From MIT Press, a fun, photo-heavy trip down memory lane of home computers from the Minivac 601 in 1961 to the original Apple iMac in 1998.
- BRAUN: Fifty Years of Design and Innovation: A beautiful, coffee table-style book of decades of product designs from BRAUN, with a focus on Dieter Rams' work, a major influence on Jonathan Ives, Apple's most famous industrial designer.
- Industrial Design A-Z: Industrial design from the industrial revolution to the present day with photos and stories covering housewares, computers, phones, cameras, cars, toys, and more with details on the designers and brands behind them.
- The Design of Everyday Things: A revised and expanded edition of the classic text covers the psychology and rules necessary to create well designed products and interfaces. A must-read for those interested in good design.
With these books on your coffee table or in your bookshelf, you definitely can admire some of the top technical and industrial design from the last 70 years. Hope these choices are helpful to you.
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