Object Details
Manufacturer
Quanta Computer Inc.
Collaborator
Nicholas Negroponte, American, b. 1943
Designer
Yves Béhar, Swiss, active USA, b. 1967
Bret Recor, American, b. 1974
fuseproject, American, founded 1999
Description
Open: two green panels flip up at front coners to open cover, clam-shell style, revealing LCD screen flanked by two pierced circular speakers and function buttons, surmounting bright green rubber keyboard above white trackpad; USB, headphone, and microphone ports on side of screen. When in the upright position, the green corner panels, reminiscment of animal ears, act as wi-fi antennas. Closed: flat, off-white rectangular form with green edging, wide rectangular slit as carrying handle at one end, flanked by two holes. Light green plastic X and red circle recessed in cover.
Credit Line
Gift of George R. Kravis II
Date
2007
Accession Number
2015-5-8-a,b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
Object Name
computer
Type
computer
Medium
ABS plastic, polycarbonate, rubber, liquid crystal display, electronic components; steel, copper (power plug)
Dimensions
H x W x D (closed): 3.5 × 22.9 × 24.1 cm (1 3/8 in. × 9 in. × 9 1/2 in.)
manufactured in
China
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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_2015-5-8-a_b