Object Details
Designer
Daisuke Kajiwara, Japanese
Manufacturer
National Panasonic Radio
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Red plastic radio that, when open, is reminiscent of an old-fashioned telephone handset; it twists closed to form a ring. Speaker is area of horizontal striations at one end; at other end, controls, and black dial.
Credit Line
Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler
Date
1971
Accession Number
2007-37-5
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
Object Name
radio
Type
radio
Medium
plastic (ABS), metal, electronic components
Dimensions
H x W x D (in "open" configuration): 15.5 × 15 × 13.5 cm (6 1/8 × 5 7/8 × 5 5/16 in.)
H x diam. (in closed "O" configuration): 7.6 × 15.6 cm (3 × 6 1/8 in.)
manufactured in
Osaka, Japan
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2007-37-5