iPoor for those too poor for an iPod
Now for a nice change of pace, occasionally I get a flash of something that inspires me to take of an everyday product and re-design it with a twist. I had intended for it to become one of my first few simple easy to make products to kick off my other career as a design entrepreneur.
Well I’ve been sitting on it for almost 8 months so I thought it would be nice to post it here for some feedback. I may continue this trend by posting some of my other non-work related designs if this effort turns out well.
What could a busy self-respecting designer do? Besides it would be a great experiment in Viral Marketing would it not?
Avid readers of my blog (of which there just a few) and my friends all know I have a love and hate relationship of the Apple iPod. In particular I dislike its planned obsolescence, as well as its obnoxiously high prices. This got me thinking there must be a group of people in the Cult of the Mac that love the iPod but can’t really afford it.
Click on the thumbnails for more details.
Thus The iPoor parody T-shirt was born. For the people who want to tell the world they have iPod envy. Interested parties can contact me at: dt(at)designsojourn(dot)com or go to the iPoor store at: http://ipoor.designsojourn.com
Edit: Extra graphic and email added!
Edit 2: I have been spotted at:
and at Bubble Design
Hannah
May 31, 2007 at 1:46 amPlease make more!
DT
December 15, 2006 at 9:21 amHello friends,
We have sold out, and thanks to all of you who expressed their love and bought the shirt!
Design Translator
July 30, 2006 at 9:31 pmHi Max,
You are absolutly correct! Nobody would pay USD$30 for a T-Shirt.
However, I am not quite sure where you got your information from though? If you go to the iPoor section of this website, you would find that in keeping with tradition of iPoor the T-shirt actually goes for USD$15. Personally I find this price very affordable for a customed designed limited edition fashion T-Shirt.
Actually I might add, it has always been at this price from the beginning. I was going to sell it for USD$20, but I managed to negotiate a better price with my manufacturer and thus passed the savings off to my customers.
I hope this clears up your confusion.
Max
July 30, 2006 at 6:50 pmFor those that are too poor …etc?
Couldn’t come up with something more proper.
And for these poor do you think they would spend USD30.00 for a Fashion T-shirt stating:”sorry i’m too poor to afford a real i-pod”
Waiting for your comments.
Hong Kong,
Max Poor
Design Translator
July 14, 2006 at 10:51 amThanks niblettes!
niblettes
July 14, 2006 at 2:44 amDude, I have to say the visual design is even more cleaver than the idea behind it. I really appreciate the way you didn’t just draw in ipod, but rather melted the plain surface of the ipod with the shirt color, only suggesting an ipod with its physical UI–it makes for a nice gestalt.
Design Translator
July 13, 2006 at 11:25 amHi Nancy,
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I will put it in production as soon as i can. In the mean time please do let your friends at apple know of this and come visit!
Hi nil sine labore,
Thats exactly the point I wanted to communicate. Thanks for putting it in words.
nil sine labore
July 13, 2006 at 10:30 ambrilliant… really amazed at the iPod’s influence, from people who adore it to those who can’t afford it.
Nancy Friedman
July 13, 2006 at 12:54 amDo let me know if you go into production…I have a couple of pals at Apple who I know would get a kick out of these very clever products.
(Posted twice because I left out part of my URL…apologies!)
Nancy Friedman
July 13, 2006 at 12:53 amDo let me know if you go into production…I have a couple of pals at Apple who I know would get a kick out of these very clever products.
Design Translator
July 12, 2006 at 8:34 pmHey thanks for the compliment!
uzyn
July 12, 2006 at 7:18 pmHaha. Love it!
That’s very creative of you!