Tail Spinning Re-Design of Microsoft's Mouse

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:    Marcia Raymond
   212.246.0511
   

San Francisco, CA-April 25, 2000-Lundberg Design, an architectural and design firm, has created a humorous, yet controversial re-definition of the Microsoft Mouse for "Tails of the City", a charity auction benefiting the Destination Foundation.

Lundbergs creation, coined "Of Mice & Men", is a social commentary on Microsoft's current antitrust lawsuit under investigation by the Department of Justice, and the financial trap of the fast-paced high-tech world. Approximately 100 Bay Area celebrities, tech gurus and designers have taken the Microsoft mouse and re-designed it for the benefit auction on Tuesday, May 18, 2000.

Destination Foundation, a non-profit organization, grants dream trips to men and women in the San Francisco gay community who are over the age of 21 years and have either a life-threatening illness, are permanently disabled, or are in financial need.

Lundberg Design chose to enter the auction under the "Most Tail-Spinning" category.
T. Olle Lundberg, CEO of Lundberg Design, notes that " the design can be interpreted in many ways, and I assure you that it is a coincidence that we use Apple computers."

'Of Mice & Men" has been installed at MicrosoftSF (located on the second floor of the Metreon in San Francisco). If you want a "jpg" file emailed to you or a photograph of the design, please contact Marcia Raymond at marcia@lundbergdesign.com or call 212.246.0511.

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Lundberg Design is a San Francisco-based firm that specializes in high-end modern architecture and industrial design. While the core of Lundberg Designs practice remains architectural, it is committed to providing design at many levels and is often involved in product, landscape, graphic and sculptural design.

Lundberg Design o 2620 Third Street o San Francisco, California 94107