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Retro mini-media center
MAKE Magazine —
... this amazing PC enclosure. Thomas did a great job documenting everything from the initial sketches to the details of the build process. Thanks Thomas!
This is a mini site I put together for my Final Major Project in BA (Hons) Modelmaking for Design and Media which I did at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. I have included materials which show most of the process I went through from the design sketches to the final product.
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HOWTO make a tailfin retro media centre PC
Boing Boing —
The retro media centre was Thomas Thomassen's Final Major Project in BA (Hons) Modelmaking for Design and Media at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth -- it's an atompunk* tailfin fantasy that would look absolutely fantastic atop your giant console TV, serving as your home's media hub. Thomassen's documented the whole process from design to build -- great tips if you want to try it on your own.
Mini Media Centre: retro design - modern functionality
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Beautiful Retro Media Center PC
GeekAlerts —
... of the model involved a range of various processes. One of the ones I used the most was vacuumforming. It was by this process that most of the parts where created.
On the Inside
VIA Epia 13000 miniITX
SilenX CPU fan
1GB RAM
100GB 2.5″ Harddrive
Soundgraph iMON Remote Control
Visit Thomas’s website for more photos and info about the Retro Media Center PC.
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Retro-Mini Media Center is gorgeous like a Cadillac fin
Boing Boing Gadgets —
As part of has final project for a BA in Modelmaking for Design and Media, Thomas put together this jaw-dropping jet age Mini-Media Centre case mod, which has all of the foam green sexiness of a 1950's Frigidaire with the lines and svelteness of a Cadillac's fin. Thomas is looking for advice on how to sell the design to get it mass produced, if anyone knows how that's done... I'd certainly like to buy one of these.
Retro Mini-Media Center [Thomthom.net]
Mini Media Centre PC packs latest tech into quirky retro design
DVICE Atom Feed —
... nestled in the dashboard of a '50s Buick. We like.
While it's a one-of-a-kind prototype, we'd sure like to have one of these babies adorning the shelves of our home theater. About the size of that Dell Studio Hybrid we favorably reviewed, if it were fitted with the quietest of PC components, it would be the perfect eye-catching home theater PC. Quick, somebody with deep pockets help this guy bring the thing to market!
Thomas Thomassen, via BB Gadgets
Mini Media Centre Case Design Of The 1950s
GEARFUSE —
[image] The 1950s saw the birth of many things we still detest to this day, like beatniks and Communist Cuba. While this Mini Media Centre designed by British design student Thomas Thomassen looks like the tail light of a ‘57 Chevy. Except this thing was actually designed in 2006. It reminds me of the Happy Days , when my buddy Fonz would water ski in tightie whities as he stunt jumped over sharks. Those were the days. The Happy Days . Link [ via ]
Mini Media Center Goes Retro
Ubergizmo —
... has managed to achieve a seemingly perfect blend of retro styling with current technology in the form of the Mini Media Center. Don't be fooled by the avocado-colored exterior, as inside it packs enough juice and processing muscle to function as your home media center, taking away some gloss from your new large screen TV whenever somebody drops by for a visit. Granted, it would be pretty challenging to try and fit this into any home's surroundings as most pads these days come with a modern look, having relegated retro design to the past (or grandpa's house). There ought to be a ...
Retro Mini Media Centre - technology wrapped up in yesteryear
The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia —
... Minimediacentre Can we just put a vote in for more retro designs like this project Mini Media Centre ? Sure it s frivolous, but it may go some way towards placating us while we re waiting for our flying cars. And hover toasters. Minimediacentre2 Tags: ...
Retro Mini Media Centre project
SlashGear —
... Retro PC designs aren’t anything new, but they usually drag us all the way back to a time when every self-respecting household had cigar box, or even further to some quaint Steampunk era. Thomas Thomassen took a decidedly more 50s Americana theme for his Mini Media Centre, the final project for his degree in “modelmaking for design and media”, based around a Mini-ITX board. ...
