Worn out pants collection to show mobile progression
Just as wallets leave impressions in rear pockets, cellphones can do the same for pockets in the front. One Aram Bartholl has decided to start a collection of battle-tested jeans that "show traces of mobile tech development in society." We've no idea if he's planning to tackle the whole thing on his own, but we'd suggest buying up old pants from around the globe in order to amass a sizable collection before death sooner. The image you see above shows what happens if you walk around for three solid years pocketing an original Nokia 6600. Anyone got any impressions (SFW, please) they'd like to share in comments below?
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Heh... heh. Impressions.
All in favor of making this the last grape-smuggling crotch-shot featured on Engadget, say Aye.
Sincere apologies for hijacking the first post; this is just too much denim-in-your-face action here...
I got exactly same effect with nokia 6600 :)
The same happened with my 6600 too in a few pairs of my jeans. Not quite as prominent as this picture though.
That's just awkward.
Three years one pair of jeans!!!!
Gack!
Three years one cell phone!!!!
Gack!
Welcome to Canada!
Gack! ...eh?
Is that a cell phone in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
the impression on my pants helps me lie about how glad i'm to see my girlfriend. she never believes me of course, but she's happy.
I've got one on the right leg of my jeans.
Mine just get that mark on their own, why pay extra for them to put it on for me?
Looks like an advertisement for nudie jeans, haha. They sell dry denim you wear for a long time without washing and they fade out uniquely and look bad ass.
The pocket in the article looks like the right most dude's jeans.
http://www.mycatwalk.com.au/pages/Resources/nudiejeans1a.jpeg
3 years for one pair of jeans is not uncommon if you're trying to break in raw denim. I've been wearing a pair of Nudie Thin Finns for almost 8 months straight without washing. There is fading on the back pocket because of my wallet.
> ...I've been wearing a pair of Nudie Thin Finns for almost 8 months
> straight without washing...
Gack!
thats just gross. wash your clothes.
It's a raw & selvedge denim thing; you guys wouldn't understand.
+1 for those who are into raw denim.
Ive got a phone impression...
RRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will admit I laughed at that.
Me too...
I only wear the same pair of jeans every week or so and don't always put it in the same pocket, if it even leaves my hand. I don't see this happening to me.
if I had one of those phones... I'd be too afraid to put it in my pocket anyway. large piece of glass + pocket = the possibility of bad things.
and I agree.. really, who wears (even their favorite pair of jeans) more than once a week? I usually save my favorites for fridays and the weekend. =D
Who does this impress?
that's because you don't have a penis shaped phone like i do.
@sinai
Or a phone shaped penis.
those aren't buttons, you know...
Your phone and/or penis is shaped like buttons? Oh noes!
@Chris
Give it a rest now. It's only OK for minority groups to do the bashing.
My black jeans look very similar to these, altough only a few months old...
I also keep my encased iPod nano in the same pocket (next to my Nokia 6800), so my jeans look even more "mobile progressive" (>^_^)>
I had one from The old Blackberry 7290 no pics the jeans kicked last year but you can imagine the imprint of that beast
Lame-O-Rama.
his man beans must be scrambled from the radiation. cellphones play key role in conspiracy to reduce procreation on an overpopulated planet straining its natural resources. ... pot helps.
His tight jeans doesn't help his little beans any better. You might as well called them baked beans now.
Why are we looking at a dudes phoner?
That has to be on Urban DICtionary for sure!
Yes: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=phoner
Just bought some new jeans after noticing I my pants were worn where my iPhone has been sitting for over a year.
aww... early adopter. You could bought a few pairs of jeans with the $200 price drop.
Is that a 6600 in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
SFW. So F*cking What?
All in favor of making this the last grape-smuggling crotch-shot featured on Engadget, say Aye.
Nowe.. :P
My first thought was a zucchini shaped imprint
(ala Spinal Tap - Derek Smalls)
haha, i have an imprint from my att tilt in one particular pair of jeans, which ive only had since may. its also a relatively big phone
my Nokia 6300 has left quite the impression on the front left pocket area of my jeans. To the point where I had to patch up the back and start carrying on the other side.
Good luck having kids with a cell phone that close to your grundle for three years, yikes.
Is that a Nokia 6600 pocket or are you just glad to see me?
My TyTn II has officially violated my back pocket...
Never put anything that isn't completely flat and flexible in your back pocket. You'll end up with back pain from sitting on it for years.
My dad has a Costanza wallet and I never realized he was doing that to his back. I told him a few weeks ago and his back feels better already.
"hip-pocket syndrome or wallet-neuropathy"
The more you know...
3 Years???
Thats when I knew this was some kind of hoax. Noone has a cell phone for three years. They just don't last that long.