Design competition for Apple fanboys and girls

By Heri Sep 10th 2007 in Design

MacQuébec, the brainchild of Kim Auclair, has started a competition late last week asking its reader to design the perfect iGadget. The final object must be completely new and innovative. I am not sure what is the end objective, because there is no way Apple is going to accept their designs for their new products (or for that matter, any of their customers’ design or request). I guess it’s a celebration of being an Apple fan.

Either way, it’s a cool marketing idea, and will get many submissions from design students.

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