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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[essplode Posted Aug 18th 2008 8:49PM]

I have a cell phone impression on those same pants (levi's i think)

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 19th 2008 5:06AM]

HTC TyTN does leave a more prominent impression in a year than that Nokia!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2008 9:48PM]

some of us actually use our phones so we don't have pocket impressions.

[SoulinEther Posted Aug 18th 2008 10:02PM]

Ya, the impression my phone leaves on me is the cancer in my brain and hands.

[finalfantasyeternal Posted Aug 18th 2008 10:41PM]

Let alone not a lot of people have 3+ year old pair of jeans...unless they don't actually WASH them >_> ugh...crusty

--James

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2008 11:35PM]

Crazy!, I have the same worn spot on my jeans but I don't carry anything in my pockets?)))

[weekilter Posted Aug 18th 2008 11:49PM]

Is that a cellphone in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 19th 2008 12:48AM]

Wait till someone gets a pair with an image of Jesus on it. Look, Sister Prudence. Touch it....

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 19th 2008 11:18AM]

One of the main reasons I am the zany early tech adopter that I am is because of the Motorola brick my dad had carving an outline in the back pocket of his jeans in the 80s.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 19th 2008 10:08PM]

funny my pants only have ball marks right around there, then a cell phone.