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Title: Jerry Manock Collection of Apple History ephemera
Identifier/Call Number: M1880
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
15.0 Linear feet
(6 manuscript boxes, 5 record storage boxes, 3 flat boxes, 7 map folders; 1 optical disk and 4 cassettes.)
Date (inclusive): 1966-2007
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html.
Abstract: This collection contains many blueprints, artifacts, and documentation of Manock's time both at Stanford University as an
engineering student and at Apple as a product designer.
Jerrold Clifford Manock (born February 21, 1944) is an American industrial designer. He worked for Apple Computer from 1977
to 1984, contributing to housing designs for the Apple II, Apple III, and earlier compact Apple Macintosh computers. Manock
is widely regarded as the "father" of the Apple Industrial Design Group. Since 1976 he is the president and principal designer
of Manock Comprehensive Design, Inc., with offices in Palo Alto, California, and, after 1985, in Burlington, Vermont.
Manock attended Stanford University, where he earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1966 and his M.S. in Mechanical
Engineering
From 1968 to 1972 Manock worked as a product design engineer in the Microwave Division of Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, California.
From 1972 to 1975 he was chief mechanical engineer at Telesensory Systems, Inc., of Palo Alto. He then worked as a freelance
product design consultant; in late 1976 he took on Apple Computer as a client and consulted on the product design and mechanical
engineering of the Apple II personal computer.
Manock joined Apple in 1979 as corporate manager of product design. Working under the direction of Steve Jobs, Manock designed
the Apple III and the "Cuisinart-inspired" upright casing for the Macintosh computer, which necessitated a detached keyboard.
Manock also worked on the Disk II and Disk III, and hired the design staff for the Apple Lisa office computer.
In January 1981, when Jobs became manager of the Macintosh project, he brought in Manock and Terry Oyama to design the computer
housing. According to Jason O'Grady in Apple Inc., Manock was "hand-pciked" by Jef Raskin to work on the Macintosh design
team. In a 1984 interview, Manock said that the initial design goal was for a computer housing with "portability", but that
idea was replaced by the design goal of "minimal desk space." Manock himself contributed the idea of using icons on the outside
of the machine rather than English words to make the Macintosh more international. This style was mirrored by the software
team in the ROM, which used icons instead of English-language directions, such as a frowning face when the computer needed
to reboot and a smiling face indicating booting. [from Wikipedia and Jerry Manock]
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
This collection was donated by Jerry Manock to Stanford University, Special Collections in February 2012.
[identification of item], Jerry Manock Collection of Apple History ephemera (M1880). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.