In an excerpt from an interview with Charlie Rose, Tim Cook revealed that Steve Jobs’s office “is still left as it was” on the fourth floor of Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino. “His name is still on the door,” said Cook.
That says a lot more than any homage Apple can pay to Jobs onstage or in interviews with its executives.
Two more clips from Cook’s interview show him talking about Apple TV and Beats. Charlie Rose will air the first part of the full interview later today.
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14 responses to “Steve Jobs’s office remains untouched at Apple HQ”
Will he move with them to apple campus 2 as well? ;)
I think they’ll do only if the Board of Directors chooses it.
That’s obviously the natural time to make some decision about a permanent memorial to Jobs at Apple HQ. Until then, unless they need the space, Apple doesn’t need to make any decisions about Jobs’s old office.
I’d imagine they’d have a memorial of some sort in the center of the orchard or something
One can only wonder what inspiration can be gained by just sitting there in silence.
Frankly, as good as Steve was at running Apple, I think keeping his office “exactly as it was” is just a little creepy and sad. If it is really to be preserved, document it and ship the deconstructed office off to the Smithsonian where it can be properly curated and displayed. However important Steve was, he is gone. Keeping the place around seems to be rather focused on past glories and not future achievements.
I wonder if his secretary still staffs the outer desk, rather like a servant of the Pharaoh?
Lots of parents leave their kid’s bedroom untouched after the child goes off to college. If they don’t need the space, why should Apple spend the money to have the office cleared out?
I can understand leaving a room untouched after a kid goes off to college as he is likely to return for holidays and summers. Steve, despite the hopes of many, is unlikely to return. Apple clearly “needs” the space; they are building a whole new campus because they are out of room. Moreover, they aren’t properly conserving the place, if that is what they want to do. The Smithsonian, who has Julie Child’s kitchen and the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, should really have the office if conserving it is the goal.
Hoping he’ll show up again.
Typical Apple nonsense.
Walmart did the same thing when Mr Sam passed. Eventually the office was photographed, cataloged, dismantled and moved to the Walmart Visitor’s Center where it is today.
The disney company did the same with walt disney
Both his formal office and his informal office have been conserved and are on display. One has been moved to Florida and one remains in Anaheim, but neither have been left untouched. They form part of a tour to the public.