‘Redesigned’ Apple logo work of Hong Kong student

WHO CAME UP with that poignant design incorporating Steve Jobs's silhouette in the ‘bite' of the Apple logo, which decorated The First Post's home page yesterday as it spread like wildfire across cyberspace?

The answer is a Honk Kong design student called Jonathan Mak (fluke, apparently). "It's been a crazy day for me," said the 19-year-old when he was tracked down by the Reuters news agency yesterday. "I'm both excited and terrified."

The excitement is understandable – he's had job offers as a result. The terror is a puzzle - unless he's worried he'll never better what looks set to become an iconic symbol of the Jobs era.

Mak, who studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design, came up with the idea in August when Jobs announced that he was standing down as CEO of Apple and handing over to Tim Cook.

But no one took much notice until Mak re-posted it early on Thursday when he heard the news that Jobs had died.

"Originally, I was going to put a black modified logo against a white background," Mak told Reuters. "It just didn't feel sombre enough.

"I just wanted it to be a very quiet commemoration. It's just this quiet realisation that Apple is now missing a piece. It's just kind of implying his absence." ·