March 13, 2005
Nice Laptop
No relation to previous entry and hat tip to BoingBoing Someone (zaverio@freaknet.org) is taking laptops, removing all of the plastic pieces and making wood ones to fit. From their website:The legnatile was built out of an old case of precious sicilian wines, given to my father years ago by the Baron Antonio Pupillo di Contrada Targia near Siracuse. Other materials use were leather, pine wood, oak and beech veneers, mahogany, shammy leather, silk and iron and brass screws, every element of which has a story to tell. The colouration was created with handmade walnut tinctures diluted in spring water applied in three layers. The transparent topcoat was created with 7 layers of special boating varnish, knowingly diluted with pine spirit with threee days' drying time for each layer, followed by sandpapering and polishing. Every single wooden part is signed and numbered.It is gorgeous craftsmanship:
I had to precise an important thing, because (i don't know why) many people misunderstood the "legnatile": it is not a laptop covered by wood, but is a REAL WOOD LAPTOP. the original plastic cover of the laptop DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE, and is substituted by WOOD. so the ENTIRE LAPTOP is made by SOLID WOOD. :)
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