Worn out pants collection to show mobile progression
Just as wallets leave impressions in rear pockets, cellphones can do the same for pockets in the front. One Aram Bartholl has decided to start a collection of battle-tested jeans that "show traces of mobile tech development in society." We've no idea if he's planning to tackle the whole thing on his own, but we'd suggest buying up old pants from around the globe in order to amass a sizable collection before death sooner. The image you see above shows what happens if you walk around for three solid years pocketing an original Nokia 6600. Anyone got any impressions (SFW, please) they'd like to share in comments below?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
richard @ Aug 18th 2008 8:49PM
I have a cell phone impression on those same pants (levi's i think)
Jack @ Aug 19th 2008 5:06AM
HTC TyTN does leave a more prominent impression in a year than that Nokia!
flippykippy @ Aug 18th 2008 9:48PM
some of us actually use our phones so we don't have pocket impressions.
SoulinEther @ Aug 18th 2008 10:02PM
Ya, the impression my phone leaves on me is the cancer in my brain and hands.
James @ Aug 18th 2008 10:41PM
Let alone not a lot of people have 3+ year old pair of jeans...unless they don't actually WASH them >_> ugh...crusty
--James
Johnson @ Aug 18th 2008 11:35PM
Crazy!, I have the same worn spot on my jeans but I don't carry anything in my pockets?)))
Joseph Singer @ Aug 18th 2008 11:49PM
Is that a cellphone in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Randy G @ Aug 19th 2008 12:48AM
Wait till someone gets a pair with an image of Jesus on it. Look, Sister Prudence. Touch it....
michael.s.underwood @ Aug 19th 2008 11:18AM
One of the main reasons I am the zany early tech adopter that I am is because of the Motorola brick my dad had carving an outline in the back pocket of his jeans in the 80s.
jawtab @ Aug 19th 2008 10:08PM
funny my pants only have ball marks right around there, then a cell phone.