Steve Jobs He was an eccentric character whose logic and motivations were often not understood by the majority of his collaborators within Manzana. But almost always, as time went by, it was possible to understand the brilliant reasoning behind his actions.
That has been the case with one of the most curious and endearing stories or anecdotes in Apple’s trajectory during the beginning of its first heyday era: the story of the Apple offices. Cupertinothe arcade machines, the piano and Steve Jobs’ BMW motorcycle that used to be parked right there in the middle of it all.
This company, as many of you already know, had innocuous and modest origins in a simple garage, with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak working as a team for the development and commercialization of its first series of computers.
Then the monster was born and grew at a brutal rate, increasing its need for space to establish itself as a corporation in shape. With corporate offices, development and manufacturing of new equipment.
It was precisely in this context, in the recently opened (relatively) offices of Cupertino, in Bandley Drive, that a curious and endearing story happened for anyone who entered that space.
Steve Jobs’ motorcycle that lived parked next to a piano inside the Apple offices
Friends of applesphere They have published a very interesting piece, full of nostalgia, where they tell the story of the young Glenn Leibowitz, who would become a publicist and a great writer; and who, also out of mere curiosity, ended up visiting the Cupertino facilities, already known as Bandley 3 in 1983.
It was there that he got the widely reported surprise of finding Wozniak playing in the arcades at the entrance. Jumping between Defend and Joust.
All framed by a huge pirate flag with a unique design, which ended up framing a Bösendorfer piano, which was topped by a 1966 BMW R60/2 motorcycle:
But nothing was by chance and there was a reason for each piece that made up that composition. Defend was a strategy game to keep the team afloat under the protection of the player. Joust was pure strategy.
The flag embodied the ideals of the company, the piano was an aesthetic statement, and Steve’s own BMW motorcycle also served as an example of design that endures and continues. A principle that to this day remains in force with Apple.
And the whole idea began with a motorcycle parked next to a piano.