Object Details
Designer
Akio Morita, Japanese, 1921 - 1999
Kozo Ohsone, Japanese, born 1933
Manufacturer
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Description
Blue molded plastic rectangular body with aluminum strip on right side. Two earphone jacks at top. Translucent window on front face/hinged cover shows cassette inside. SONY logo across top. Earphones in black and silver plastic with circular orange foam earpieces.
Credit Line
Gift of Robert M. Greenberg
Date
1979
Accession Number
2017-51-4-a/c
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
Object Name
Walkman Portable Cassette Player and Headphones
Type
Walkman Portable Cassette Player and Headphones
Medium
plastic, aluminum, steel, polyurethane, electronic components
Dimensions
H x W x D (cassette player): 13 × 8.7 × 3 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
H x W x D (headphones): 16.5 × 14.2 × 4 cm (6 1/2 × 5 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
manufactured in
Tokyo, Japan
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2017-51-4-a_c