Here’s an article by Tom Dair in Fast Company, discussing a project we worked on at Smart Design for Apple in 1989. It was not called an iPad then, that wouldn’t happen for another 11 years. Our 1989 project was conceptual, Apple was experimenting with the idea. We envisioned two different versions of a tablet computer, both seen in the article. One had a detachable blue ring. The second was made of aluminum, included a leather cover, and – to offset its high-tech nature – we created a primitive-looking, bone-like stylus.
