http://www.metafilter.com/tags/retrofit Posts tagged with 'retrofit' at MetaFilter. Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:13:40 -0800 Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:13:40 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/34890/Bootleg%2DObjects <a href="http://www.bootleg-objects.com/">Bootleg Objects</a>, the site of <a href="http://www.bootleg-objects.com/about.htm">two artists </a>in Germany, have done some really amazing work retrofitting popular technology to serve a new and/or unintended purpose -- just because they can. It's quite beautiful design -- who knows of other examples? tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34890 Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:13:40 -0800 art collaboration copies copy objects re-make repurpose repurposing retrofit retrofitting aeiou http://www.metafilter.com/21027/ <a href="http://www.ahleman.com/ElectriClerk6.html">The Mac <em>is</em> a typewriter. </a> The ElectriClerk combines a 1988 Mac SE with a 1923 Underwood typewriter to produce "a fully-functional retrofitted prop computer." (Hmmm...where have I <a href="http://www.trond.com/brazil/images/brazil18.jpg">seen this before</a>?) <small>[via <a href="http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/10/23.html#backlog">dive into mark</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.21027 Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:12:51 -0800 Apple art ElectriClerk Mac retrofit typewriter Underwood kirkaracha