Via things magazine, I came across Bootleg Objects, which is an interesting project that questions the neat analog-retro vs. techno-futurist-digital divide. A 1970s Bang and Olufsen hi-fi repurposed as DVD player, a Technics turntable that doesn’t turn, displaying cutouts of vintage record covers instead. I like.
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Re-skinning objects
Re-engineering design classics made for an analogue world, and updating them for the digital age. “A phono-radio without the phono, a cassette receiver sans cassette, and a non-turning turntable are the first three pieces in a series called ‘Bootleg Ob…