The Ware for July 2010 is shown below. Click on the image for a much larger version.
This ware is not a functional ware, but rather a work of art. I’m a little worried this might be too obscure for the competition, but I did a check on google, and the right keywords produced images of this artifact. If it turns out this is too hard to guess, I’ll release some more hints over time.
It’s kind of like http://slydnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mona_lisa_motherboard.jpg — but I don’t think that’s it!
More generally, it’s some surface tiled by what looks like cut-up PC motherboards. The motherboards appear to have never been populated, so my guess would be that this is was done as a piece of art by some motherboard manufacturer, as in the link in my previous comment, or at least some bulk purchase of leftover parts from a shop in Shenzhen or similar.
I see mosaic pieces of an Asus P5QC motherboard:
http://img11.imageshack.us/f/p5qc4.jpg/
Finding the name of the art piece will be tricky, though :)
It looks like they’re all pieces from the same LGA775-socket motherboard. Some of the labels, like SATA_E12, CHA_FAN1, are common on Asus motherboards.
In fact, based on the “5QC” letters, markings like “N13219”, etc,
it looks like most of these tiles are from the Asus P5QC: http://www.unitycorp.co.jp/asus/motherboard/intel/lga775/p5qc/big_photo.jpg
The first link I posted, the Mona Lisa artwork, was done by Asus at their headquarters in Taiwan. So the manufacturer matches up, and that’s probably not a coincidence. I suspect this is another art piece at an Asus location!
Close guesses, but not quite.
Here’s hint number 1 — this work is indeed in the same lobby as the Mona Lisa mentioned in the guess above.
Easy it’s an a6e079219280321783f4b2d300f1fe551b0de488
… or rather, that’s where the parts came from, never mind.
My guess is its an Asus P5QC pcb.
One of the pcb tiles has an slanted “A” in it which seems to point to Asus as they have it in their logo. By searching the “5QC” on newegg.com results in the motherboard being found and by comparing the images their with here shows many similarities.
They look like Asus motherboards, but it doesn’t look like it could be part of the Mona Lisa.
There’s a definite fabric-y element here.
There’s a motherboard mona lisa in the Pegatron lobby (which I’m guessing is what Steve is thinking of), but that doesn’t account for the fabric border.
I’m guessing some sort of clothing with sewn-on motherboard tiles. That, or curtains!
is it http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-asus-motherboard-mona-lisa.html ?
It is definitely the ASUS P5QC motherboard.
The ASUS Mona Lisa had different colored PCBs and looks rigid.
The left has the tiles offset and the right are all uniform and line up with the lacy border.
The tiles look to be about 2″ square.
The shape is curved and appears to have natural daylight on it.
I am guessing a statue of an elephant made out of old ASUS mother boards.
It reminds me a bit of the Digital DNA sculpture in Lytton Plaza in downtown Palo Alto, but that’s not it, is it?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vacationtime/29386555/
I’m going to guess it’s a dress by Fabio Renaldo, but I can’t find a pic online with the gold and red fabric thingy.
Here it is:
Silicon Cow at Asus.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33867047@N04/4051622721/in/photostream/
No chance without the 1. Hint, anyway.
Fascinating Blog.
… or rather, that’s where the parts came from, never mind.
OH?
Hello Bunnie I would like to ask you some questions privately via email, would you please email me at j.s.pavlick[the at symbol]gmail.com
Hi there, just doing some research for my Asus site. Amazing the amount of information on the web. Not what I was looking for, but cool site. Take care.
After reading this topic i’m now’ starting to think you should ask your local newspaper for a job,