Classic Macintosh Re-Imagined in Modern Fan-Made Ad

Monday June 21, 2021 8:22 am PDT by Hartley Charlton

A Macintosh 128K fan has created a fun video that re-imagines the original Mac from 1984 in a modern-style advert.

The project comes from motion designer Thibaut Crepelle, who outlined the creative process behind the video in a Behance post.

I wanted to pursue my idea of creating modern motion design stuff for vintage products.
For this piece, since everything is a learning experiment, I wanted to tackle a bit of UI and "animated modeling."

Today, its cubic design, its cute launch icon are elements well established in the computer horizon, and I wanted to pay an homage to that classic piece of hardware.

macintosh 128k render

The Macintosh 128K was introduced in the now-famous "1984" Super Bowl commercial directed by Ridley Scott, but Crepelle sought to match the vibrant, punchy Apple ads of today using a range of software and resources from Figma to replicate the classic Mac's UI and high-resolution animations that synchronized with the music.

Crepelle also included a number of easter eggs in the video, such as macOS Monterey's wallpaper and the gradient used on Apple's "One More Thing" Mac event graphics.

Tags: Concepts, Macintosh

Top Rated Comments

AngerDanger

63 months ago

The title made me think it was a modernized M1 classic Macintosh. It's only a matter of time before someone puts an M1 in a salvaged, retrobrighted Macintosh case, but so far the closest I've seen was an M1 in a G4 Cube.

Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)

TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️

63 months ago

This is so cool! I love it. Pure classic.

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Billnsandi

63 months ago

The title made me think it was a modernized M1 classic Macintosh. It's only a matter of time before someone puts an M1 in a salvaged, retrobrighted Macintosh case, but so far the closest I've seen was an M1 in a G4 Cube.

I built one for my wife for Christmas. 128k Mac with an M1 Mac Mini inside and a small lcd screen harvested from an lcd monitor. It has functional classic keyboard and mouse as well.