Feb 22, 2012 6:51 PM

Erik's Keyboard Jeans

*This design-school prototype by Erik De Nijs is six years old, but every single day it gets hits on my FlickR set. Lately the pace has been accelerating. Yesterday it got sixty hits in 24 hours.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brucesterling/sets/72157605496145298/

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