21 June 2009

On My Way to/from Work: Commodification of Public Space #2

Security guarding installation of iPhone's The Happy Place

The Happy Place, beside the Museum of Contemporary Art


iPhone's The Happy Place
First Fleet Park, Circular Quay, 19 June 2009


'Having once been voted the sexiest woman in Australia, model Emily Scott knows how to push men's buttons.Yesterday she was chosen as one of the first Australians to press go on Apple's new model iPhone. Scott, a favourite poster girl in men's magazines, was chosen as the global face of the new phone, which launches in Australia on Friday. As iPhone ambassador, Canberra-born Scott, 25, will host two public demonstrations of the new phone's features this week at The Rocks, where Apple has built a temporary store, "The Happy Place". The phone has many new features, including undoing the last action by shaking ... '
The Sun-Herald, 21 June 2009, p14