Kurt Merki Jr. is has an eye for furniture, lighting applications

Mar 3, 2014 13:23 GMT  ·  By

Apple has fans far and wide, and while some prefer to show their loyalty by queuing up in front of stores days in advance to buy the new iPhone, others like to be a little more productive and reimagine the company’s hardware with breathtaking new concepts.

It is the case of Kurt Merki Jr., a brilliant designer who not only has some great taste for furniture, but also knows a thing or two about computers and what a professional needs.

“Ever since I was a kid, I have always been interested in Macintosh/Apple products and their way of thinking different. I remember at school we had ‘touch typing’ lessons on a Macintosh Classic,” writes Kurt.

“Instead of using the touch typing software I could not help myself exploring the rest of the Macintosh, trying out all other programs and functions. I guess that is why I can still not touch type.”

The designer explains that, after witnessing Apple’s 30th Anniversary Mac campaign, he became inspired to create a new design which combines the all-new Mac Pro (with its cylindrical design) and the iMac.

What ensued was an all-in-one iPro workstation “which one would want to work with on a daily basis with endless power and a huge display.”

Kurt explains that the rigid structure of the aluminum unibody enclosure acts as “an outer skeleton,” leaving room for a flexible architecture.

A high-definition, 35-inch OLED display is encased between two glass surfaces. As a creative, Kurt knows screen real estate is vital for movie and photo editing, music making, etc.

“A 35’’ display or better said the workspace - gives one the possibility to work side by side with additional windows or applications, not needing two separate displays. An amazing screen size of 790 x 415 mm with a resolution of 3382 x 1964 Pixel will give your workflow a new dimension,” he says.

Right off the bat it becomes visibly apparent that Apple will not make the computer Kurt dreams of, not because it isn’t doable, but because it wouldn’t be feasible. Sure, they could churn out a couple and sell them to the highest bidder to raise charity money, but even that’s a stretch.

We encourage dreamers like Kurt Merki Jr. to visit the guy’s site for a lot more breathtaking designs, as well as to download the entire iPro PDF which explains the concept head to toe.

Looking at Kurt’s work, it becomes pretty clear that he’d make a great asset to Jony Ive’s team of designers at 1 Infinite Loop.