Enlarge / Throwboy's new monochrome throw includes a Mac desktop screenshot knit into the blanket itself. (credit: Throwboy)
Vintage tech is part of our shared cultural heritage, but in the commercial world, it often gets overshadowed by pop culture mementos. Go to a retail clothing store and you'll find 1984 He-Man T-shirts, but where are the products that celebrate 1984 computers? Enter Thowboy, a Seattle-based company that produces throw pillows and blankets based on old tech.
Although Throwboy has been in business since 2007, it's still coming up with new designs. Targeting 68K Mac nostalgia, Throwboy just released a 50x60-inch knit throw blanket based on a modified Mac OS desktop screenshot in all of its 1-bit color glory. (It looks like System 7 to us, based on the presence of the Balloon Help icon.)
We haven't seen the $185 blanket in person—and this is not a review or an endorsement (although others seem to like their pillows)—but the cultural history woven into Throwboy's products over the years made us want to reach out to its founder and CEO, Roberto Hoyos, to ask him about the retro tech inspirations behind his business.
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