Monday, 20 April 2015

Context of Practice 2: Visual Reference


To produce the disemboweled technical drawings I have referred to online archives. There are obviously many communities and hobbyists that share the imagery of a vast quantity of device circuitry. With modern devices such as the Mac Book Pro, it has become more specialised due to Apple's policy to avoid informing their customers about fixing products (thus to generate revenue through their own inflated repair fees). I found that this aspect oddly connected to some of my earlier research into planned obsolescence. Apple frequently changes the shape of their screw-heads to discourage individual repair, the designs are so odd, that there are often very few reliable sources to purchase the relevant screwdrivers from.





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