An illustrated depiction of Steve Jobs′ friendship with Zen Buddhist Kobun Chino Otogawa and the impact it had on Jobs′ career Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (1955–2011) had such an enormous impact on so many people that his life often took on aspects of myth. But much of his success was due to collaboration with designers, engineers and thinkers. The Zen of Steve Jobs tells the story of Jobs′ relationship with one such person: Kobun Chino Otogawa. Kobun was a Zen Buddhist priest who emigrated to the U.S. from Japan in the early 1970s. He was an innovator, lacked appreciation for rules and was passionate about art and design. Kobun was to Buddhism as Jobs was to the computer business: a renegade and maverick. It wasn′t long before the two became friends––a relationship that was not built to last. This graphic book is a reimagining of that friendship. The story moves back and forward in time, from the 1970s to 2011, but centers on the period after Jobs′ exile from Apple in 1985 when he took up intensive study with Kobun. Their time together was integral to the big leaps that Apple took later on with its product design and business strategy. Told using stripped down dialogue and bold calligraphic panels, The Zen of Steve Jobs explores how Jobs might have honed his design aesthetic via Eastern religion before choosing to identify only what he needs and leave the rest behind.

(美國)卡勒布•梅爾比，福布斯雜誌JESS3工作室負責人。

本書的緣起：

幾年前，在一次采訪中，喬布斯談到瞭他在日本的日子，以及那段日子對後來蘋果産品的影響。2011年，我對《福布斯》執行主編布魯斯•艾普賓提齣瞭製做一本關於喬布斯在日本時期的漫畫書的想法，突齣史詩般虔敬的主題。隻是在製作到一半時，喬布斯去世瞭，這也使得我們的努力更加意義重大。

——傑西•托馬斯

JESS3工作室CEO及創始人