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Hong Kong design student said on Friday he was overwhelmed and felt
"unreal" after his sombre logo in tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs
caused a worldwide Internet sensation.
The design, featuring Jobs's silhouette
incorporated into the bite of a white Apple logo on a black background, has
gone viral on the Internet since news of his death.
"I feel so unreal," Jonathan Mak, a
second year graphic design student at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, told
AFP, after he was inundated with tens of thousands of emails and messages on
his Twitter account.
"You don't get to 180 thousands notes
without feeling slightly insane," the 19-year-old posted on another
microblogging site Tumblr Friday, referring to the messages he has received.
Mak said newspapers in the United States and
Germany have contacted him about buying the copyright to use his logo and had
received job offers.
"I am flattered by the attention but I
would like to focus on my study before taking on any full-time job," said
the bespectacled student, adding that he was trying to cope with his new-found
fame.
"I'm quite busy now actually as I'm
trying to finish a school project."
When asked about whether he would be targeting
commercial opportunities, Mak said he was considering contacting Apple on
copyright issues because his design is based on Apple's own logo.
Some merchandisers have reportedly used his
logo for commemorative memorabilia for Jobs such as t-shirts and caps that are
being sold on the Internet.
"I will consider using any proceeds I
make from the copyright for cancer research, as suggested by some people to me
on the Internet," he said. Jobs died at 56 of pancreatic cancer.
Mak said he first came up with the design
after Jobs announced his resignation in late August, but the logo received
little attention at the time.
The teenager said the Apple founder had
inspired him in his design.
"He was a minimalist, which is the way I
would like to emphasise in my design -- fewer elements but a powerful
message."
"Steve Jobs strongly believed in his own
ideas and continued with his beliefs no matter how people criticised him. He
was courageous," said Mak.
AFP
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