You will not buy this. You will not think it’s practical. You will not think it’s a good return on investment. But you will still lust and droll over Paula Anne Patterson’s gorgeous, retrotastic new Kickstarter project.
The V-Luxe iPad Shell is a swiveling, tilting frame available in walnut, cherry or African mahogany for your iPad that mimics the looks of a vintage Philco Predicta television set. Your iPad forms the display, while the base of the V-Luxe fits a small but beefy sound system.
Gorgeous, no? Too bad Patterson wants $500 for each shell. That’s a lot of money for a bit of throwback kitsch. Boy do I want one, though.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
