Italian firearm maker Beretta has enlisted Apple’s new design guru, Marc Newson, to create a hunting double-barreled shotgun.
Newson has created a custom version of the classic double-barrelled 486 Parallelo shotgun for Beretta, which will be officially unveiled at an event in London on November 13th.
Newson joined Apple’s design team last month at the behest of best-friend Jony Ive. Apple has maintained silence regrading what projects Newson has been working on, and whether he had any involvement in the Apple Watch, but he’s still has time to work on other projects outside of Apple as well, like the draft beer dispense he made for Heineken that looks just like a Mac Pro.
The 486 Parallelo (pictured above) is a 12-gauge side-by-side game shotgun that’s lavished with engravings that cover its round body receiver. A teaser for Marc’s design changes hasn’t been released, but we expect he’ll bring his signature minimalist design tweaks to the 488 year-old gun company.
Beretta, which has supplied American Armed Forces and State Polices forces with the Beretta 92 pistol since 1985, produces 1,500 firearms a day. Sporting firearms like Marc’s upcoming shotgun and rifles account for 90% of production.
Source: Dezeen
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
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In related news, Samsung will be selling a triple-barrelled shotgun constructed with a slippery feeling plastic. It will be about 40% larger than the Beretta. There is an online Google Play store for shotgun shells that only occasionally blow up in the users’ faces.
One feature touted by Samsung aficionados is the ability to customize their shotgun in ways not possible with the shotgun designed by Apple’s Marc Newson. Samsung users will not be locked into a forward-pointing barrel or a mandatory inclusion of a trigger safety, allowing a Samsung user to more easily shoot themselves in the foot.
Not to be outdone by rivals Apple and Samsung, Microsoft has announced they’re relesing their own designer shotgun that will feature touch sensitivity dual triggers and monthly maintenance patching via embedded wifi. The initial model should be available 1Q 2018.