Taking a Bite Out of a PowerBook is Harder Than it Looks

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Kara Johnson, a material scientist at design and engineering firm IDEO, has just posted up a fun behind-the-scenes look at how some of her colleagues created the above shot of a 12” PowerBook for dinner as part of her book I Miss My Pencil.

It’s actually surprisingly hard to wreak such meticulous havoc, and it’s fun to see the process of great engineers up close — especially since IDEO and its predecessor David Kelley Design engineered a huge number of Apple products from the late ’70s into the mid-’90s.

Hit the link to see the full process, if you’re not traumatized by the sight of violence against a Mac.

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