Steve Jobs Image Causing Controversy

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There is an image spreading like wildfire through the internet. The image of Steve Jobs and the Apple logo are making it's way to everyone's computers. Some love the image, and others are against it. Kevin Drew of The New York Times discusses more in his article:

Few personal journeys can shed as much light on the age we live in as the one traveled by Jonathan Mak in the last weekMr. Mak, a university student in Hong Kong, went from being an unknown aspiring graphic designer to an Internet sensation after an image he produced spread rapidly across digital platforms after the death of Steven P. Jobs, the co-founder of Apple.

Mr. Mak’s design of a silhouetted profile of Mr. Jobs in the Apple company logo was shared across the Web and reported by media. And then, nearly as fast, Mr. Mak found himself being vilified.

With a speed befitting the technological age that Mr. Jobs helped usher in, Mr. Mak became the subject of derisive Internet postings and negative media reports. His design, it turned out, closely matched one produced earlier this year by Chris Thornley, a British graphic artist.

“It’s been a very overwhelming experience,” Mr. Mak, 19, said by telephone between classes at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design. “I still attend classes and lessons as usual. But as far as following my assignments, it’s been difficult.”

Read more at The New York Times