Hartmut Esslinger

Hartmut Esslinger (born June 5, 1944) is a German-American industrial designer and the founder of Frog Design. He developed the Snow White design language for Apple Computer.MUST SEE! Early Apple Concept Designs from Hartmut Esslinger by Michael, AppleGazette. 2008-10-20.
==Work with Apple==
Esslinger first met Steve Jobs in January 1982 and expressed that the existing computers of the Apple II series were "incredibly ugly and wasteful in production".This Designer Told Young Steve Jobs His Computers Were Ugly, And What Happened Next Changed Apple Forever by Rebecca Borison, Business Insider. 2014-07-16. After winning a design competition, Esslinger was awarded a contract to develop Apple's design strategy for $1 million per year. The first computer released with his industrial design was the Apple IIc in 1984.Remembering The Design Legacy Of Steve Jobs’s Other Great Computer Company by John Brownlee, Fast Company. 2016-02-16.
 
When Jobs left Apple in 1985 to start NeXT, Esslinger also gradually phased out his contract with Apple and designed the NeXTcube.
==References==
===Books===
*A Fine Line by Hartmut Esslinger, Jossey-Bass. 2009-06-29.
==See also==
*Jerry Manock
*Jonathan Ive
==External links==
*Hartmut Esslinger at the NeXT Wiki
*Hartmut Esslinger at Wikipedia
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