My initial experience with my flash-based 8GB Zune 2 isn’t very positive—I’m considering not even taking it with me on a trip to San Francisco this week—but the upcoming “Zune Originals” program that will be launching tomorrow is great. For a limited time, you can order your Zune 2 from the site and choose an inscribed background based on one of several pieces of art that Microsoft has commissioned. Your Zune will be in monotone line art, but they’ll also send along a full-color poster of the design.
Almost all of the designs are great; varied in style, too. Not so much I can imagine it will lure many to the platform, but for those already convinced, it’s a lovely bonus.
Cool Hunting has an interview with the Zune Originals project lead, as well as a run down of each of the designs.
Zune Originals: Interview with Chris Stephenson [Cool Hunting]
By “team up” don’t you mean “got paid”
If I bought a device that didn’t work, I would instantly hate whatever art came packaged with/on it regardless of however aesthetically pleasing it is. Note to artists: Microsoft is dragging you down with them.