A gallery of images produced by Michael Tompert and Paul Fairchild.
(Thanks, Chris Arkenberg!)
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7:51 pm Tue
Nov 16, 2010
Beautiful gallery of destroyed Apple products
Bond villain style TV descends from a slot in ceiling
Best comment: “Doesn’t that really annoy the person on the second floor who was watching it?” Hidden TV in ceiling [via]
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The secret skylines of high-magnification computer chips
Christoph Morlinghaus got a gig photographing motherboards for Cisco and discovered that the chips he was shooting were spectacular at extreme magnifications, prompting him to create Motherboard, a collection of arty, high-rez images of boards.
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I've had this elephant humidifier for 10 years and it is still going strong
I’ve used this elephant ultrasonic humidifier for over 10 years (not every day) and it still works. It has a dial to adjust the amount of vapor, and at the highest setting it pumps out a thick cloud. Right now it’s $34 on Amazon. If you don’t want an elephant humidifier, you can get a […]
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Two smartphone accessories for snapping pro-quality photos
When carrying around a bulky DSLR camera isn’t ideal, we use these impressive add-ons to help turn our smartphones into quality cameras. Flexible Tripod for Smartphones and CamerasThe Flexible Tripod for Smartphones and Cameras ($8.99) is perfect for capturing a group shot or leveling out your phone on an uneven surface. Its flexible legs can wrap around anything, even a tree branch, […]
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Here's how Big Data could change your career
With all of the digital information out there—from credit card numbers to Instagram posts to consumer behavior—there’s so much data that businesses struggle with the task of storing, managing, and analyzing the information. That’s why Big Data is one of the fastest growing career paths in the world. Big Data is a giant, intimidating subject, which is why […]
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Stop borrowing your friend's phone charger and grab this 3-pack of Lightning cables
We’re always searching for, borrowing, and losing Lightning cables, and that’s why we are loading up with the Apple MFi-Certified Lightning Cable: 3-Pack.These Apple-certified USB cables let you charge your iPhone, iPad, or iPod via any USB port—whether you prefer your computer or the Apple USB Power Adapter. And since there’s three of them, you never […]
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Tempting, but I’ve always let the purported presence of heavy metals dissuade me.
I liked it better when some guys made a skateboard out of an iPad. This is just that basic art school trope of… DEATH! DEATH! DEATH! Look DEATH! I made think that flirts with DEATH! I iz an artish!!!
Can someone explain how they got that much black soot to fall in a splatter pattern from the device — twice? I’ve seen stuff shot by bullets before – the blast of the impact usually throws any grit it creates far from the device. It’s sort of like being blasted with a 1200fps blast of air. No doubt the holes are real — but the grit behind it looks fake, or at least doctored.
The soot behind the image is symmetrical. It’s like a Rorschach test. Might be shopped.
Still, judging by the will-it-blend version, you might see some black dust from shattered plastic or other tasty chemicals after a bullet-thru-an-iphone.
@hadlock Look closer, the splatter patterns are mirror images. Not real.
C’est vraiment génial !
They’re gonna regret it one day. Some guy is selling an Apple I for >100k.
I’ve never understood the mentality behind buying expensive items and then breaking them. It seems akin to Graham Greene’s “Destroyers” mentality. But, I will admit, that when I see somebody using a broken iPhone, or a laptop held together with gaffer tape, I’m fascinated.
If the destruction is real, then this is god-awful snobbish and just slightly pretentious.
With Goblin on this. What a waste of money and resources, if real, and for what? A few photos? Pah.
With Goblin and owlrigh.
What’s the next art project, wasted food?
Christ. What assholes!
uh, i think, emotionally, we’re all playing into the artist’s intentions. everyone take a deep breath and say “meh. busted iphone, bad shop job.”
At least no Millionaire Calculators were harmed.
I make too little money to not care about such gross waste… As I live now, I could live comfortably for about six months or more on the amount of money these two “artists” have dropped, shot, smashed, or otherwise blown… Sorry, but I’m just too poor to find any redeeming value, artistic or otherwise, in this exercise of childish abandon.
By the way, halfacre, if I am playing into the artist intentions and I have become part of his “tableau,” then think about the irony involved: The artist must really hate himself, especially if I am the evocation he sought. And that raises the obvious question, why the hell would he do this in the first place?
The simplest explanation is that this guy is a well-off snob with enough time and money to bust lots of expensive gadgets and take hi-def pictures of his handiwork. And that, that is just slightly pretentious.
Sorry, reply is a little late. I agree with you on all points, but I refuse to let myself be manipulated by a truly second- or third- or probably tenth-rate artist with too much money to waste and to few ideas. Hence my cynical comments.
You are upset!? Do you pay good money to see movies where the production companies spend millions on destroying stuff for entertainment? Cut this artist a break! The photos are fantastic!
Yes I’m upset… And Anon #15, you miss the fact that there is a huge difference between blowing up scale models or props and actually breaking the real thing. These snobs broke the real thing. That makes these guys less artist and more photographer.