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The Zen of Steve Jobs

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Description for The Zen of Steve Jobs Paperback. An illustrated depiction of Steve Jobs' friendship with Zen Buddhist Kobun Chino Otogawa and the impact it had on Jobs' career Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) had such an enormous impact on so many people that his life often took on aspects of myth. Illustrator(s): Jess3 (Firm). Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 6. Weight in Grams: 228.
An illustrated depiction of Steve Jobs' friendship with Zen Buddhist Kobun Chino Otogawa and the impact it had on Jobs' career

Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) had such an enormous impact on so many people that his life often took on aspects of myth. But much of his success was due to collaboration with designers, engineers and thinkers. The Zen of Steve Jobs tells the story of Jobs' relationship with one such person: Kobun Chino Otogawa.

Kobun was a Zen Buddhist priest who emigrated to the U.S. from Japan in the early 1970s. He was an ... Read more

This graphic book is a reimagining of that friendship. The story moves back and forward in time, from the 1970s to 2011, but centers on the period after Jobs' exile from Apple in 1985 when he took up intensive study with Kobun. Their time together was integral to the big leaps that Apple took later on with its product design and business strategy.

Told using stripped down dialogue and bold calligraphic panels, The Zen of Steve Jobs explores how Jobs might have honed his design aesthetic via Eastern religion before choosing to identify only what he needs and leave the rest behind.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wiley
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781118295267
SKU
V9781118295267
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Caleb Melby
CALEB MELBY is a Forbes contributor and a native of Mankato, Minnesota, a town known as the site of the nation's largest mass hanging. It is otherwise a very nice place. Prior to writing The Zen of Steve Jobs, Caleb wrote for the Chicago Tribune and the Times of South Africa. He currently lives in a variety of places with ... Read more

Reviews for The Zen of Steve Jobs
"The book is a pleasant read and a clever way to present one aspect of Jobs' complex personality and beliefs." (Animation Magazine, March??2012)

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