something to remember for Valentine’s day
Thermally moulded red ABS, 1969. Produced for the exit of the portable typewriter “Valentine” created by Olivetti. Included in the collection of the National Museum of Modern art of the Pompidou Center of Paris.
Width 64 cm, Height 78 cm.
It can be yours at Artaban.com online art gallery | price : 1.400 € ttc
Similar model reproduces in
« La collection du design du Centre Georges Pompidou » p.120 (Centre Pompidou 2001)
Bibliographical references about the typewriter
« L’utopie du tout plastique » Decelle, Hennebert, Loze p.119 (Fondation pour l’architecture 1994)
« Domus » volume VI p.508 à 511 (Taschen 2006) )
‘Valentine’ Portable Typewriter
D E S I G N E R S
Perry King. (British, born 1938)
Ettore Sottsass. (Italian, born Austria, 1917-2007).
P R O D U C E R
Olivetti, Italy
1969
M A T E R I A L A N D D I M E N S I O N S
ABS plastic and other materials, 11.7 x 34.3 x 35.2 cm.
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