Ahh, the classic products that modern technology replaces…
Zeuss Index Card Holder
I think I’d rather have one of these Italian built solid things than software!
Ettore Sottsass’s 1969 “Valentine” typewriter for Olivetti
Category Archives: history
Unga-munga!
We Learn About the Telephone I (1965)
Goes on a bit, but there’s a great duck, magic wires, spacemen, the history of communications, and it’s all Public Domain.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_history_of_communication.htm
http://www.nathan.com/projects/current/comtimeline.html
http://myhome.hanafos.com/~soonjp/vchx.html
These 3 sites just give tele/comms timelines. Might be useful depending on which route we take
Breitling have a history show reel. Click here and after the opening video, click on the ‘Since 1884′ link and it should take you through the history.
Moving away from the surface of the object into its uses.
Simplified product forms / patterns. create a “shape”- of the product they are being replaced by.
Forms natural user-interface / reactive surface to explore features.
