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THREAD: Colourful & shapely product design from the past 5 decades, a particularly rich seam in our consumer culture that I hope might b rediscovered soon (end of the black tablets of nothingness era pls). Here is the Sharp WN-30, collapsible pocket calculator 2 kick things off
Swatch phone, 1990
Honda RC30, 1988
Sony Walkman WM-20 in pink, 1983
Indesit Missi by Missoni, 1985
The customisable 1996 VW Golf Harlequin
G-Force Vacuum Cleaner, designed by James Dyson, 1983
Swisstel et741, the Swiss Federal Post, designed by Hans Zaugg, 1987
Conair HAC SW205 transparent phone, 1980s
Bang & Olufsen Beocom 2000 telephone, 1986
BMW Art Car, 1991, by Esther Mahlangu
Apple Mac watch, 1984
Monumento, by Alessandro Mendini for Swatch, 1998
Pop Swatch models (clockwise) ‘Waterskiing’ (1993), ‘Point’ (1993) ‘Popocatepetl’ (1993) & ‘Jumping’ (1991)
Apple Tablet Concept from the early 80s, designed by Hartmut Esslinger (Everything except the tablet)
The Yamaha Frog, designed by Hartmut Esslinger, 1986
Ettore Sottsass & Matteo Thun, Television for Brionvega, 1979-80
Philips Moving Sound, Cassette Player, 1987
Sony Minidisc NetMD MZ-N707 Walkman, 2002
Apple’s iPod Mini, 2004
Sharp QT-F40, 1987
Braun HLD4 hairdryer, Dieter Rams, 1970
Rimorchiatore, multi purpose desk object (vase, ashtray & two lights), the great Gae Aulenti, 1967
Various portable music players by Panasonic from the late 60s & early 1970s, photos by Michael Dant https://www.flickr.com/photos/faasdant/sets/72157621597485410">https://www.flickr.com/photos/fa...
Philips Moving Sound, Roller D8007, 1986
Olivetti Valentine, 1969, designed by Ettore Sottsass and Briton Perry King
Siemens Harlequin washing machine, 1998
General Electric P’Jammer Alarm Clock Radio, 1985
The final (and fittingly gorgeous) swansong of the once great Nokia, the N9, 2011
NTT DoCoMo DoCoMo pocket board PURE handheld PC, 1999
Nokia Nickel, 2003
Seiko QHL062Y miniature marathon timer alarm clock
Dyson DC02 Clear vacuum, 1997
Dyson CR01 Washing Machine, 2001
Form 99 Radio, Graetz, 1974
Sony eMarker, 2000
Panasonic SL-SX420 MP3 & CD Player, 2003
Subaru BLT concept, 1987
George Sowden, "Excelsior", "American" and "Pierre" Clocks, Memphis, 1981
Fisher Price Pocket Rocker, 1980s
Pocket Rockers was a brand of personal stereo produced by Fisher-Price in the late 1980s, aimed at elementary school-age children.[1] It played a proprietary variety of miniature cassette (appearing to be a smaller version of the 8-track tape)..
![Fisher Price Pocket Rocker, 1980sPocket Rockers was a brand of personal stereo produced by Fisher-Price in the late 1980s, aimed at elementary school-age children.[1] It played a proprietary variety of miniature cassette (appearing to be a smaller version of the 8-track tape)..](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfFpU2RXsAELjfU.jpg "Fisher Price Pocket Rocker, 1980sPocket Rockers was a brand of personal stereo produced by Fisher-Price in the late 1980s, aimed at elementary school-age children.[1] It played a proprietary variety of miniature cassette (appearing to be a smaller version of the 8-track tape)..")
Pocket Rockers was a brand of personal stereo produced by Fisher-Price in the late 1980s, aimed at elementary school-age children.[1] It played a proprietary variety of miniature cassette (appearing to be a smaller version of the 8-track tape)..
which was released only by Fisher-Price themselvs. Each tape had 2songs & wer availabl from several pop stars, including BonJovi, WhitneyHouston, & TheBangles. They were designed 2b as much a fashion accessory as a music player, & were enough of a craze 2 b banned in sum schools
Some other images of Pocket Rockers...
the iMac G3, Apple, 1998
Bang & Olufsen’s Beocom 2 cordless phone, designed by David Lewis, 2001
General Electric C-438B Radio Alarm Clock, 1958 (top two), & the General Electric T-129C Radio from 1959 (bottom two)
A couple more pictures of the gorgeous conair transparent phone from this site: https://www.depop.com/products/vintage-80s-clear-neon-see-through/">https://www.depop.com/products/...
Swatch Snap-It-On, 2001
Motorola StarTAC Rainbow, 1997
Olivetti Divisumma 18, Mario Bellini, 1972
Nintendo Game Boy Pocket clear, 1996
Panasonic RX FM15
Polaroid Cool Cam, 1988
Lip Mach 2000, designed by Roger Tallon, 1973
The Ericsson gf768, 1997
Im posting this one as I loved mine so much, together with my armband sony radio they were my bright-yellow kit for urban life as a teen...
Im posting this one as I loved mine so much, together with my armband sony radio they were my bright-yellow kit for urban life as a teen...
Nissan S-Cargo (this wins just for the name), 1989
Sony Wm55 Walkman, 1986
Kriesler Mini 41-47, designed by Harry Widmar, 1966
LA Rock Casette player, mid 80s
Various products from the ‘My First Sony’ Range, mid to late 80s
Melitta Aroma Art, Oco-Design, 1984
Subaru Jo-Car concept, 1987
