I don't think it would be fun to burn down a Frank Lloyd Wright house or a 1963 Sting Ray coupé or smashing a Braun SK-4 turntable or a Beolit 39 radio.
There are objects that embody more than their function and the NeXT cube is one of them.
It's sad that someone derives pleasure from the destruction of such beautiful objects. I am glad there are people who preserve them for future generations, but only so many of them were ever built. When the last one is destroyed, what will we have? A small, but beautiful, part of our past will be gone forever.
For each their own man, don't expect other people to adhere to your idea of fun.
But lets put this into some perspective. He's not burning down a one off Frank Lloyd Wright, he light two mass produced computer cases on fire. There are plenty more people out there who cherish the things. It's not like lighting these things on fire is some sort of genocidal fad. Fuck, I know a guy with a pallet of the things.
This was not done when the Cube had established itself in design history. I believe Simson Garfunkel was doing this as part of an article for NeXTWorld Magazine or some such. It is a very old picture.
There are objects that embody more than their function and the NeXT cube is one of them.
It's sad that someone derives pleasure from the destruction of such beautiful objects. I am glad there are people who preserve them for future generations, but only so many of them were ever built. When the last one is destroyed, what will we have? A small, but beautiful, part of our past will be gone forever.