Today in TechSteve Jobs to live on with 7-foot tall bronze statue
As co-founder and longtime CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs garnered quite a fanbase before his unfortunate passing earlier this year. From his visible position within the tech giant, he became a beloved figure in the world of consumer electronics. A computer software company in Hungary is showing just how much Jobs meant to them by commissioning a bronze statue in Jobs's likeness that stands a mighty 7' tall.
Chairman Gabor Bojar of Graphisoft is the man behind the metal model, and sculptor Erno Toth is the artist doing the heavy lifting. Toth is building the Jobs replica using a photo of the Apple founder from an old issue of the magazine, The Economist. Bojar claims his love of Jobs first sprouted when the two met at a tech expo nearly three decades ago.
The likeness will mimic Jobs's trademark keynote style, complete with a turtleneck, jeans, and an iPhone in hand. Unfortunately, as you can see in the video above, the sculpture appears to be a bit off in terms of capturing its subject's facial features. For now, we'll just have to chalk that up to it being a work-in-progress, and assume that the final product will be a spot-on tribute.
This article originally appeared on Tecca
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