How a Trappist monk inspired Steve Jobs and Apple’s designs

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Robert Palladino’s name appears nowhere in Steve Jobs’s lengthy authorised biography.

But the one-time Trappist monk had an enduring influence on Jobs and the business empire he erected.

Jobs sat in on Palladino’s calligraphy class at Portland’s Reed College.

And this eventually inspired the elegance for which Apple computers are renowned.

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