Struck by the engineering beauty of vintage typewriters, Mary Robinette Kowal modded this laptop into the grandly titled "Kowal Portable Typewriter and Adding Machine", styled to look like a portable typewriter. It's all done with stickers. Kowal photographed the keyboard to get an accurate template for the keycaps. She then designed the keys one by one using a custom font and a stock photo of a vintage typewriter key. Everything was printed by Schtickers, who make vinyl sticker sheets to your design, then cut and stuck by hand.
The look is an amalgam of an early Royal, a Remington and an ox-blood red Smith-Corona. I can't say I'll be doing this to my MacBook anytime soon, but if I had an old Dell knocking around, I'd sure be tempted.
The Kowal Portable Typewriter and Adding Machine [maryrobinettekowal.com]
